Hazman
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i've got a set of 16's with et 45. 6.5 inches wide, thinking of lowering it 50mm maybe 60mm. the wheels have no tyres, so i need to get some. What size am i best going for? 195/40/16, 195/45/16 or something different. Im not hot on the subject of widths of tyes, so i dontt know what width would be best.
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johnny27
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195 tyre width would be fine, espically since you've got a pretty good offset. Plus there should be no problem lowering 50mm using a 45 profile tyre since again your offset is close to 49 and your wheels are only 6.5 inch wide, so there should be plenty of clearance even with the 45 profile, not much point in paying considrably more for 40 profile tyres when the 45 should do the job.
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Hazman
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cheers, for the help. just to to sell my current alloys now to buy some tyres. Just out of interest how much do you recon im looking at for a set of 4 195/45/16's
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FasT09
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dont 195/40/16 tyres look betta on the alloy as theres less of the tyre showing? or am i talkin bollox lol
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johnny27
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I bought a set of 4 195/45/15 tyres for my 15 inch alloys, it looks very low even with 45's and i paid about £155 - £160 for fitted and balanced.
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johnny27
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With 40 profile tyres you are also more prone to easy wheel buckels, plus the car feels like a cart its that solid.
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Hazman
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cheers guys, ill think i'll got for 45's then, my current 15's are 55 and they arent thats bad.
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johnny27
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And as matter of facr, i've had and seen in the past that even 50 profile on 15inch alloys look fine, no prob. But thats when the car had a 60mm drop, don't know what a 50 would look like otherwise. Most ppl here in N.ireland and south use 50 profile even with 16s because the roads are in such bad shape, at least there's more tyre to absorb pot holes so less chance of buckling the wheels
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FasT09
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ye fink ill go for 45 as my suspension is so stif as it is and every little pot hole feels like im smashin my car lol.
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marklawton
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45 will be fine, as thats what i have on mine 195/45/16, ive got mine lowered 60mm front and the back about 70mm, so youll be fine with that et
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