On Wed, 3 Jan 1996 Railroad2@aol.com wrote:
> Steve,
>
> The June 95 issue of Grassroots Motorsports says this:
>
> "While we're on the subject of handling, if you're still running the
> 155/80-13 tires that came with the car, get rid of them. Even if you don't
> go to offset rear springs or lo9nger studs, you can snugly fit 175/70-13s on
> your stock rims without serious rubbling problems. The difference is
> noticeable.
I beg to differ with GRMS. Maybe you can fit 175/70s on without rubbing,
but they are too wide for the stock rims. For any rim width, there is
a range of acceptable widths. Stock spridget rims are narrow; 165 is
pushing it, and 155 is better. If you want wider than 165, it would be
better to get the minilites.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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