front skinny for the street?

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what is everyone running? tire size and wheel size? is a 4" rim too narrow for the street? I have 15x5" steel wheels on my dart now and I want to go to something else. the wheels im looking at, come in 4", 4 1/2", and 6"
 
I have some skinny radial tires on a pair of 15x4 Cragars, they ride smooth but not corner very good, think the size 185R, 15 tire flexes really bad around corners. I have a pair of vintage bias ply tires, size is 5.60-15 and those were mounted on some American racing torque thrust rims 15 x 4" wide, those road and drove a lot better than the radial tires ever did, plus had that vintage killer look. Yes the tires did pull a little bit on the highway but steered very nice, I really want to get another set of bias ply tires for my Valiant :glasses7:
 
I'm running 15x5 wheels on the front of my Dart. I kicked the idea around of going 3 1/2 but got too many people saying it wasn't practical on a 99% street driven car. I put some good 195/65/15 Michelin's on the front and the car drives and handles acceptably for a 40 year old car. With the ten's on the back I still got the big and little look that I was going for.

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I was running 3 1/2 centerlines on the front of my duster. You just don't into a corner at 90 mph you'll be fine.
 
Brian that is that pic with the 195s? For some reason it looks a lot wider than the 185s I have now.
 
skinnies in the snow? 15 x 4 on 165r15's ....everyday for a year
 

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Hey James Dart,

I'm running 165x80R 15's out front on the Duster. Not a daily driver, and certainly not a canyon carver, but they do just front going in a straight line. :burnout: But seriously, it handles fine for the basic drives to car shows and cruise nights with the family.

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73AbodEE said:
LOL believe it or not, they did very well in the snow. it wasn't the stopping or steering I trouble with , it was the gettn' goin' :banghead:
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Lol!
You needed some bias ply winters like i had on my Demon in the early 80s!
Yes, 8'' wide!
 
Do the 165s lock up and skid easy with such a small footprint?
 
Dartnut said:
Lol!
You needed some bias ply winters like i had on my Demon in the early 80s!
Yes, 8'' wide!
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lol Pat , now whos the wild man :burnout:

jamesdart said:
Do the 165s lock up and skid easy with such a small footprint?
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they are just a bug tire. It was easier for me to steer with a manual box. I couldn't lock up any front tire I have with manual drum brakes lol
I didn't notice any difference between those and the 195s or 205s
 
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165/80R15 nexen sb802
Max out the psi
cant fly around corners but they work ok

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ive run 4 inch for years and a spool out back, to me it rides and drives great but everyone is different but I like the combo just really bad if you ever have to push it around with the spool you better be real strong or have friends that owe you favours:-D
 
I run the old 165/15 Kelley Metric radials on 15 x 3.5 Centerlines. No problems here, drives fine. I'm not autocrossing the thing though.

Coker and Summit sell the Vredestein brand radials in 165/15 size for the VW crowd. They have a high speed rating and look vintage. They run about $110 each. I'd buy them overimport tires.
 
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