tire size and other wheel questions

[dswalterwi at earthlink.net (Don Walter)]

I bought 16" Kossei Racing Seneka's wheels from tirerack with Kuhmo Estca 712's 205/45/R16.  They fit fine until I put H&R coilovers inplace of the stock strut and springs.  I was still able to lower the car but there was some rubbing on medium to hard cornering.  If I did this over again I would go with 40 profile as the 45 makes the diameter larger than stock and effects your torque.

I also test fitted them (205/45/R16) on my other Scirocco that the inside lip of the fender has been folded over and I think the fender has been pulled out out a bit.  I could really hard corner and not get any rubbing.  It also has H&R coilovers.

As for tires I'm looking at the new Kuhmo ASX's they are in the $75.00 range as well and have gotten really good reviews, better than the 712's which tended to get noisy when they wore out.  But they really did handle great, I could never get them to break loose on dry payment.  They had good wet handling as well.  My Swedish friend has the MX'x on his Mustang GT but they are a bit more expensive.

HTH,
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
Sent: Jul 27, 2004 5:23 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: RE: tire size and other wheel questions

Awesome info, thanks. Sounds like you and I are on the same page when it comes to tires. For price, I'm shooting for under $100 each and hopefully around $75 each. Good to know about the curvy vs. straight pattern for the BFGs. I do see rain now and then, though it's usually pretty short-lived. Do you have your car lowered any? Any rubbing issues?
 
Dan

daniel savatteri <yoscirocco@hotmail.com> wrote:
Check out tire rack. I just bought a pair of BFGoodrich G-force TA's in 
205/40/16's. They were $71 a piece but thats about the best price your 
going to find. They have some other tires that are a little cheaper but 
your not going to get the quality of the BFG's. Any 40 profile tire is'nt 
going to last you that long but I found that BFGs are usually the best in 
that catagory. I've never had these tires before but the Comp TA's i had 
were great and lasted a really long time on 17" rims, a lot longer than the 
Yokohama AVS ES 100's im using now. If you get the BFG's make sure you get 
the straight tread pattern, the curvy pattern tires definitly do not last as 
long as the straight patterns and hydroplan like a hover craft.

>From: Dan Smith 
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: tire size and other wheel questions
>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:55:49 -0700 (PDT)
>
>This weekend at Dubs Along the Rockies I bought a set of brand new 16x7.5 
>rims that I think are pretty sick. I know, 16" isn't exactly an ideal size 
>and I'm just hoping I don't have to take out a loan for tires, but they 
>were sweet and cheap.....
>
>Anyways, what width tire do I want? I hate the stretched look. I assume 
>I'll need about a 40 height to fit decently. I'm planning on rolling the 
>fender lips. Will I have to stay pretty much at stock ride height? Tell me 
>how you'd set this up. As for tires, if you have recommendations, here's 
>what I'm looking for. Good wear qualities, decent grip, good looks, really 
>good price. I don't race, don't experience much rain and don't typically 
>'get sideways' on entrance ramps like some people I know, so I don't need 
>some kickass auto-x tire.
>
>TIA,
>Dan
>
>
>
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1969 Beetle
1969 Karman Ghia
1971 Karman Ghia
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1986 1.8 16V Black Scirocco (my new ride)