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TR4/4A 215/60/15 Tires on a TR4?
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Alan_Myers
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Hi,
I've not tried it so am not sure if you'll have clearance issues with those tires.
But, hopefully you have the late TR6 wheels that are 6" wide... not the early 5.5" that are simply too narrow for 215 tires. 6" is the very minimum width and just marginally wide enough for 215s and the tires will overhang the wheels quite a bit (215s are usually more than 8.5" wide in cross section).
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I've not tried it so am not sure if you'll have clearance issues with those tires.
But, hopefully you have the late TR6 wheels that are 6" wide... not the early 5.5" that are simply too narrow for 215 tires. 6" is the very minimum width and just marginally wide enough for 215s and the tires will overhang the wheels quite a bit (215s are usually more than 8.5" wide in cross section).
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Northcoaster
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I used to run 215/60-15 Pirellis on my TR4 without much trouble. This was on a 5-1/2" wide wheel. I know, not really wide enough, but they looked great and autocrossed just fine! Oh yes, a little rubbing up front under hard braking, no problems in back. That RX7 driver never could figure out how my relic of a car could beat him! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif
Simon TR4a
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I have a friend using 195/65/15 tyres on alloy wheels, I think 5.5 inches width.
He has suspension lowered about 1 inch, looks great and no clearance problems.
I think 215 is too wide; you are sure to have a lot of "tramlining" on road grooves, heavy steering, and the weight of the wheel and tyre combination will be much more than the stock setup, which may make the suspension bouncy over bumps
and the car feel less responsive to steering inputs.
The bouniness is due to the shocks not being able to control the movements of a greater unsprung weight, and the steering
change is due to the gyroscopic effect of such a heavy wheel and tyre trying to continue to stay pointed in the same direction.
I don't mean to sound too discouraging, or imply that the car will be terrible to drive, these effects might be a reasonable trade-off for the change in appearance and improvement in grip, just depends on your preferences.
Simon.
Simon.
He has suspension lowered about 1 inch, looks great and no clearance problems.
I think 215 is too wide; you are sure to have a lot of "tramlining" on road grooves, heavy steering, and the weight of the wheel and tyre combination will be much more than the stock setup, which may make the suspension bouncy over bumps
and the car feel less responsive to steering inputs.
The bouniness is due to the shocks not being able to control the movements of a greater unsprung weight, and the steering
change is due to the gyroscopic effect of such a heavy wheel and tyre trying to continue to stay pointed in the same direction.
I don't mean to sound too discouraging, or imply that the car will be terrible to drive, these effects might be a reasonable trade-off for the change in appearance and improvement in grip, just depends on your preferences.
Simon.
Simon.