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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hello- > Greg, I am all for stock tires on stocker applications, usually. > But, i do have some 205/75/15s on the rear of another VW w/ 4.5" wide > stock wheels! Gotta love that prostock look! Warning: that's not such a hot idea... I did it once, and I'll never do it again. I used 195/60/15 on all four corners of a Ghia with 4.5" wide rims (same as T3 rim, but different offset from bug rim). There was a LOT of sidewall flex during cornering!!! Heck, even a swift lane change could make you feel the sidewall flex! VERY sloppy feel. Needless to say, the swap to 5.5" rims with the same size tire made a WORLD of difference in handling. Rough rule-of-thumb: you don't want to your rim to me much smaller than 70-80% of the tread width. 195, 205, 165, etc. is treadwidth in mm. Rim widths are in inches. You can do the math :-). Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering http://www.LNengineering.com > Also, I have a set of low mile 196/65/15s i would sell for fairly cheap. > They are not tall enough for the rear of the notch for my tastes! Only > about 3k miles on them! > > -- > Brian--1964 Notch Speedster 2332cc & 1959 Bug > www.geocities.com/menacefye > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > > -- ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>