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Old Mar 4, 2006 | 06:14 PM
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widest tire on GTA (16X8) rims

I know this has probably been addessed before, but I did a search and I diden't come up whith anything useful, what are the wideest tires I can put on the rear using GTA wheels an an 84 Z-28, I am willing to do some minor masaging of the inner fenderwells to get them to fit.
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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255/50/16 is the widest easily available size for a street tire,
I had Toyos on my GTA wheels back in teh day,
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Old Mar 5, 2006 | 10:47 PM
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is there any way, with allitle masaging W/ a big hammer I could fit somthing allitle wider in there...I know I don't have the best tyers on there right now, but I have serious traction problems
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Old Mar 6, 2006 | 01:47 AM
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you can fit much bigger tires than that on a third gen without hammering, they just won't work with rims that are only 8 inches wide.
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 09:07 PM
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I have gotten a 295 50 16 on a stock rim it will sitck out of the well though and it will rub when ou hit bumps I had air bags in the springs to stiffen the rear up
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