Scott, did you look at the tire size and the wheel width. Tire mnf have
a recommended wheel width to match various tires. The LAT-70 is a
rather narrow rim, and for safety sake, adding too wide a tire, and 50's
may be to wide may be beyond the capacity.
Check Tire Rack .com and see the recommended width, or just call them.
Larry
Randall Antosiak wrote:
>195/60/13 is a small tire. Diameter of 22.3", which is about 1" less than
>the original size of 165/78/13 (diameter 23.3). The 215/50/13 have a
>diameter of about 21.5. It seems unusual to have a smaller diameter tire on
>the rear than the front. It's more common to use a 205/60/13 (diameter
>22.84) on the rear.
>
>I am sympathetic to your desire to even out the track; I ended up fixing the
>problem by ordering wheels with different front and rear offsets.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Scott Hutchinson
>Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 5:31 PM
>To: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: time for new tires
>
>
>Anybody think that a set of 215/50/13s will fit on my LAT-70s and inside
>the rear fenders? I was thinking of getting those for the rear and
>195/60/13s for the front. I would like to try and even out the
>appearance of the track a little and have a bit more traction on the
>drive wheels.
>
>Scott
>
>
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