Ryan:
In my experience.................
14x6 wheels with 185/60/14 tires fit the front of the roadster
better than 196/60/14 tires,
as they don't stick out quite so far
and don't throw as much gravel and road debris
at the outside of the lower fender panel,
thereby avoiding a lot of paint chips in then lower fender panel.
However, I really like the extra traction of the 195/60/14 tires
in the rear of the 2000,
caution: depending on wheel offset & the quirks of individual bodies,
along with what rear springs you are running in the car:
using 195/60/14 tires in the rear may require some fender lip bending
and/or slight flaring of the fender lip to accommodate 195/60/14s
without rubbing when the car encounters bumps in the road.
My personal preference is 195/60/14 tires on 14x7 wheels in the rear
with 185/60/14 on 14x6 wheels in the front.
Of course this may all change,
when my roadster gets re-assembled some day
with the 15x7 wheels and 225/50/15s
that are stacked and waiting patiently by the car.
I expect I will have to do some more flaring of the rear fenders.
John Atchison
69 2000
67.5 1600 project
Idaho Falls
At 06:09 PM 10/1/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Ok, so I know this is a dead horse, but I just had some advice that I
>wanted to validate:
>
>Suppose I go out and purchase some fancy light weight wheels. I'm looking
>at 14x6 as I've heard those tend to be a good match for my 'lil 96hp
>engine. I've also come to the conclusion that 195x60x14's are a good tire
>size.... And then today someone who I esteem as having good judgement
>tells me that actually, 185x60x14's are better due to side-wall strength,
>etc etc,.. Gee, I look on Tirerack.com and see that the Yoko
>Intermediaries are only $42 each on the smaller tire... So I'm game for
>the 185's... What do you say group? I want performance without pain.
>
>(BTW, what is the weight difference from stock early 67 wheels and say..
>14x6 panasports?)
>
>Ryan Bird
>67 1600
>Tempe, AZ
>www.azroc.org/ryan11
>
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