Tires sizes wheel types

Jerry39218 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 4:56 pm Post subject: Tires sizes wheel types

Yes, I've been searching but not getting anywhere.

If you look at my buggy you may notice the wheels are UGLY... and the tires are a bit small for me.

I'm thinking of going to 15x8 slotted Indy style wheels, but not sure what size tires.
I want to raise the height slightly and also go wider.

Any suggestions?

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Jerry39218 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:06 pm Post subject:

205/60 15 is what is currently on there now.

jspbtown · Samba Member Joined: January 27, 2004 Posts: 5157

If you go on a site like www.tirerack.com it will give you the specifications of not only the tires you have on there now.

So take a look at the dimensions of your current 205/60 15 and if you want to go smaller you can have a reference point for the new tires based on the sizes of the current ones. They will also tell you the appropriate rim widths.

Jerry39218 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:23 pm Post subject:

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:54 pm Post subject:

bim55 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:19 pm Post subject:

Joe, any chance those are actually 295/50/15's on the rear?
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Jerry39218 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:25 pm Post subject:

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:38 pm Post subject:

Jerry39218 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:39 pm Post subject:

50's will work on an 8" wide wheel? No crowning?

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:53 pm Post subject:

Jerry39218 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:12 pm Post subject:

Jerry39218 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:16 pm Post subject:

What did you mean by "hunt the high spots"?

pull to the side type thing?

my front end is so light it drifts more than I had thought it would, but I've gotten used to it now.

having that dinky small steering wheel doesn't help much, either hah.

I'm learning tho...haven't had it but a couple months, and I'm only familiar with beetles, baja's, squarebacks, and buses... dune buggy is something new to me. the shortened chassis is interesting to say the least.

hoping to find a front and rear bumper along with a roll cage soon.
had a guy tell me it's just like a 4wheel motorcycle...you wreck, you're dead Sad

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:22 pm Post subject:

Ha Ha! They are a "safer" motorcycle.

If the road you are driving on is old, the area where the car tires run will be slightly lower than the very center and the L & R edges. A wider tire on a VW will tend to want to find and "hunt" those higher ridges and give a feel of being squirrelly. The higher areas will pull the car to them.
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Jerry39218 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:59 pm Post subject:

Dale M. · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:02 am Post subject:

IF car hunts or wanders, you may need caster shims if you don't have any under lower beams right now....

MY car with link pin front end, caster shims and about 1/16'' tow-in run straight and true.... Heavy duty sway bars front and rear make it handle like a go kart...

I run P255/60/15 on rear and P225/60/14 on front and it fills wheel wells nicely...

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clonebug · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:32 am Post subject:

I ran 295/50-15 tires at first and the 275/60-15 are on my buggy now.

I like the gearing that the 275/60 series tires gives on my buggy.

I can cruise at 65-70 mph with ease and the engine is not revved way up.

70 mph gets me 3100 rpm.

This is with a 1967 trans with 4.12 gears.

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clonebug · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:29 pm Post subject:

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:25 pm Post subject:

My yellow buggy pictured above did not have any problems with a stock 1600 and running a PIC 30 carb. You can go to Tire Rack.com and look at overall height of the tires to compare. I was running a 4.12 ring and pinion.
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andygere · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the replies, guys. I think I've narrowed it down to either the 275 60s or 295 50s. The 275s are 1.4 inches taller than the 295s--guess I'd better verify my gear ratio before deciding.


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