Twiggy |
Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:22 pm |
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anyone running this size on that width? Will they fit? |
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buggpower |
Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:50 pm |
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195/50's are same width as a 195/60 except taller. I have 195/60's on my car right now with 4.5" wide rims. I personally dont like it because they balloon out but not really bad, but since 195/50's are shorter you might not have a big balloon look like i have. |
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blankmange |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:16 am |
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same here - running 195/60's on stock 4.5 steelies with no problems... |
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Bryan67 |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:38 am |
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Not true. 195/50`s are actually wider than a 195/60. Measure them sometime. |
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Glenn |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:42 am |
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Bryan67 wrote: Not true. 195/50`s are actually wider than a 195/60. Measure them sometime.
Tires do not measure exactly what the size is, but generally a 195 is a 195 is a 195. So a 195/50-15 is the same width as a 195/60-16 and a 195/50-14.
I have 195/60-15 on 5.5" wide wheels and think a 4.5" is a bit narrow. |
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Bryan67 |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:50 am |
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Hers an example
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?make=Yokoha...mp;place=8 |
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Erik G |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:06 am |
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195/50 on a 4.5 looks terrible. |
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vwfye |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:05 am |
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you will wonder why your car feels 'squishy' inthe turns. also, you actually have a greater chance of rolling the bead of the tire off of the rim in a hard defensive/evasive turn. read that as 'very bad'. |
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Twiggy |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:05 pm |
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yeah I did a little more reseach after I posted this and found out they'll have the "baked bread" look.
Also that size might be a bit to low and throw off my gearing too much in my bug. |
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Bryan67 |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:57 pm |
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You can run a 185/55 or 175/55 with no problem though. Or even a 185/60. |
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clarkbre |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:05 pm |
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I run 175/65/15's on the front of my bug. They're 24" tall, a little wider than stock and have a fairly wide footprint on them. They ride really nice too. |
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ivsamhell |
Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:02 pm |
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i used to run 195/50 up front, slammed and narrowed 4" on stock wheels.
i like the look and the handling. just bought some 145/65s to try out. |
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Skim |
Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:45 pm |
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Before they started coming out with the smaller width low profiles, I ran them on 4.5 fuchs, I didnt care for the look but thats all they had at the time.
Notice how the 195x50 bubbled out on the side wall...
Personally nowadays I like the 165x45 on a 4.5. Its like a match made in heaven. Plus they are cheaper than 195x50's |
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Stevepi |
Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:55 am |
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I have in my possession a 185/55 and 195/65 and the 185s are wider than the 195s.
In fact when I measure them the 185 measures close to 195 and the 195 measures 185.
These are dirt cheap tyres made in china. |
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glandnut |
Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:28 pm |
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Skim wrote:
Personally nowadays I like the 165x45 on a 4.5. Its like a match made in heaven. Plus they are cheaper than 195x50's
Do you mean on a bus, or on sedans as well? |
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Skim |
Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:43 am |
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glandnut wrote: Skim wrote:
Personally nowadays I like the 165x45 on a 4.5. Its like a match made in heaven. Plus they are cheaper than 195x50's
Do you mean on a bus, or on sedans as well?
Honestly I dont like how they look on sedans, If a bug is not super low it will show a huge gap. I like 135's because its the traditional front tire on a bug but I would never, ever put them on a bus. |
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blankmange |
Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:31 am |
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Stevepi wrote: I have in my possession a 185/55 and 195/65 and the 185s are wider than the 195s.
In fact when I measure them the 185 measures close to 195 and the 195 measures 185.
These are dirt cheap tyres made in china.
that may be the reason right there.... |
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