Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:17:42 -0000 From: "fillwell" <fillwellnopsamo.co.uk> Subject: Re: 17" alloys on a 1991 9000 2.3 turbo
The standard wheels/tyres quoted in the manual are: 195/65 - 15 185/65 - 15 195/60 - 15 205/55 - 15 205/50 - 16 (I guess this is for the Carlsson) I had 195/55 - 15 multispokes on mine and just had some 16" SAAB three spoke alloys fitted at an excelent price by the SAAB specialist that I use, but I think they made a mistake, because they have 205/55 tyres on, and the rear tyres are chfing on the bodywork going over big bumps. "powerlord" <powerlordnopsamternet.com> wrote in message news:1e15322c.0111120714.5c0c425anopsaming.google.com... > Just bought a 1991 9000 2.3 turbo. > > It's got 195/55 R15 saab multispoke alloys on it. > > I'm going to put some 17s on instead. > > So a quick look at one of the many tyre calculators on the net shows > me that a 205/40R17 will have virtually the same dimensions (.5% > difference). > > However, when I called some places to inquire about wheels, they told > me that there books show 215/45R17s as being required. > > This just doesn't make sense. These would be >5% out. They'd be about > 1 inch in diameter bigger. > > I called Abbot Racing, and they said the same, but when I asked them > to explain, they basically couldn't. In fact, they were quite rude. > > So whats the story ? > > They only explanation I can think of is that my saab has the wrong > wheels on it. If it was supposed to have 195/60s on it, that would > make sense. Even 195/65s would make more sense. > > Anyone shed any light on this ? > > stu
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