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Old Feb 13, 2018 | 05:17 AM
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225/60/16 on iroc wheels?...what is your opinions?

i found a nice set of 225/60/16 tires and wondered how they would look on my iroc wheels?....the wheels call for 245/50/16,but these are available right now...
what is your opinions,and does anyone have these on their iroc wheels i could see how they look?
thanks for all help,
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Old Feb 13, 2018 | 06:57 AM
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Re: 225/60/16 on iroc wheels?...what is your opinions?

They'll look skinny...
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Old Feb 13, 2018 | 07:43 AM
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Re: 225/60/16 on iroc wheels?...what is your opinions?

they will look tall and skinny and bad

i dont thin a 225 would fit properly on an 8" wide iroc wheel
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Old Feb 13, 2018 | 10:30 AM
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Re: 225/60/16 on iroc wheels?...what is your opinions?

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they will look tall and skinny and bad

i dont thin a 225 would fit properly on an 8" wide iroc wheel
that's why i was hoping to see one on a wheel....i found a post from 2003,guy had a set with same tires,but no pictures....
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Old Feb 13, 2018 | 11:37 AM
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Re: 225/60/16 on iroc wheels?...what is your opinions?

You can go to tirerack.com and they have suggested fittest for wheel widths.


I envision it looking silly like this:


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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 09:19 AM
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Re: 225/60/16 on iroc wheels?...what is your opinions?

I wouldn't do it. Way too much sidewall will look big on that car. Tall and skinny. If you are in a jam they will do I guess.
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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 10:12 AM
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Re: 225/60/16 on iroc wheels?...what is your opinions?

Tall and skinny. Don't do it.
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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 01:48 PM
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Re: 225/60/16 on iroc wheels?...what is your opinions?

a 60 sidewall on 225's is more in line with what you'd see on an S10 pickup, not one of our cars.
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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 02:08 PM
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Re: 225/60/16 on iroc wheels?...what is your opinions?

Pretty sure that's the size on my 88 GTA with the original gold rims. I bought the car with them on there. They look horrible. Don't do it. The only reason I haven't switched to the stock size is the tread is just too good to get rid of them now. I might sell them in the future but who buys ugly skinny 16 inch tires?
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