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Winter wheels for 745T - 6' versus 5.5' wide - also tire size

posted by  Bob Abouie on  Mon Oct 25 08:32 CST 2004
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Hi yall - I bought a 745T last year that came with a set of 4 5.5Jx15"x25 wheels. I drove these last year mounted w/ 185/65 15 gislaveds. Snow performance was good, but on dry road the car understeered horribly.

I'm trying to have better dry performance without losing the snow traction, so Im probably going to run a 195/65 15 which actually is closer to the circumference of the stock 205/55 16. (I need to run 4 studded snows).

I then noticed that the 740's are supposed to have a 6" wide rim (?) it's in my manual and in the alldata or whatever the yards use.

So should I go buy 4 used rims at 6" wide - will it help the dry road handling? Some I've asked say yeah, some say no.

I welcome comments on either idea.

Thanks








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    Winter wheels for 745T - 6' versus 5.5' wide - also tire size

    posted by  Aye Roll on  Mon Oct 25 09:44 CST 2004
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    You can run 195/60-15 or 185/65-15 on either the 5.5 or 6 inch rims. All the 740/940 alloys that I know of are 15X6, and I thought all the factory steel wheels were as well, but honestly I haven't taken the time to look at the stampings on those wheels.
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      Winter wheels for 745T - 6' versus 5.5' wide - also tire size

      posted by  Bob Abouie on  Mon Oct 25 09:53 CST 2004
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      Apparently the 5.5s were from 83-84 on 700 series cars-

      The question is will the wider rim improve the handling?

      Thanks!







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