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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 11:01 AM
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Dumb Question....Proper tire size?

On my 83 Z some idiot put on ridiculously offset 14" cragar ss mags. I bought a set of the correct 15 x 7 aluminum wheels, but I need to know the stock tire size (or one that works better than stock) for these wheels. My other camaro has the 16" wheels so its no help. Anyone?
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 11:17 AM
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Stock was 215/65-15. Yuck.

235/60-15 is the best choice all-around, it fits and works well.
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 11:30 AM
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Thanks RB.............
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 05:53 PM
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I have 225/60's in the front and 235/60's in the rear, it looks a little better IMHO, for what its worth.
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 05:58 PM
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I have 245/60R-15's all the way around, and I like them. I used to have 235/60R14's on my old cragars (mine were also on the car when bought), but I like these alot better. If you get 60 series tires though, you might wanna get white letter tires, it looks kinda funny with a tall sidewall with nothing on it.
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Old Mar 7, 2003 | 07:32 PM
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I ran 235/55R16 on 16x8 S10 ZQ8 wheels & it looked good.
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 08:37 AM
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tire size

could anyone tell me what the stock tires were on a 86 firebird?
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 10:18 AM
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Re: tire size

Originally posted by cfirebird86
could anyone tell me what the stock tires were on a 86 firebird?

Look on the door tag. The tire size for your build/option is printed for refrence. Kinda funny how people buy cars and trucks and wonder why the tires scrape the fenders and the speedometer is slow until you point out the tires are way too big according to the tag.
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Old Mar 8, 2003 | 11:07 AM
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Re: Re: tire size

Originally posted by SSC
Look on the door tag. The tire size for your build/option is printed for refrence. Kinda funny how people buy cars and trucks and wonder why the tires scrape the fenders and the speedometer is slow until you point out the tires are way too big according to the tag.
oh dear.
I have 235/60r/15 and stock is 215/65r/15
what does the r mean?
never mind found it at a wal-mart website.

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Old Mar 15, 2003 | 03:31 PM
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