<VV> Wheels and Tires Question

[AKG]

225/45-16 front, 245/45-16 rear.  Car is lowered and no rubs.  The wheel
offset is crucial.

The Artful Dodger

> From: Bryan Blackwell <bryan at skiblack.com>
> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:16:03 -0400
> To: "Heather O'Leary" <htrouble76 at netins.net>
> Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Wheels and Tires Question
> 
> Short answer:
> Like many things, it depends.  If we're talking about the usual off the
> shelf wheels, then 205mm wide up front and 235 in the rear pretty big.
> Aspect ratio depends on what diameter, but you could consider a
> 205/60-15 front and 235/55-15 a "big" setup.
> 
> Long answer:
> http://autoxer.skiblack.com/tires.html
> 
> --Bryan
> 
> On Sep 13, 2005, at 8:02 PM, Heather O'Leary wrote:
> 
>> Hi All!  I posted before that I am new to Vairs in general.  We are
>> getting
>> ready to start tearing in to my 66 corsa convertible. We are looking at
>> putting some different wheel and tire combos underneath.  So what is
>> the
>> biggest wheel and tire combo you'd all recommend without rubbing the
>> metal???  Difference for front to back?
> 
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