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Re: Winter wheel dilemma...looking for some opinions Posted by sam96CS [Email]  (#852) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from sam96CS) on Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:51:12
In Reply to: Winter wheel dilemma...looking for some opinions, turrbo   [Profile/Gallery]
, Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:44:28
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Disclaimer: I know nothing about New England winter driving. My '96 is not a super CS, but the PO bought the same Fondmetals and shod them with 195/65R-15 tires. You'll definitely lose some steering response, but I understand narrower tires are better for winter driving. The tire manufacturers publish a range of wheel widths that are suitable for each size tires. 7" will be at the high end of the acceptable range for 195s probably. Verify before you buy.
How well will it work? The industry rule of thumb is that for every 1/2" change in rim width, the tire's actual section width will correspondingly change by approximately 2/10", which is about 5 mm. The area of the contact patch will be about the same whether your rims are wide or skinny. With wide rims the shape of the patch will be wider and shorter than it will be with narrow rims.
I don't know how the above impacts New England winter driving. If you buy 195s that are suitable for mounting on your 7" Fondmetal rims and on narrower rims, then you can put the same tires on narrower rims if the handling isn't acceptable.
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