tyres for 15x8's - NOW WITH PICS
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:13 pm
howdy all I am having a little trouble finding some tyres for 15x8's
any thoughts?
any thoughts?
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tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:42 pm
I have 195/45/15 Bridgestone GIII's on mine
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:01 pm
I'm sure I've seen 225/50/15's in standard road tyres somewhere. It's the standard size on mitsubishi galant VR4's I think. No doubt a few others but I know a guy at work that got 225 wide 15" street rubber for a VR4 recently.
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:46 pm
225/50/15 would be a bit tall, i've got 205/50/15 on 15x7's and with road tyres there is too much play in the side wall for me (and the speedo is about 7% out). I'm going to be getting 15x8's and will be fitting 195/50 but then I'm also aiming for the stretched look.
Julian
Julian
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:59 pm
195/45/15 or 50 Profile.
marvis.
marvis.
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:23 pm
what marvis said
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205/50 but some rolling,pumping, and all sorts of mangaling will need to be done if your 5 is pretty low. 195/45/50 will not interferre with your guards unless your scraping on the floor.
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205/50 but some rolling,pumping, and all sorts of mangaling will need to be done if your 5 is pretty low. 195/45/50 will not interferre with your guards unless your scraping on the floor.
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:51 pm
He hasn't even mentioned the offset how do you know they will scrape?
James, I think you may just have to go for 205/50, they should sit well on a 8" rim without too much fooli sik sidewall angle and still be nice and stable. I am running 195s on 7 atm and they sit pretty well but would go 195s on my 7.5" rims when I get them to get the walls sitting right(though I am going to get 205...traction issues), I think 205 on 8" would be about the same. The only wider 15s I know of in a reasonable tyre probably be T1R in 215 but they are quite soft in the sidewall. Oh yea and I assume these are for road wheels? What did you get? Offset?
Tim
James, I think you may just have to go for 205/50, they should sit well on a 8" rim without too much fooli sik sidewall angle and still be nice and stable. I am running 195s on 7 atm and they sit pretty well but would go 195s on my 7.5" rims when I get them to get the walls sitting right(though I am going to get 205...traction issues), I think 205 on 8" would be about the same. The only wider 15s I know of in a reasonable tyre probably be T1R in 215 but they are quite soft in the sidewall. Oh yea and I assume these are for road wheels? What did you get? Offset?
Tim
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:06 am
i run 195/50/`5 re001s on my 15x8s and they are stretched a little, but no problem.
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:27 am
offset is 0 and the arches will not be an issue 
. so you think my stock 195 50 15s will work? I am a little concerned. I may get them fitted and see how it goes. its only about 80 bucks to get them fitted. anyone know somewhere that will actually do it?
. so you think my stock 195 50 15s will work? I am a little concerned. I may get them fitted and see how it goes. its only about 80 bucks to get them fitted. anyone know somewhere that will actually do it?tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:58 pm
Have you either pulled the arches or fitted flares?
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:30 pm
all will be told eventually - via pictures after fitting 
Ok I have been told by Jax that the BF Goodrich g force sport in a 205 50 15 is a really wide 205. If the 195's get a little dodgy I will get these I think. I have read some pretty good things on the big forum about these tyres.
Ok I have been told by Jax that the BF Goodrich g force sport in a 205 50 15 is a really wide 205. If the 195's get a little dodgy I will get these I think. I have read some pretty good things on the big forum about these tyres.
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:46 pm
came across these on boostcruising tonight
http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/ind ... pic=292787
215/45/15's
Cheers,
Julian
http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/ind ... pic=292787
215/45/15's
Cheers,
Julian
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:33 am
are the t1 s any good?
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:02 am
my guards are rolled but not pulled.
tyres for 15x8's
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:21 pm
i have ran 225/50R15 GIIIs on +35ish offset rims and they were fine.. car was lowered quiet a bit and the gaurds were rolled (not pulled) and the camber wasnt anything a standard car couldnt achieve.
it didnt rub much only over large bumps and on full lock. rears didnt rubb at all. im sure however if the people i got to roll the gaurds had of done a better job you would have even less issues and if you pump or pull the gaurds it would be fine pending on the wheel offset camber and ride hight of course.
looked hot as though
look at my car domain photos in there
it didnt rub much only over large bumps and on full lock. rears didnt rubb at all. im sure however if the people i got to roll the gaurds had of done a better job you would have even less issues and if you pump or pull the gaurds it would be fine pending on the wheel offset camber and ride hight of course.
looked hot as though
look at my car domain photos in there