I'm going to need tires soon & currently have BF Goodrich Radial T/A 235/60R15 but have read under the RPO Codes that they were 215/65R15 that were on them orginally. Is this correct?

 

Yes that is correct.

It was a "special" size, invented just for these cars, as far as I can tell.

Your 235/60 is altogether a better size. I'd stick with that if I was you. That, or 235/55, is what I always ran when I still had 15" wheels.... which I ditched a long time ago, it being impossible to find any kind of truly performance-oriented tires in 15" for this heavy of a car. And by "performance oriented", I don't mean just regular sedan tires except with white letters (BFG, Cooper, Pep Boys, etc.); I mean Michelin, Pirelli, Bridgestone (real ones), stuff like that.

 

235/60/15 was an option in.....hmm....84-86...or one or two of those years. Don't have my Camaro \Whitebook handy

 

I was doing some price checking & people were telling me that there wasn't such a tire avail. I don't need performace tires & will probably go with the 235/55 but man, are they ever pricy little puppies

 

You don't need a performace tire but are going with 235/55's??

First hardly anyone makes that odd size and they are more performance oriented then the 235/60s or 215/65s.

BFgoodrich has 235/60's

 

oops! I meant 60 It's fun living in a small town-there's only a 3 week waiting period for them to come in

 

Bridgestone makes the Potenza line in a 235/60 which I have on my Firebird right now.

 

RB, Does this size tire affect the speedo accuracy?

phil

 

www.tirerack.com usualy has good prices.

 

Yea, they do have great prices, until you add in the $103 shipping to Nova Scotia (plus duties) thanks though.

 

sorry didn't realise that.

 

yup, found some. comes to $600 bucks installed

 

argh, they are backordered & it's unknown as to when they'll be. But I did find some an hour away