Tire Size

joeyjojo892 · Feb 17, 2008

Hi.

Im new here. I have an '89 with stock wheels and tires. I want to keep the stock 14" wheels cuz i actually kinda like them but i was wondering how wide of a tire i can fit on them. Stock tires are 195/75-14 and i was hoping to get 245/60-14. Will they fit right?

My car btw is a white hatch, 2.3l n/a, rusted, magnaflow exhaust...thats it so far. Bodywork being done in the next month. I'll post some photos after cuz right now its sad to look at.

Red_LX · Feb 18, 2008

Nooooo, that won't work. That is way too wide for the stock wheels, which by the way are 14x6 I believe.

Probably the widest tire you could safely put on that rim is a 225, and even that might be pushing it.

joeyjojo892 · Feb 18, 2008

Thanks. I was also thinking about 225/65-14 but i can't seem to find any tires that size. I checked tirerack.com and i didn't see any. Maybe i'll just stick with stock until i can afford some 16" pony's.

ethangsmith · Feb 18, 2008

In the mid-80's Ford was offering an upgrade tire for the 14" wheel that was a 205-70R14. 225's would probably fit but be pushing it. Honestly, pick up a cheap set of 10 hole 15" wheels with the 225-60R15's on them. The 16" ponies will take a 225-55R16 tire (along with the 16" turbocoupe snowflake wheels).

GT40 2 · Feb 18, 2008

you could get some 15'' ten hole wheels. the stock tire size on them is 225/60.

joeyjojo892 · Feb 21, 2008

I found a set of 16" ponies with brand new bf goodrich traction t/a's on them for $650...i think im gonna get them.

fess40 · Feb 22, 2008

205/70R14 work well, I just bought a cheap set last summer.

Stinger · Feb 26, 2008

$650 is way too much for ponies, regardless of what tire is on them. You could get a set of 17" take offs for less than that...

glowstang93 · Feb 28, 2008

GT40 2 said:
you could get some 15'' ten hole wheels. the stock tire size on them is 225/60.

Stock tire size on my 92 and 93 both with 10 holes was P205/65 R15's. Not saying your wrong, but that is what came from the dealer on the 10 hole option wheels.

ethangsmith · Feb 28, 2008

Forgot about that option. Checked my one of my mustang books and it shows that size for the later 4 cylinder car with the ten holes.

Red_LX · Feb 28, 2008

glowstang93 said:
Stock tire size on my 92 and 93 both with 10 holes was P205/65 R15's. Not saying your wrong, but that is what came from the dealer on the 10 hole option wheels.

5.0's with ten holes came with 225/60R15's.

SVO1 · Feb 28, 2008

And the 92-3 2.3's had the same 225/60/15's.
Ford was blowing out all the leftover wheels to make room for the new sn95 stuff.

Red_LX · Feb 28, 2008

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tim_lemmy · Mar 4, 2008

Anybody know a good tire size for a 17x9 wheel on these cars?

joeyjojo892 · Mar 5, 2008

Stinger said:
$650 is way too much for ponies, regardless of what tire is on them. You could get a set of 17" take offs for less than that...

Considering the tires alone would be over $400 id have to disagree with $650 being too much. I cant afford new tires AND wheels so these seem like a pretty good deal.

glowstang93 · Mar 6, 2008

Red_LX said:
5.0's with ten holes came with 225/60R15's.

Interesting, I didn't know that. Here is a pic of my window sticker just to show that my 2.3 did come with the 205/65's. Had never known the 5.0's came with bigger tire size.

I used the tire calculation and that would put the 5.0's .069" higher than the 2.3. Cool info.

Stinger · Mar 6, 2008

joeyjojo892 said:
Considering the tires alone would be over $400 id have to disagree with $650 being too much. I cant afford new tires AND wheels so these seem like a pretty good deal.

Takeoff's include the tires...they are wheels/tires taken off brand new Mustangs when dealerships upgrade them to aftermarket wheels before selling, or for the customer right after they are sold.

joeyjojo892 · Mar 12, 2008

Stinger said:
Takeoff's include the tires...they are wheels/tires taken off brand new Mustangs when dealerships upgrade them to aftermarket wheels before selling, or for the customer right after they are sold.

So takeoffs would be brand new wheels taken off brand new mustangs? So your suggesting i go out and buy 5 lug wheels to go on my 4 lug mustang? And the 5 lug conversion would cost me??? If the total cost is more then $650 i dont see how this is better.

351wcoupe · Mar 30, 2008

Just for reference...
I have pony's on my 88 and I gave $200 for the wheels with tires.

$650 I could without a doubt buy take off wheels and switch to 5lug which is way cheaper and easier than you think it might be.

Anlushac11 · Apr 1, 2008

I ran P215/60-HR14's on my 1980 Red Ghia hatchback.

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