Re: [Tires] Good News For A Small Set Of Early C4 Owners |
Subject: Re: [Tires] Good News For A Small Set Of Early C4 Owners by hcbph on 2017/9/5 19:47:16 I went a slightly different route last winter. The ones on my 86 were about 10 yrs old and I looked for replacements. Weren't available at that time. I had 16"x9.5" rims with 38mm backspacing. I found if you went with 18"x9.5" 40mm backspace rims, they fit. Then go with 255x40zr18" tires and they fit the fender wells like the originals. The main difference was 1" less sidewall. I've run them now since last Feb and they've worked out just fine. I think the only thing I did was add 2 psi pressure to get accurate footprint on them otherwise no changes. They fit and track well plus there are a whole lot more 18" than 16" tires. The new tires are same BFG's as ones on the car just a little bigger rim. If anyone wants the info, send me a note and happy to let you know where I got them (assume it's not proper etiquette to put it in here). Funny thing, I got the rims cheaper through a reseller than I could through the seller/vendor site. |