Ouch! $$$ Lesson learned about tires.

[greg.rocco at gmail.com (Greg Pallett)]

Oh man, I thought you were going to say the wheel wouldn't balance... *whew*
Where are they rubbing?  On the fender liners, or on the springs?
Potterman has 5mm spacers for $42, 8mm for $50, would those help?


On 11/22/06, David Brown <sharpshooter33@adelphia.net> wrote:
>
> Well I thought I was pretty slick. I got some rims last year at Cincy. I
> ordered some H rated 195/60/14's from the tire rack. Both for a good price.
> Then had them mounted and balanced.  All ready to go and.....they rub.  The
> previous tires were 185/60/14's.  I had already switched them out for a set
> of T rated 4 season tires in 195/60/14 so I figured they'd fit just
> fine.  Well wrong. I forgot that the suspension on this scirocco had been
> lowered.  They rub on turning and bouncing.
>
> I figured all 195/60/14's should be the same, but evidently they are some
> differences.  Looks like my Jetta got a new set of summer performance tires
> and I've got to go tire shopping again. 8-(  Even if there the same
> measurements looks like some have different tread width.
>
> Lessons learned.
>
> Later
> David
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