Big tires on flared 914-6s, How big of a tire can I get Options

[Qarl]

My flared six will have 9x16 Fuchs in the rear and 8x16 Fuchs in the front

How meaty of a tire can I get on the rear?

245/45/16?

According to Tire Rack, a couple of manufacturers make 255/50-16 tires

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp...ark=1&do=Search

Can I squeeze in some more meat on my backside? (Sorry, I coudln't resist wording it that way!)

Thanks!

Karl (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

[si2t3m]

IMHO,

I had 16x6's with 225 rubber all around. From the charts on tire rack, 225's fit a 6inch rim. But the car felt funny in turns. The sidewalls are at angle with 225's on a 6 inch rim. It looked good (poseur) but gave crappy handling. Also, doing a DE last summer showed me that the 225 gave alot of tire deflection on that 6 inch rim (rear tire rubbed on the trailing arm and the inner fender on the passengers side in a 180 hairpin)

I just put some 16x6's with 205's in front and 16x7 with 225 for the rear (after a little rear fender massage...). Car feels completely different. It feel way more connected to the road that before.

I wouldn't go wider than 245 on 9's. It might look good with something wider, but you will loose on handling.

Marc-André