target30

so i need new tires, and am on a very tight budget, mostly want to get the car on the road for the summer, and the 15yr old tires are a little dry rotted from sitting a garage! anyhow, if i recall, i have 225/60/15's on the stock 73 rims. i know that 225/55/15 wont be a whole lot different, but has anyone run this size before, i found a brand new set of continentals that a guy is selling for cheap.

I see most of you guys running much wider tires, and though it does look pretty good, i always thought the ones on my car were pretty wide looking...that being said i have 235's on my bmw, so what do i know!

anyhow, back to the original question, any issues or insight into a 225/55/16?

Alan 71

Hi T,
The original tires on your 73 were "about" 27" tall.
The 225-50-15 tires will be "about" 24 3/4" tall.
So they will be relatively "fat", but "short"; to my eye the car will look like it's on roller skate wheels.
The tire comparable to your original tire would be a 215-70-15. Many people use a 225-70 so the tire is a little fatter.
Does this matter?
Regards,
Alan

Paul L

Those tires will not fit the wheel wells very well. In fact the car will not look very nice at all. Then you have to cope with speedometer inaccuracy and I am not sure if you can find gears to make that much of a correction.

qwank

those will be way too short

Trae1976

Way too small diameter. 225/55/15 is shorter than a Prius tire.

3JsVette

All good advice. Pass on those tires reguardless of price. You are correct in replacing your 15 year old tires but you need to find tires in a size your car can use.