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Ouch! $$$ Lesson learned about tires.

 Are they rubbing badly?  Edgeracing.com has a great system for looking up tires by size only and then it shows you all the ones they have available in that size.  I had 195/45/14 on stock bottle caps on my Rocco for track days.  Real low profile and quick, but it would be screaming in top gear at speed because it effectively lowers the final drive ratio.  Toyo T1R seems to be the only tire that gets made in almost any size.  My street tires for after the track were some stock Saturn tires that were really narrow but very tall, taller then stock and they never rubbed.  Not great grip but I was going in a specific direction with her before I melted the fuse panel.  Now I'm going in a slightly different direction..... uh, standing still actually till I finish the 16V swap.

      Rave Racer
Currently:
NEW!!  91 Jetta GLI 2.0L 16V
'81 Scirocco Mk1 1.8L 8V Digifant 2

'89 Jetta GTX 1.8L 16V
'87 Audi 4000 Quattro 
 http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid=110
'72 Triumph GT6
 http://www.triumphowners.com/uploaded/34/50-50-111014_20raveracer-gt6-1.jpg
 
http://spaces.msn.com/raveracer77/photos/ 
http://www.myspace.com/rave_racer
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Brown 
  To: scirocco scirocco 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 03:23 PM
  Subject: Ouch! $$$ Lesson learned about tires.


  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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