Tyre sizes

[Blackstripe]

Hey guys my car (ae101 trueno) has some 15 inch rims and the front tyres are worn. Now all the tyres are size 195 50 15, and I was wondering whats the highest profile i could stick on the front? (Since the right size is becoming hard to find). Could I use a 195 60 15 for example? Would this rub on the guard or have any adverse effects considering the rear would be 50's and the cars nose will be a bit higher? Oh yeah the truenos not lowered and im not experiencing any rubbing right now. Also if I could stick 60's on the front I reckon it would give it that cool fwd drag car look.

Cheers

[phoenix]

You can't find anyone selling 195/50s? you could go up to a 195/55 but much over that and your speedo will be under reading.

[skoty]

195/50/15s are a common tyre size and they are fairly cheap, sell plenty of them. A 60 series will have a significatly higher sidewall and may rub when turning hard lock. Its really a matter of trial and error, hard to say if they will rub or not. I suggest sticking with the same size, by memory we sell bridgestone MY01s for like $130, not too bad

[Charged1]

Hi while we are talking tyres do you know if I can fit 235x45x17 on the back of my 98 ST202 Celica , Thanks

[skoty]

Hi while we are talking tyres do you know if I can fit 235x45x17 on the back of my 98 ST202 Celica , Thanks

Had a guy come into work with a ST205 with that exact tyre size and said he experienced a little bit of guard rub when there were people in the back. You could possibly overcome that by rolling the guards professionally if you still wanted to run that size.

[Charged1]

Cheers Mate

[Blackstripe]

You can't find anyone selling 195/50s? you could go up to a 195/55 but much over that and your speedo will be under reading.

Oh yeah I forgot about the speedo issue.. but wait wouldnt it be reading from the rear tyres? Incase the fronts lose traction?

Either way your right I guess 50's arent that hard to find, ill be sure to get the same size

Cheers guys

[levinguy]

Oh yeah I forgot about the speedo issue.. but wait wouldnt it be reading from the rear tyres? Incase the fronts lose traction?

haven't you ever gone 150kp/h not moving?

speed is from the gearbox? speedo drive?

[flygt4]

ae101 has speedo drive in gearbox. the high profile 15's are for wagons and shit like that. our caldina runs them. you shouldnt have any problem finding 195/50/15's or 205/50/15's.

[Willdat?]

I've run 195/60/15s on my AE101 BZ Touring, (briefly), they did rub the guard under lock, definitely go for 50/15s, not too much more expensive, make sure you shop around!

[Mike-]

i had 195/60/15 on my ae101 standard height and there was definitely no rubbing, speedo seemed accurate too when driving past speed cameras

[KinLoud]

Standard tyre for 15inch AE101 rims is a 195/55/15 (pretty sure)
If you go to 205/50/15 speedo will be within 1 or 2%

Ken
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[Cicak]

i have 15" mags on my ae111, lowered. I was running 195/50/15, thought it looked a tad small, so i put on 195/55/15 when it was time for a tire change. 55's fit great. Think 60 would be too large.