Biggest (Widest) Tires on Fox

HOWNDOG

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What's the biggest tire size any of you have put on the stock 10 hole 15" rims, stock ride height, and no rubs on the fox? Front and/or rear.

I'm going to slap on a set of BFG's in the next week or so and figure a few of you have probably went down this road already.

Thx
HD

 

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Paul C.

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235/60. I'm going back to 225/60 or 215/65. Too much sidewall flex.

 

HOWNDOG

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I'm guessing that's for the front?

I was sorta leaning to 225/60 on the front and maybe something 245/50 or so on the rear?


HD

 

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85GTlover

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I have 275 50 15's stock height but people tell me its not safe for some reason. They were on the car when I got it. The front 225 you do not want much more than that.

 

mr_woodster

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post a pic 85GT , i want to see 275's! lol , im running 235's in the back 225's in the front (kelly's) on GT turbines...oh yeah, styling

 

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85GTlover

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If you want a picture I will go take one but they are off the car now.

 

Brantley

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A 60's series sidewall? No wonder it flexed! What were you expecting? Go with something wider and a shorter sidewall instead of smaller.

 

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17-45-235's all the way around on my SVO.

 

HOWNDOG

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Thanks all.

Hey Coug, them 235's all the way 'round sound nice but I'm sorta partial to the old school "big and littles". Kinda screws the rotation, but hell, a great ass is what I like. Gonna see if that 235 will work on the 15 on front and the back so far is up to ??? Woody? Is that 235/60? I like tall rubber. Can we go wider?

That 275 is 12" of width. That fits on a 15, no tubbing, no lifting, 4 in car, no rubbing?

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85GTlover

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I think my car has stock springs it surely is not lowered. No rubbing or tubbing, Quad shocks still on. Remember they are 50's and 275's are less than 12" 275mm about 11" and because they are 50's they are not that tall 26" give or take. As I said Earlier I was told these are not safe on 7" rims. Why I do not know.

 

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Cougar

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HOWNDOG said:

Thanks all.

Hey Coug, them 235's all the way 'round sound nice but I'm sorta partial to the old school "big and littles". Kinda screws the rotation, but hell, a great ass is what I like. Gonna see if that 235 will work on the 15 on front and the back so far is up to ??? Woody? Is that 235/60? I like tall rubber. Can we go wider?

That 275 is 12" of width. That fits on a 15, no tubbing, no lifting, 4 in car, no rubbing?

HD

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heh, i was looking more for a balanced "grand touring car" look, plus i can rotate, because i could've got a lot more miles out of my last set if they were the same size. I had 16-50-245's on the rear last time, but they are actually taller than my current tires even with a smaller wheel.

 

mr_woodster

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Woody? Is that 235/60? I like tall rubber. Can we go wider?

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Ya, the rear's are tallies , for now its great...if i ever went to a "better handling" setup, i would go with much lower profiles.
Wider? i was told by my tire guy "no bueno" i think that is spanish for "not a good idea "

 

StangGrrLy

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I have 265/50 on the back, rims are the same size as 10 holes (15x7"). Rubbed a little bit, but a rubber mallet and some "fender massaging" cured that.

 

HOWNDOG

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Thx Stangrrrrrrrly

Gonna order 245/60's and 225/60's tomorrow as it seems to be the way to stay on the fair side of the body hammer. Sorta helps keep the cost down too as there's bit of a $$ jump to the 265/50's and I am a bit stingy.


85GTluver: The reason that the 275 on a 7" rim may be "unsafe" is the sidewall must extend from the bead out to the tread that is far wider. This more extreme angle (apparantly) causes the rim to have less control over the tread and may impart a slight "squishyness" to the one end of the car. Similar to the feel of mixing bias ply and radials. Add to that the bead not being able to seat to the the rim properly and possibly popping off in a corner (not a problem in straight line I guess). If you check a tire ref book, I doubt 275 is recommended on 7"

Are those the stock offset rims you're using and not rubbing?

BTW, The 275 is the tire cross sectional width (not tread) and the 50 is the % of that the sidewall is high (for a 50 the sidewall should be 1/2 the cross section). If I got that correct (been awhile.....) being 50 or 60 or ??? should have no bearing on if the tire is 11" or 12" wide.
I've noticed these measurements can vary a bit from manufactor to manufactor as well as type of tire.

Hope that helps clear up a bit of mud.


Thx all
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85GTlover

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HOWNDOG

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No.

Most often the tread is less than the cross section. CS is measured at the fat part of the tire.

......and it's mm not cm A 245cm tire would be 2.45 meters or about 8' wide! (sorry, had to point that out)


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HOWNDOG said:

What's the biggest tire size any of you have put on the stock 10 hole 15" rims, stock ride height, and no rubs on the fox? Front and/or rear.

I'm going to slap on a set of BFG's in the next week or so and figure a few of you have probably went down this road already.

Thx
HD

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HOWNDOG,if this helps any..I ran 235/60r15 on the front and 245/60r15
on the rear with 10 holes.The only problem I had with rubbing was turning
the steering wheel lock to lock,it would rub a little on the inside of the
plastic fender liner..I hardly notice it anymore.
Here's a pic so you can see what it looked like,I've since changed my
wheel/tire combination.

 

HOWNDOG

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Thx Boss. I should be ok with the 225/60's on front.

The order has been placed. This time Thursday the truth shall be known.


HD


BTW, Nice car. It reminds me that I should buy some wax too......

 

HOWNDOG

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They're on.

225/60 F and 245/60 R, Looks damn nice and no rubbing. I also don't slow down for corners, offramps.......no more which is a good thing for car that lacks in the get-back-up-to-speed area.

...maybe post some pics after a waxing.

HD