How are your tires?? Just posted a question 235/45r17.

From your past post, your tire rim width are 7.5". How does it look on stock rims?? Is there any danger having .5" wider tires.

thanks.

 

The stock rims are 7", and the minimum recommended is 7.5". The dealer worked with me on a 500 mile guarantee, and I loved them and will buy them again. I'm now running non-stock wheels (for lighter weight, and better road feel), but the Toyo's on the stock wheels were what I scared the sh*t out of my Cobra buddy with. The handling and fit is good.

I never took pictures (no digital camera -- I'll get a super high pixel model in a year or two), but another member took pictures. The tires stick out about 1/4" on each side of the rim. They "almost" protect the wheel from scrapes (I said almost).

Hope that helps a bit.

You can also ask Technique.

Someone else here may remember the name of the other Toyo guy who has the Toyos on the stock wheels (with pictures of them on stock rims). I tried to "enhance" his images, but I just couldn't get the right combination of convolution and edge filters to reveal the size (it could have been a 225/45 or 235/45).


BTW -- BMW and other car manufactures have done this same .5" rim size under treatment, so I went for it and it worked without any problems. I was (and am) running 39 PSI, and never had the tire roll under on to its sidewall! (Something I can't say for the stock tires.)

If you in Los Angeles, I can give you the name of a dealer that will set you up.

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[This message has been edited by EricL (edited 04-25-2001).]

 

Thanks for the info!!