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DongDong
05-07-2004, 12:24 AM
i was wondering what the stock wheel size is.

is it 225-60-14?
RedP85
05-07-2004, 12:30 AM
Bingo! You hit the bullzye of hard to find tires !
:mk2vroom:
(to whoever makes those nice Emoticons, there is no black smoke on the back of a MKII! ...well may be some after a traffic light)
DongDong
05-07-2004, 02:14 AM
is there any other sizes that will fit? maybe 225/60/16 on stock rims?
RaptorRacing
05-07-2004, 02:22 AM
225/60/16....um....i think it's safe to say that these won't fit. You can go up or down in the tire width(remember...just because you can doesn't mean you should)...not the diameter...I've seen 245/60/14...kinda bulge out too much. James Razor is our local tire expert...he can fill you in on the do's and don't of having this done.
John X
05-08-2004, 03:29 AM
Yeah, when you say 225/60/14 What you're saying is:
225 mm is the width of the tread on the tire
60cm is the diameter of the tire mounted on the wheel
14 inches is the diamter of the wheel alone

So, if you got a 225/60/16 you'd have a tire that has a 1 inch gap between the inside of the wall and the outside of the wheel. Not necessarily too good. And yeah, finding tires for this thing is not too easy. :)

-John
Dean
05-08-2004, 04:10 AM
Actually, the 60 means that the sidewall height is 60% of the tread width.
Other info is correct.
John X
05-08-2004, 05:26 AM
Ah I was kinda wondering about that. I thought it was strange that they'd use all different sorts of units for tire measurments. :)

-John

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85SilverWedge
05-08-2004, 07:51 AM
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supra_toy
05-08-2004, 03:01 PM
:whatever:
gamble
05-08-2004, 05:29 PM
Actually, the 60 means that the sidewall height is 60% of the tread width.
Other info is correct.
woo hoo, correct sir :)

in the rear im running 235/60's, specs are here:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?make=Firestone&model=Firehawk+Indy+500

you can find specs like overall diameter etc on tirerack which is nice to know