Tire fitment for 8" Fuchs, yeah another tire thread.. Options

[Olympic 914]

I have had these wheels for a while now but had not tried fitting them to the car before. they were buried in the front of the storage locker I rent to keep the rest of the cars parts. So today I moved everything and brought them home to try fitting them.



I already had a good idea of the tire sizes I wanted to run. my original thought was to go with 245 / 50 /16 on the 8" Fuchs on the rear and 225/ 50 16 on the 7"s for the front.

Good thing I didn't buy the tires...........

Even though the fenders were flared with the intention of using these size wheels it seem that the space under the fenders is not as cavernous as I thought.

After trying the 8s on the rear I am not even sure 225s will fit.





With a straight edge on the outer lip of the wheels I have 3/16s on the pass side and only 1/16 on the driver side, that in addition to the 5/16s thickness of the outer lip on the wheel equals 8 3/4 total possible tire width.
The specs on the 225 /50 tires are based on a 7" wheel and show a 8.1 in tread and a 9.2 sectional width. so the tread will fit under the fender but I don't know if the sidewall will rub.

The GFs car has 225 45s on 7.5in rims and the sidewall is almost straight up from the wheel.

Really want to use the 8" wheels but I would hate to ruin the new paint job.

probably go with 205 / 50 s on the front 7" wheels

The wheels do look nice.





How much space do you need to fit the 225's under the fenders?

I was looking at the BF Goodrich G-force Comp2 A/S they are available in the sizes I need. (would like)

[MoveQik]

FWIW, as hard as the body shop tried, they could not fit my 16x8's under my rear fenders by stretching alone. They finally had to cut, pull and patch to get them to fit. I am running 225/50's.

[Olympic 914]

FWIW, as hard as the body shop tried, they could not fit my 16x8's under my rear fenders by stretching alone. They finally had to cut, pull and patch to get them to fit. I am running 225/50's.

Your tire guys will not be happy to fit 205s on 8" wheels.

I suggest selling the 8s and getting a set of 7s. Either that or adding GT flares onto the car.

--DD

I had the fenders flared by Tangerine when the rust repair was done. with the intention stated at that time I was going to be running 8" Fuchs on the rear. I really just believed they would fit. With the volume of additional cash expended on flaring the fenders, and the work I put into finishing the fenders and in particular the work on getting the fender lips just right, going to GT flares is out of the question... (and I just didn't want them)

I do have a set of 7s but they are RSR finished with a few marks and only the very edge of the rim is left clear anodized. I prefer the satin black finish on the wheels.

I don't want to give up on the 8x16s just yet. I am thinking of getting some used 225/50-16s for the rear to check the fit and just to get the car off of the cart. in the meantime I can check into getting the RSR finished 7s stripped and re anodize the edges and satin black paint the centers to match the other wheels. then put 205/50s on them.


If I really have to....