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Hello- Just to add... I can tell you from personal experience that the difference between 195's on 4.5" rims and 195's on 5.5" rims is HUGE. They are simply too big for the little rims... Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.lnengineering.com > The list covered this a while ago in a different form, > when we were talking about the stock chrome wheels... > If I recall correctly, there was actually a specific > Type3 part number for the 15x5's? If that's correct, > it would mean that the offset was correct for the > rim/tire combo, and a 5" width would allow for 195's I > believe. I believe not only would you run into > sidewall flex with 185's on a 4" wide rim, but I'd > think that could potentially turn into a serious > safety issue as well. > > Aaron > > --- pcastro <pcastro@dal.ca> wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I have been advised that sidewall flex will occur on > > tires that are over 175 > > wide on stock rims...does anybody else have any > > first hand experince with > > this...I was hoping to go wider, but the listees > > always win over my wants! > > ===== > -------------------------------------------- > 1971 FI AT Squareback > http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ > vw_variant71@yahoo.com > -------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > > >