Big and little tire size differences.

Just curious as to how much difference there should be in overall tire diameter to have the "right" look and stance.

Gonna go with a 155/80-15 on the front which is 24.7 " tall, how much taller should the rear be for the right look on a fenderless roadster P/U ?

 

My fronts are 195/50-15 (24.5) and my rears are 285/70-15 (30.5). Look at the pictures and see if you like the setup for your purpose.

 

Mine are 25.250 front, 31.500 rear.

 

Mine are front 5.00 16s in front and 7.00 18s in the rear.
I belive if you go with a 15 then the rears. rear could be 235-75-15s
fronts 165 R 15s gives it a nice stance. Look at my coupe and then look at the roadster both have the perfect stance Roadster is the one on 18s in the rear and 16 in front.

 

How about this, 145 x15 front, 345 55 17 rear

 

My roadster (avatar pic) runs 165R15 front, P245/75R16 rear; about 25 and 31 tall.

 

I am looking at running a 5.00 16 front (about 25") and about a 31" tall rear. that give a 3" rubber rake.

 

i am running the set-up talked about . 6.00x16 fronts ... 7.50x16 (31"tall) firestone bias ............. steve

 

To me, tire size depends on and relates to how a car sits and (at least on an early fenderless car) how big or small components like headlights are.

 

I don't know about radial sizes but for a bias, I would never go bigger than a 5.00/5.25 on the front and never smaller than a 7.00 on the back.

 

All pretty good advice. 25" in front for me and 30ish tall in the rear.

 

I'm leaning towards BFG radial T/As in 155/80-15 (24.7") and on the rear 255/70-15 (29.1")

Seems like that might work.

 

My tires are 5.50 x 15 Firestone ribs in the front, 24.5 dia and 8.20 x 18 Firestone dirt track in the back, 33 inch dia.

Rex

 

Mine are Ribbed front 5.00 - 15 and 5.30/17.00 - 15 rear.

 

My rpu currently has 185-65-15 fronts and 265-75-15 rears.

 

that's just about what this combo is with a 15 inch front and 16 inch rear rims

 

I went ahead and got the T/A s because they were

readily available here locally and I think they will look and perform good.

BFG Radial T/A 155/80-15 front on 15x5 Wheel Vintiques Smoothies, and 255/70-15 rear on WV 15x8.

I have 41 Ford caps and smooth trim rings for them.

So now I have rolling stock !!

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