[Shotimes] 205 or 225?

[Ron Porter]

IMHO, I would call rim width more important with radials than with the old
bias-plies. Radials, in general, have softer sidewalls by design. Keeping
the rim width equal to the tread width is a good rule-of-thumb.

Ron Porter 
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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of bjshov8
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:02 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 205 or 225?

I've always wondered about tire width vs. rim width.  In the days before
radials you wanted a min. rim width almost as wide as the tread, but I think
this is a bit less critical with radials.  If you buy into the argument
about rim width affecting performance, then you might be as well off with
205's.

I'm driving a gen3 now and I think its stock wheels are wider than slicers.
I had AVS db s2's on it, and replaced them with Fuzion ZRi's.  I noticed
that the Fuzions are much more responsive in turn-in so they must have
stiffer sidewalls.  I don't notice much difference in ride though.


> Hey guys, I'm looking at these Fuzion tires and notice that they only
> come in 205 or 225 widths, not 215... I have 225/55s on right now (AVS
> dB2) and they look like they're friggin' pregnant they bulge out so far
> on stock slicers.
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