Re: Tire Size for 5.5in. Rims

[Ben Dixon <Ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Les Singh <Les.Singh@domain.elided>
>
> Others have fitted 205/55x14 and one guy had massive 205/70x14 on his GTV
for a while
> although the handling left a lot to be desired. They also looked gross
....
> oops... done it again! Now someone will tell me that they like the look of
> tractor tyres on GTVs..

a friend of mine bought a 1750 GTV with 225 tyres on it (not sure what
aspect ratio) - on stock 5.5inch rims - it looked ridiculous, and scraped
the guards constantly.  Mind you, the same dude that put the tyres on, also
chopped 2 inches off the front springs, so the car wouldnt even get into our
driveway.  the car is much happier now with ride height returned to normal,
and 15x6" speedlites and 195/60x15 Yoko AVSi's

Les - you said you had a set of widened Giulia wheels - are these the 15x4.5
inch rims that came on the early 105 series cars?  how far were they widened
and how did they look?  I really like the stock look of the wheels on my
car, but would definately like 15" rims...  15x6 would be ideal.  Did you
have them widened yourself?

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