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Re: tires for a 77 1500

To: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Subject: Re: tires for a 77 1500
From: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 15:36:08 -0400


In message <20000715192250187.AAA141@mail.141.com@smtp.141.com>you write:
>>>I"m thinking of putting 175/70 on it.
>>>
>>>opinions?
>>
>>   Yes, these will work fine on the car, I have the same size on mine.
>
>I have 180s on mine right now-but when I make a tight turn, they rub. The 175s
> don't?

  I haven't had any problems with my 175's.  Do you have the stock springs,
  and shocks at the front of your car?  I use to have the stock setup until
  this year when I put on a set of Koni's, uprated springs and urathane
  sway bar bushings. 

  That lowered the front of the car a bit and the Spit now does not point
  upward and looks level from a distance.  The only problems with the new
  set up is I now scrape my muffler clamp onto speed bumps at stop signs
  and the tires squeal when I make fast turns.   The squealing of the tires
  still persist even after a 4 wheel alignment (or maybe I'm just driving
  faster knowing I have at set on Koni's in the front ;).  The clamp part
  can be fix by pointing the thread end of the clamp to the side instead of
  down.

Dave                                                  |\ |     | |      
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