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Offline ginga

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tyre width
« on: 16 March 2008, 12:32 »
hi all. just purchased some 15" alloys from egay. they have 205/15/55 tyres,they seem quite wide compared to me old ones. my  question is will they rub when lowering by 40mm?

Offline Lewy

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Re: tyre width
« Reply #1 on: 16 March 2008, 13:03 »
hi all. just purchased some 15" alloys from egay. they have 205/15/55 tyres,they seem quite wide compared to me old ones. my  question is will they rub when lowering by 40mm?

Shouldn't do unless your going lower than 60mm, but if they do just whack some 195's on them.

Offline richard s

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Re: tyre width
« Reply #2 on: 16 March 2008, 19:57 »
i have 205/50/15 on mine and they rub when turning with what i think is 40 mm drop