Rear wheel and tyre sizes

[chriss1455]

Hi,

Does anyone know what the maximum width wheels and tyres you can for on a widebody?

I'm currently running 7x15 with 195/50/15 tyres but for me they don't look like they fill the rear arches enough.

Was thinking of upping the rears to 8x15 with probably 225/50/15 but I'm unsure if they would fit with ease.

Any advice would be appreciated

Chris

[Andy (Sycho)]

I've got 8x15 et24 on mine, fw bodywork 215 tyres but the next set will be 225.

Andy

[6carjon]

Hi Chris

 

you can just push them out with spacers or change the offset to move them further out. If you do this then you still keep a common size of tyre which has a lot of variety for performance compounds to choose from. It will probably only take a 10mm spacer and in most cases your wheel studs will have enough thread.

If you check the ET on your wheels and see if a smaller ET will push it further out to make it fill the arch.

 

Cheers Jon

[Stuart]

Ever aquaplaned in your Westfield?  I have, big style.  Last thing I would want on mine is more rubber on the road. 

[cjdad76]

I have a wide body with 2 sets of wheels / tyres for mine:

  - 1 set with 195/50/15 all round, and

  - 2nd set with 205/50/15 front and 225/50/15 rear

 

 

Both fit fine but I needed different thickness spacers to space them all correctly:

  - 195's take 10mm front and 5mm rear

  - 205's take 15mm front and 225's are 8mm rear

 

The alloys have different offsets, but the point is, with the correct spacers, there is a fair degree of flexibility with the wide arches.

[chriss1455]

Cheers for advice regarding spacers never thought to try them, would be a much cheaper alternative offering the same desired result

[Terry Everall]

You can probably go up to 20mm spacers if your studs are long enough and if not its cheap to install longer ones