tyre sizes on 14's

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:50 am

ive just put some 14" bbs wheels on my gt, et38 it says on the rim and they have 185/60 14 tires on, they scrub really bad on the front on the inside of the arch, they are 6.5j x 14h2.
any help would be great or im off to get my 15's back

cheers
james

ps is there any other numbers on them to determine sizes etc?

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:50 am

IIRC, The correct size should be 185/55.

metz · Post by **metz** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:46 pm

I have 185/50/14's They read approx 2mph under the speedo so no worries about speeding by accident.

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 2:29 pm

will 185/50 cure it then? caus tis scrubbing on the back of the arch when you brake hard and top of the arch on bigger bumps.

hayesey · Post by **hayesey** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:48 pm

how much is it lowered by? 185/60 is a bit too big but it shouldnt really be causing you problems.

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 4:25 pm

its lowered by 40, i thought they would go straight on being 38 offset and seeing as i was running 195/45 15's before i didnt think i would have any problems, its more the drivers arch catching than passenger.

Nick101 · Post by **Nick101** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:28 pm

how much would 195/45 effect speed?

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:44 pm

I had to make this desicion a few months ago.

On a 14x6 wheel I went for 195/45/14's they look the part (lower profile) and were cheaper than 185/50/14's.

The wheels originally had 175/60/14 and were scrubbing quite bad on the GT with standard suspension. The G40 is lowered at least 40mm if not 60mm (not sure) and there is no problems whatsoever on 195/45/14

The only thing I noticed is that it sits slightly higher on the 195/45/14 than it did on the standard G40 13" alloys (175/60/13) not that you would really notice though, strange as I thought it would have been lower still...

James.

metz · Post by **metz** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:47 pm

If the original tyres were 165/65/13 then your 195/45/14 tyres will put your speedo out by about 2mph..ie:- speedo says 60mph but your really doing 58..so your safe

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:03 pm

185 50 14 is the correct tyre size. Use the tyre size calculator on the polo gt website is your not sure.

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:00 pm

yeh, i found the tyre size calculator just after i posted on here, il probably go for 185/50 i think.
cheers guys

heartagram · Post by **heartagram** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:33 pm

lord_sharpy wrote:its lowered by 40, i thought they would go straight on being 38 offset and seeing as i was running 195/45 15's before i didnt think i would have any problems, its more the drivers arch catching than passenger.

Cause your sitting on the drivers side so its proabably lowering the car abit so it snatches more.

metz · Post by **metz** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:56 pm

I have continental contisport 185 / 50 /14's theyve done over 10000 miles now and are showing little wear..and the grip is fantastic...even in the wet stuff.

lord_sharpy · Post by **lord_sharpy** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:56 pm

yeh the car has sagged over time, does anyone know where i can get some cheap 185/50 14's ive tried mytyres but there quite alot or does anyone have a part worn set?
cheers
james

tainmrk3polo · Post by **tainmrk3polo** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:05 pm

dont scrimp on tyres, i did and ended up in a hedge