[Shotimes] Tires - 235/55-16's

[James F. Ryan III]

> Staying with the OEM size is fine. Another possibility is the 215/55/16
> size. Kind of an oddball size, but that's what I have on my car now on the
> slicers. They are Firestone Firehawks that I bought off another SHOtimer,
> and they have turned out to be decent tires. The lower sidewall does
> sharpen
> response a bit.

235/55-16 is even more of an oddball size.  A search at tirerack.com shows:

215/60 - 50+ choices, but all of them all-season, no perf tires

235/55 - 10+ choices, but all of them all-season, no perf tires

225/55 - 70+ choices, from max perf to touring to snow tires

I thought the reason we were using the 225/55 was because it's a popular
size used by a lot of cars.  Whereas our 215/60 size was used by the SHO and
very few other cars.

Side note:  with 215/60s I lowered the car to fill the wheel wells and it
looked great.  Then you guys tell me to go with the (shorter) 225/55s and
I'm back to where I started.  The tire height is a little small for my
tastes but the handling is great!!  This is the first time I've had a set of
tires that actually made such a difference in handling.



Jim Ryan
(Living and working in Kentucky for the next 2 months)
Wayne, NJ
'91 Plus - all white/mocha with fiberglass hood, rod shifter, & rear spoiler

255 Lph fuel pump, SHO Shop can & horn, 80mm MAF, S&B cone filter, SHO Shop
HiFlow Y-pipe & cat-back exhaust, SHO Shop LPM, SHO Shop underdrive pulleys,
SHO Shop HiRevs Jr clutch & steel billet LiteWeight flywheel, reinforced
engine & trans mounts, SHO Shop TQ limiters, SHO NUT aluminum SFBs, FPS '96
SHO front brakes, Carbotech F brake pads, Nook's full-body SFCs, Koni adj
struts, SHO Shop linear springs, 24mm FSB, 26mm RSB, SHO Shop steel f&r
STBs, Bridgestone Potenza RE-730 225/55-16, CATZ MSP fog lights, police
grille