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mine is front 145/15 back is 155/15 front is low and back rear high but dont like . need down in rear about 2 inch down someday ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jordan Wilks" <jordanwilks@rogers.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:04 AM Subject: [T3] What size tires to buy? > Right now I've got 185/65R15s on my '67 Square, I'm > not sure how many > notches it's been lowered, but I'd like to go down a > bit further. > > The backs seem fine for clearance and the fronts are > super close - they > rub when you turn though. > > I'm wondering what the best compromise would be in > size - I don't want > to lose too much driving ability, but I want to be > able to drop it down > a bit more and retain the ability to turn. > > I asked this question at the Samba > (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84593) > and Toby > mentioned someone on the list named "John J" that runs > the same wheels that I > do - EMPI wide-5 5 spokes. Toby also recommended > dropping down to a > 185/55/15 - does this sound like the best option? > > Thanks guys! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >