185/80x15 tyres
hotrodsurplus:
Quote from: streetvw on April 15, 2013, 10:26:20 am
here's another angle the combination in this shot is front 4.5" with 145 XZX Michelins and rear 5.5" with 185 XWX Michelin's
That's not a 185R15 or even a 185/80R15. The XWX is a 70-series tire. So that's a 185/70R15, a considerably shorter tire than the others. At 25.2 inches tall it's even shorter than a 165R15.
Zach Gomulka:
A 165/15 (assuming 78 profile) comes in at 25.13", the 185/70 is, like you said, 25.2".
I love the 145, 185/70 combo. Especially with staggered wheels, ideally 4.5's and 6's. They look perfectly balanced to the car from all angles. I wish the 185/70 was still readily available!
hotrodsurplus:
Quote from: Zach Gomulka on April 15, 2013, 16:24:09 pm
A 165/15 (assuming 78 profile) comes in at 25.13", the 185/70 is, like you said, 25.2".
I love the 145, 185/70 combo. Especially with staggered wheels, ideally 4.5's and 6's. They look perfectly balanced to the car from all angles. I wish the 185/70 was still readily available!
Actually the assumed Eurometric profile is 82, not 78. The 78 profile applied to domestic bias-ply alphanumeric tires like G78-15. Calculating by the callout (the numbers cast in the sidewall) a 165r15 is 25.43. The actual diameters are quite close to that--according to Coker the Firestone 165 is 25.43 and the Michelin XZX 165 is 25.4.
I agree that the 145 and 185/70 does look right on 4.5s and 5.5s or sixes when coupled with a good stance. It's a different look than the 155 and 185r15 but it's sharp in its own right.
Zach Gomulka:
Good to know. That 78-82 stuff always confused me. Seems like I've ran across 165's that had heights all over the board.
Tire Rack also has 195/70's available now. Would be a good compromise.
hotrodsurplus:
Quote from: Zach Gomulka on April 15, 2013, 17:25:04 pm
Good to know. That 78-82 stuff always confused me. Seems like I've ran across 165's that had heights all over the board.
Tire Rack also has 195/70's available now. Would be a good compromise.
Yeah, tire dimensions are kooky. The callout number is almost irrelevant sometimes. I did a tech piece about a shop that recaps radial tires with pie-crust slick caps (don't bother; they're all too tall for street Volkswagens). The owner said that the biggest problem was finding a tire with the right case dimensions. He said the varies size varies so radically among brands that in one brand he could use one callout size but in another brand he had to use another callout size.
195/70 is a great size but a terrible tire for any kind of performance beyond load capacity. I'm not aware of any other application beyond cargo vans for that tire.
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