245/50/16's ??

[ellik]

Just put a set of 245/50/16's on the rear of my car a couple weeks ago.... will be doing the fronts next paycheck. anyway..... I didnt realize how friggin small those tires look in the wheel well compared to the stockers. looks like crap, IMHO. will they look better once I put new shocks and Eibach springs in and lower it slightly? Just wondering, cause while Im not really into doing appearance mods, I feel like I spent money to make my car look like crap and should have got the 17" rims.

[nightrida]

the stock tire are alot skinnier. the 245's are not as tall but wider. skinny rear tires look stupid.

[94TeaL]

Stock on my car was like 225 or 215 i forget. Most all 6's have that im sure. z28's and t/a's have 275's stock...

[L32Projekt]

Coulda sworn they had 245's stock...

[ellik]

225/60/16's were my stock size. Im not talking about the width of the tire, its the height. going from a 60 to a 50 just makes the tire look to small. :(

[Dan Vincent]

215/60R16 is stock for V6, Y87 V6 have 235/55R16.

[FRENCH_CAMAROV6]

do you have pix of it?

I want to change my 215/60/16 to 245/50/16, but if it looks like crap...

[T-Punk]

if you think it looks like crap get some 245/55/16's or 245/60/16's i have the 245/50/16's on my car and i think it looks sweet. btw the v8's come with 235's just like the y87's, just an fyi.

[nightrida]

v8's come stock with 245/50z/16 goodyear bfg

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

i have 255/50/zr 16z see web page

[i_love_my_maro]

i like my 245/50/16's
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[F1GT]

Originally posted by Dan Vincent:
215/60R16 is stock for V6, Y87 V6 have 235/55R16.

Yep, and changing from my 235/55 to 245/50, my tires look WAY better. The overall diameter should be almost the same, just wider. What tires did you get? Maybe you got one of those ugly tread and/or sidewall patterns.
You can think of the aspect ratio as roughly 55% of 235mm for 235/55 or 50% of 245mm on the 245/50.

[ellik]

maybe it's just me. its just so noticeable that the rear wheels (245/50/16s') look smaller than the front (225/60/16's) at the moment, more space in the wheel wells. Im ordering my front tires now.

[L32Projekt]

Originally posted by L32Projekt:
Coulda sworn they had 245's stock...

Sorry, I thought the Z28's and T/A's had 245's stock, sorry for not clarifying

[toady77]

Originally posted by ellik:
maybe it's just me. its just so noticeable that the rear wheels (245/50/16s') look smaller than the front (225/60/16's) at the moment, more space in the wheel wells. Im ordering my front tires now.

I know exactly what you are talking about. I had 225/60/16s on the front and 245/50/16s on the back and you can tell the difference in the height of the tire. Looks kinda funny. I am fixing to move up to 255/50/16s all around and order the Eibach 1.3-1.7' drop, so maybe that will help lessen the appearance of the gap and make the tire height less noticable.

[ June 29, 2004, 03:29 PM: Message edited by: toady77 ]