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Tires are too big!

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Subject: Tires are too big!
From: Lizirbydavis@cs.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 21:42:33 EST
Hi folks,
I just had an unpleasant experience.  I just had new tires mounted-205/70R15 
Yokohama T4s.  I bought these because they most closely matched the stock 
185/15 redlines that I previously had on the car.  I thought the tires looked 
"bulky" in the wheel well as compared to the 185/15s (I have wire wheels).  I 
turned to car hard to the right, went into a hole and caught the top of the 
tire on the inner lip of the fender.  It gouged a big chunk of rubber out of 
the tire and bent the fender (not too bad).  I assume that the springs are 
stock height.  Are these tires too big, or are my springs, shocks bad?  I had 
planned on fitting stiffer, 1" lower shocks.  This is definitely not an 
option with these tires.  Any comments?
Joe Davis   

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