Tires size for 15x5.5 "smoothies" with drop spindl

[CJohnHancock]

Sorry to post this for the 1,000th time but my brain is about to leak out of my head from all the wildly varying or conflicting information from posts here as well as vendors.

Just got my first Beetle, a 77' standard w/metal sunroof. Literally drug it out of a barn. Tires were actually rotting off the rims. I bought the drop-spindles (using stock beam), also going to go down a tooth on the rear torsion bars and replace all the shocks with the EMPI gas shocks. Got standard ones for the rear and the special ones "for lowered vehicles" for the front.

I plan to buy 5.5" wide chrome "smoothie" wheels (from jbugs) for it but NEED TO KNOW what tires will fit and fill the fender space and not rub. Can you please share with me any links to solid information on this? (mind you the car is on jack stands and has no wheels or tires so I am unable to measure height)
Do you have a similar set up you can tell me what you use and maybe share a photo of it?

Thank you very much.
-Hancock

[Mike Fisher]

185X60X15? I won't buy anything lower profile than 60 Series because they never fill the fender well. When in doubt I buy I buy pairs of good USED tires CHEAP to run for 1-2 years. I then know exactly what size to buy next time.
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