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| flat4guy |
 May 7 2020, 09:58 PM
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I have a 71 with the stock 8 slot steel wheel and hub cap, I am running 185/65/15 tires now but would like a chunkier tire. Can I go up to a 205/55 or 205/60 or something similar? Thank you.
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| 914Sixer |
May 8 2020, 05:50 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 9,124 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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My all time favorite is 185 70 15 BUT they are available from just one or two sources and expensive now.
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flat4guy Another tire size question May 7 2020, 09:58 PM
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I have a 71 with the stock 8 slot steel wheel and... May 8 2020, 12:05 AM mlindner 195/50 fit nicely, look great. Ran them for 15 yea... May 8 2020, 04:26 AM BENBRO02 I had 205-50-15s and the acceleration was great bu... May 8 2020, 05:33 AM Coondog Every 914 that I have owned wore 205-55-15s. Just ... May 8 2020, 05:47 AM Tdskip I may be in the minority here but I would strongly... May 8 2020, 07:38 AM
mepstein
I may be in the minority here but I would strongl... May 8 2020, 07:54 AM
StarBear
I may be in the minority here but I would strong... May 8 2020, 08:04 AM burton73
I may be in the minority here but I would strongl... May 8 2020, 10:52 AM ClayPerrine We have 205/65-15 BF Goodrich tires on our factory... May 8 2020, 08:13 AM Jamie
I have a 71 with the stock 8 slot steel wheel and... May 8 2020, 08:43 AM dr914@autoatlanta.com the early cars usually did not have a 5.5 wheel. H... May 8 2020, 09:00 AM DickSteinkamp
the early cars usually did not have a 5.5 wheel. ... May 8 2020, 11:05 AM Cairo94507 I put Yokohama 195x55x15 on my Six and they look n... May 8 2020, 09:23 AM horizontally-opposed Folks have a point about going too wide, but I don... May 8 2020, 11:37 AM TJB/914 I just checked my rear tire size 205-60-15 and ne... May 8 2020, 12:24 PM flat4guy Thank you everyone - this helps. I will pull a wh... May 8 2020, 11:03 PM Dave97 I also went with 205/65/15 and it works great. Ve... May 9 2020, 08:35 AM |
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