215/50/15

[Limbo]

hey guys any of you with eks running the profile 215/50/15?
Just wondering if they will fit without rubbing.
I've currently got 205/55/15 they seem fine but i need wider tread for more traction.

[[ricer]]

i think im running 215 45 r16
no rubbing

[fatboyz39]

why not run R compund tyres? that'll stop traction issue.

[Limbo]

ricer - now you tell me. I wanna come by and have a lookie

fatboy - i wanna be able to stop in wet. I've heard some bad stories from friends running semis in wet

[[ricer]]

yeah i had kumho semi in wet = the gay
but in the dry its MAD

just get really good street tyres in the right profile limbo and if u wanna run just take out alot of pressure
but i reckon no matter what... ur huge fwd power is gonna spin tyres still lol

[vinnY]

i got 205/50/15 at the rear and it appears fine, haven't tried up front though

[55EXX]

i have 215/45/15 toyo's and they are the best tyres i've ever had! you will find 215/50 will give you too big of a rolling diameter. need to go 45 profile. this on a eg with super lows no srcubbing.

[Limbo]

Vinny - mate they are smaller than what i currently have on front.

55exx - cool, i'll look into the 215/45/15, u sure 215/50/15 is too big? cos they said 205/55/15 were too big also. I need a chuncky tyre anywayz dun want them too low profile. How much did you end up getting urs for? WHere did you get them from cos i can't seem to find out where they have them

Ricer - i want some fuel economy also you know i dun wanna be like some people driving around with 28PSI LOL

[Limbo]

alrightly some more info i found out.

The rolling diameter of the following
195/55/15 (Stock rolling diameter) = 23.44" @ 100km
215/50/15 = 23.46" @ 100.1km/hr
205/55/15 = 23.88" @ 101.8km/hr
225/50/15 = 23.86" @ 101.8km/hr
215/45/15 = 22.62" @ 96.5km/hr

i got this excel tire selector i found off the net that works out diameters! Pretty cool stuff

anyone know where i can get 215/50/15???

[SeverAMV]

the only thing that affects traction with a tyre is the compound, not the width. fitting wider tyres dont give a bigger contact patch, they just deform the contact patch and make it wider, which makes it more stable in a straight line, it doesnt give it more grip. so if you're going wider, change to tyres that have a softer compound, as wider tyres help in cooling so it balances out.

[Limbo]

mate are you nuts, of cos a wider tyre is gonna give better grip.

If you get the same tyre with different widths i'm sure you will notice the traction difference. Otherwise why would drag cars have such massively wide tyres?

[vinnY]

http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible_pg2.html
read the 'Fat or thin? The question of contact patches and grip."

so it appears severamv isn't nuts