Another tire question

[Mazinger]

I don't know if this one has been answered, I've searched. What cars came factory with the GT-S's tire size of 225/60 14? I came across a Subaru svx from the same era at the junkyard and it came with them. Are there others? thank you

[danf]

Early Mustangs did as well, that's probably the only reason they're still made.

[ozzie]

That's one of those questions that really can't be answered, because so many models have different trim levels and options with various tire sizes.

[swan song]

Are you just looking for different wheels? Or looking for old junkyard tires? Either way man... there's a simpler way. You can almost run any 14" tire made for a passenger car on these cars. They have large wheel wells. I'm toying with the idea of 32" mud terrains... but also wheel wise you can use a tire calc to figure out what sizes would fit within the stock size.

[Mazinger]

Yes, I was looking at junkyard tires as an option to the very few, and relatively expensive, new tires.  There may be other tires 14" that will mount, but I really rather keep it completely original.  I'll keep the search going.  So far, only a very early Mustang, and a mid 80s Subaru SVX are owners of this size.  So, the search goes on. Thank you all for the replies.

[Sigma Projects]

if you don't mind going to a 215 you can get these for half the price of the Radial T/As
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Riken&tireModel=Raptor+HR&partnum=16HR4RHR&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes

[TerrenceLP]

Just went through this - i decided to keep  the Stocker on the wall for now and I went with

225/60r15 on Bassett D-hole 15x7 with 4" backspacing or that comes out to 0 offset.

And all of that for the same price of 4 BF Goodrich T/A's @225/60r14

[Sigma Projects]

yea 15"s open up a lot more options.

[Dr.Jun.Manabe]

Just went through this - i decided to keep  the Stocker on the wall for now and I went with

225/60r15 on Bassett D-hole 15x7 with 4" backspacing or that comes out to 0 offset.

And all of that for the same price of 4 BF Goodrich T/A's @225/60r14

60 series 225 on a 15 is gonna be a bit bigger, 1/2 inch in height and your speedo will be off by about 4%.

[ozzie]

Keep in mind the Basset rims are intended for racing. They're not designed to take hits from potholes and curbing, they're designed to be as light as possible.

[swan song]

If he bought the right ones Bassett makes a DOT approved wheel. It's what I plan on buying. If not the DOT version then those rims are designed for a race season of abuse and then thrown out, because danger to teh manifoldz.

[Sigma Projects]

The bassett wheels are probably still stronger than reps though. And since they are steel you can pound them back if it's not that bad.

[swan song]

You can also rebarrel those turds for unlimited wheel width. Eff yeah.

[TerrenceLP]

Ha ha ha all good points!

4% speedo = I never look any way, years of Driving my Supra by RPM and Gear due to a broken speedo ;-)

I got the DOT version and the DOT is a regulated thickness, nothing more nothing less. They said the race lightweight D-hole wheels are plenty strong for street use, and they are $20 more and there was a wait. I no like wait!

At 15x7 you are talking @21.75 lbs vs @16 lbs for the lightweight's - I should'd waited :-(

Free Red Stripe !

Should be a nice aggressive race inspired look.

[swan song]

Don't worry about weights. Negligible unless setting world records. Also, most ppl don't realize it, but the tire you put on sometimes negates any weight savings over stock.