Has anyone snuck a 215/60R15 into a narrow 914?, Thinking about P6000s Options

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Porsche lists the 215/60R15 as an N1 tire approved for 914-6, and I am considering them as they solve the too-small diameter problem I want to avoid. Currently, I'm on 195/65s. I used to run 205/55s and 205/60s, but all of these are too small in diameter.

I know the cars vary, but I was able to run various 205/55s with no rubbing and 205/60 Yoko A008Rs years ago with only a bit of rubbing on the inside (too much negative camber at that time). I'd be running these on 15x6 911 wheels, but may pop to have them turned into 15x7Rs by Weidman and do custom spacers. Big thing is to get a summer performance tire in there with, well, performance—and the right look.

That period look with any kind of performance is getting tough to find. If anyone has 215/60s on a narrow car, and can provide pics, I'd be very thankful!

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pete

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So I wrote a column for some lousy magazine about how hard it is to find 15-inch tires and got a note from an insider making fun of me. Turns out, he bought a truckload of the last Yokohama A-008Rs—and had already shipped a set to me. Wow.

So of course I put them on. That was about 2006 or 2007. Then the car went away for paint. The photos below are the day after Rennsport Reunion IV, so late 2011. The old-school A-008Rs looked fabulous, but were two all left-hand tires and, well, old and hard. They were older by the time the car came out of paint. I drove on them for a while, and the saving grace probably was that they were R compound to begin with—but I never felt comfortable pushing on them. And then they just kept getting older. But the car had to go back in for paint, and was about to come off the road for a new engine, so I left them on for a while as rollers.

Did love the look, though... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)