rim widths ( was: [T3] Raise it up. )

[fess <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org>]

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On Aug 2, 2005, at 9:46 AM, fess wrote:

> On Aug 2, 2005, at 7:07 AM, Jim Adney wrote:
>
> > On 1 Aug 2005 at 23:54, fess wrote:
> >
> > > I got the front raised enough to go get new tires. ditched the 135's 
> > > in
> > > front and 165s in back for 195/60's all the way around.
> >
> > Are these on stock rims? If so, I think even 195s would be too wide. 
> > I had a
> > pair of 185s on stock rims in the early 70s, just on the rear, and 
> > IIRC they
> > were at the limit of what Michelin deemed acceptable.
>
> They are 5.5" sprint stars.   the stocks are 5" right?
> 5.5" is the smallest rim in a 195/60's range as far as I could tell.

According to this:

  http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.jsp#rimwidthrange

and the other tires specs on that site,
there are even a lot of 205/60s that will fit on a 5.5" rim.

seems like the 5" - 5.5" is a huge cutoff point.

--fess

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