What width wheel for 185/60R14 tyres???

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What width wheel for 185/60R14 tyres???

Postby Crampy » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:25 pm

I've just got some old track tyres (Hankook Z2000) for my AE92 to have a fang around on. What width wheel would be best for them? Are the factory toyota alloys for that size 6inch wide?
Coud I get away with 5.5inch, or is that too narrow?
Need to find some cheap rims or alloys to fit them on. :oops:
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Postby Dell'Orto » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:26 pm

Yep you can fit em on a 5.5" wide rim. THe first RX7 I bought had 205/50/13 Eagers on the factory 13x5.5 rim 8O
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Postby Crampy » Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:30 pm

Dell'Orto wrote:Yep you can fit em on a 5.5" wide rim. THe first RX7 I bought had 205/50/13 Eagers on the factory 13x5.5 rim 8O

Holy crap!!!
Will it make the shape of the tyres go "funny" by putting them on a narrow rim? I'll keep the pressures quite high for these too, as I believe the circuit's we'll be running will be quite twisty and not so much high speed.
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Postby Dell'Orto » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:50 pm

185's should be ok, I have them on my wagon on a 5.5" rim and they're a little balloony, but not ridiculously so.
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Postby jondee86 » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:53 pm

I've got 185/55-14's running on 5-1/2" rims, and they work fine. Don't
look strange either :) Probably 6" would be better, but if all you can
find at the right price are 5-1/2's, they will do the job.

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Re: What width wheel for 185/60R14 tyres???

Postby Leon » Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:49 am

Crampy wrote:I've just got some old track tyres (Hankook Z2000)


Make sure you carry a spare + jack + tools.

I had stupid amounts of punctures on the rear of my old MR2 when I had Z2000's on that, on the road.

Also note, the tyres will be bald in couple thousand km at the most :lol:
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:31 am

Girlfriends ae101 has 195/60/14's on factory 5.5's no problem.
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Re: What width wheel for 185/60R14 tyres???

Postby Crampy » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:38 am

Leon wrote:
Crampy wrote:I've just got some old track tyres (Hankook Z2000)


Make sure you carry a spare + jack + tools.

I had stupid amounts of punctures on the rear of my old MR2 when I had Z2000's on that, on the road.

Also note, the tyres will be bald in couple thousand km at the most :lol:


I wont be using the tyres on the road. Just for tarmac sprints and stuff like that. The car probably wont get off Base much at all, once I've got my other one going.
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