Re: A4Q Rear Tire Clearance

[ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Reiner Fink writes:
> As to 225/50's on the A4's stock 16x7 rims, isint it ideal to maintain
> the wheel width : tire width ratio as close to stock as possible? Are
> there negative side effects to squeezing 225 width tires onto 7" wide
> rims? 
> 
>  (205mm/7") = (8.07"/7") = 1.15
> 
> So if you wanted 225 width tires, would not the recomended wheel width
> be ~7.68"?? I claim to know nothing about tires but thought it common
> sense to maintain that ratio as close to stock as possible. Any persons
> with tire/wheel experience can say what the side effects are of not
> maintaining the stock tire width : wheel width ratio are?

A particular wheel width can accommodate a range of tire widths,
within reason.  A 225 tire on a 7" rim is okay.  There is nothing
particularly sacred with the stock tire/wheel width ratio.

-Ti
96 A4 quattro
84 5000S Turbo
80 4000
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