faithofadragon

i wanna run a 225/50/15 tire (i know this sounds rather noob....sorry) and dont wanna rub

its gonna be a hard task i know

what do you think i can do to allow that


ive thought about cutting off the flares that are on the volkswagen passat i think it is and molding it in but im unsure as to how that would look

i know coilovers will allow a wider tire cuz you dont have such a wide suspension body like struts do

any ideas?

kb5133

I'm running 205 50 KDW2s on 17's. My bad!!! 50 series is a little too big with 17's. Required some trimming of the fender guard and some "persuasion" on the fender lips with a rubber mallet. Minimal rubbing. Fender flares would be the way to go if I weren't so damn cheap.

faithofadragon

mang thats with 17s though no way in hell am i gonna run 17s

15s!!!

kb5133

That's what I'm sayin'. You should be good with a 50 series on 15s even at 225. Stockers were 50's and then don't even come close to the fender (I know, only 195's but still). I depends on the tire too. Even though the shop where I got the tires from said there wouldn't be much diff. between the 40 and 50. The difference between a 40series Yoko and a 50 series KDW are literally huge.

faithofadragon

there is a huge difference between 45 and 50 i can imagine the difference between 40 and 50

anyways

i guess ill have to give it a try....hopefully it wont stick out so much though ugh like those nasty daytons...

OzFxCoupe

You've prolly already checked this but here are the comparative specs, just in case fing02.gif

faithofadragon

hmmm its only a little more than a inch wider...hmmm interesting ill have to keep that in mind...

hamhead

Lemme know whats the biggest tire you can cram under there, I wanna put some big rubber under there myself. tongue.gif

faithofadragon

i wanna stick the widest possible tire without having it stick out of the fender no mojo for me!!! time to bust out the ruler...

OzFxCoupe

Just putting wider tyres won't necessarily mean more grip. If they are just cheaper hard-compound tyres, they won't do any good at all.

Also, I once read that something about the contact patch of the tire being affected primarily by load & psi... Not so much by it's tread width.

Not sure why that was but it made sense to me at the time. I'll see if I can find the article.