Tire selection Q's

[roclist@accessconsulting.ca (Jason Adams)]

I can not speak from personal experience here but I would have to say that a
215 will rub more. Unless you decrease your offset and roll your fenders.
however the tire selection may also come into play with such extreme sizes,
that is a square shouldered tire is more likely to rub than a more rounded
shoulder profile.


Jason Adams
Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
84 rocco 16v
93 320i
98 Z71

----- Original Message -----
From: "Euroroc II" <flaatr@yahoo.com>
To: "scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Tire selection Q's


> Sorry... I meant to ask... Is anyone running 215/40-16's on a MKII and do
> you have any complaints? Do they rub?
>
> I have 205's so I can answer that one for myself  :-P
>
> -RGK-
>
>
>
> At 03:42 PM 1/25/03 -0800, Euroroc II wrote:
> >I'm currently running on 205/40-16's and will need new tires in a few
> >months. I used the calculator on the .org page and found this out...
> >
> >185/60-14
> >         Error NA
> >         Diameter 22.7"
> >         Width 7.28"
> >         Profile 4.37"
> >         Tire to Fender 2"
> >
> >205/40-16
> >         Error -1.26%
> >         Diameter 22.4"
> >         Width 8.07"
> >         Profile 3.22"
> >         Tire to Fender 2.28"
> >
> >215/40-16
> >         Error 0.138%
> >         Diameter 22.7"
> >         Width 8.46"
> >         Profile 3.38"
> >         Tire to Fender 1.96"
> >
> >Clearly the 215's seem to have an advantage over the 205 in that the tire
> >to fender clearance is almost the same and the speedo error is almost nil
> >as compared to stock... Is 2.0" the correct number to use for clearance?
> >the real question is this;
> >
> >Is anyone running 205/40-16's on a MKII and do you have any complaints?
Do
> >they rub? My 205's only rub on hard locked turns and this is ok. I do not
> >rub in any other condition, bumps etc... The car is lowered about 1.25"
> >
> >-Raffi
> >
> >
> >
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