VTO Performance (formerly Pack Racing) 16x7 Superlite Tire options Options

[Heckler]

I was hoping that others like Nick Mironov who have these wheels could share their findings on tires that worked...

Nick's Thread

Wheels from VTO

I've got a bone stock (suspension/fenders/etc) '73 2.0L that I would like to consider these wheels for; but, am concerned about the inference tolerances that Nick observed with the 205/55/16 BF Goodrich G-Force Sports he used... My rear springs could probably also be classified as a little saggy as well, but I'm hoping to be able to do wheels/tires before I address the whole suspension replacement/setup, not just the rear springs (is there a "rule of thumb" for determining how tired your springs/suspension are based on ride height or ??).

Since Tire Rack put's the section width for Nick's 205/55/16 BFG G-Sports on a 6.5" rim at 8.4" (which Tire Rack's guidance would tell you to increase that to 8.6" for a 7" rim), I was wondering if there would be any benefit to the likes of a Bridgestone Potenza SO-2 which comes in 7.8" N3 Porsche on 6" or 8.1" Standard on 6.5" section widths (increased to 8.2 and 8.3 respectively)? I also wondered if a 205/50/16 would be less likely to have interference issues due it's lower profile (though admittedly the speedometer would run ~6.2% fast instead of ~3.0% fast with the 205/55/16)...?

Thoughts/Advice/Suggestions?

Thanks!,
Dave

[pktzygt]

This might not help much because they discontinued my tires. I have the old style Goodyear Eagle F1 summer tires sized 205/50r16. They don't rub at all. You could probably find the actual size of my tires and see if the newer Goodyear gs-d3 tires are the same.

As far as the fender rub.... I just rolled the dice and won. Mine don't rub on stock fenders with no roll (close though), yours might.