13" rubber opinions please?

[volvosneverdie]

With a -2" ride height, what size rubber (astheticly) would all y'all recomend on a 13" 5.5j rim?
Low profile would 'lolerskate' it.
Dont mind the speedo being out, as i hold faith in the sat nav.
So just want opinion on what would fit and look best please gentlefellas.
Cheers-a-mundo, as Fonz may declare.



And yes, im a verified wheel-whore.
And yes ive bought some more wheels.
And yes, theyre awesome.
And yes, my mini 15s do look good, but im just physicly unable to stop buying wheels. I think i may have contracted 'magnump-itus'.
A rare an fatal addiction to purchasing wheels.

[340ovlov]

the recommended for 5.5j rims is 175 wide so try 175/50/13 or 180/50/13 but u will struggle with a 2" drop to get any thing under without a scrape unlee u have uber wide wheels and a stretched tyre

[volvosneverdie]

Cheers dude.
Much appreciated.
You still slinging rubber for a living ?
Dont suppose your firm does long distance deliveries man?

[magnumpi]

It's a great affliction to be affected by though

I'm not sure what size to recomend, but i'm definatelt going to put bigger tyres on all round, my area is littered with sodding speed bumps. Already noticed a very slight scrape on my sump, and i caught my new exhaust on a bump today and have stretched the flexi pipe so now it's tapping on the gearbox , i was 3 up at the time though.

TBH i'm struggling to see how i'm going to manange when mine is lowered i scrape the splitter and exhaust just getting in and out the driveway, so hopefully the bigger tyres will make up the difference, i hope.

Come on then spill the beans, what new rimages you purchased then?

[volvosneverdie]

All will be revealed at the ppc show.
I hope.
Havnt picked them up yet.

And you know how ebay purchases sometimes go. ...............


I still dont understand how some 300s are sitting lower than others.
Mines down 2 and even on low profile 13s, ive never been anywhere near bottoming it, even over big traffic calmers.
Anybody explain this?

[magnumpi]

Fair enough, well good luck with the auction.

As to the lowness question, i have no idea

Do you have the pyramid style bumps oop North? there is no way i could get over one of those normaly without scrapping, i have to straddle the middle of two, so lifting the whole car, or go over it with just the drivers side as my exhaust comes out on the passenger side.

[sven360]

I still dont understand how some 300s are sitting lower than others.
Mines down 2 and even on low profile 13s, ive never been anywhere near bottoming it, even over big traffic calmers.
Anybody explain this?

Ya springs aren't shagged and you drive like you should wear a flat cap

[jtbo]

Ya springs aren't shagged and you drive like you should wear a flat cap

Could be also too loud music, it just masks those horrible scraping sounds

If someone has trouble with ground clearance, measure distance from center of wheel to wheel arch and post results here, then we can compare it to numbers what it should be

[volvosneverdie]

Ya springs aren't shagged and you drive like you should wear a flat cap

Could be also too loud music, it just masks those horrible scraping sounds

If someone has trouble with ground clearance, measure distance from center of wheel to wheel arch and post results here, then we can compare it to numbers what it should be

ease up off, cheeky old faced men.

mr j: i dont listen to music on the move. my car has no ice. and my internal mental jukebox is more than sufficent to keep me entertained.

mr s: point 1 is true. point 2 is immaterial. jackie stewart, graham hill, donald campbell all wore flat caps. And trust me, i drive more like someone that wears a flat cap's mam.

[jtbo]

ease up off, cheeky old faced men.

mr j: i dont listen to music on the move. my car has no ice. and my internal mental jukebox is more than sufficent to keep me entertained.

mr s: point 1 is true. point 2 is immaterial. jackie stewart, graham hill, donald campbell all wore flat caps. And trust me, i drive more like someone that wears a flat cap's mam.

Ah, do the measurements then, we will see if your car stands where it should then?

[volvosneverdie]

Soon as it stops raining dude.
We're into the second day of it now.
And weather warning for more rain to come.

[jtbo]

Soon as it stops raining dude.
We're into the second day of it now.
And weather warning for more rain to come.

Damn, sounds like summer is soon there

It has rained here too, my yard is so soft that car's bottom is rubbing against ground and wheels make huge trails, if it does not dry soon I will be stuck and no matter what tyres I have.

Some 33" off road rubbers would perhaps work out nicely

[volvosneverdie]

Global warming?

Global wetting!
I was promised warm sunshine.
I don't think modern science is living up to it's end of the bargain.

[jtbo]

Global warming?

Global wetting!
I was promised warm sunshine.
I don't think modern science is living up to it's end of the bargain.

"Global warming causes drinking water to disappear, stop consuming, no new tyres and stop driving with cars!"

Uhm, funnily I seem to be drowning into drinkable water here

Science was far better in 60's, I bet those historic class DOT approved tyres would be far better than 888's on wet, after all their surface design comes from 70's