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Anybody running 205/70-14's on their 744? 700

posted by  oleg on  Sat Jun 11 17:03 CST 2005
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Decided to rid myself of the old steel wheels, no balancing would help get the vibrations out of them :( No vibration with winter tires on, so it's likely the rims that are bad.

Thought I might spend a little, so I'm going to mount some new tires on them. The door sticker says 185/70-14, but that's awfully small. Thought of mounting some 205/70-14s.

What's the ride like with that dimension?
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    Anybody running 205/70-14's on their 744? 700

    posted by  Evan R on  Sun Jun 12 05:48 CST 2005
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    I have 205/70-14 on Corona rims on my '87 745T. Because I have no ABS, they fit and work just fine.
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    Anybody running 205/70-14's on their 744? 700

    posted by  Kane on  Sat Jun 11 19:59 CST 2005
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    Ride will be smoother, as the greater sidewall will asorb the bumps. Handling will suffer a lot, though - the pitfalls of having a lot of tire sidewall and a tire that will be stretched somewhat to fill a narrower rim.

    195/70/14 will be a more happy medium.

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