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Re: [6pack] Tire Selection for 205/70/15

To: shawn loseke <shawn.loseke@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [6pack] Tire Selection for 205/70/15
From: <fishplate@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:57:14 -0700
---- shawn loseke <shawn.loseke@gmail.com> wrote: 
> Actualy a 195/65 is a smaller rolling diameter then the original. The
> original 185R15's had a sidewall closer to an 80 series so you have to
> plug in 185/80R15 into the tire size calculator. If you assume the
> sidewall to be a 70 series (185/70R15) then a 195/65R15 is closer.
> 

Good point.  Does anyone know the widest tire you can ~safely~ put on a stock 
15x5.5J rim?  Seems like that's the limiting factor.

I've got a set of redlines that still have tread left.  They have a date code 
of 1985, near as I can tell.  I'd hate to ruin my original paint job...

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.
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