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Old 03-09-2009, 01:23 AM
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Default What's the biggest Tire that will fit a 15x4" rim?

Just like the title says? I got some 15x4 summit stars for the front and 15x8 with E/T Drags for the back. I need tres for the front.
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I've got MT sportsmans on my 15x4 Draglites, 26x7.5x15
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i have the mt sr radial that is a 6 inch tire on a 15x4
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I'm Talking about a REAGULAR radial I can get from any tire store. Im Not trying to spend $150 per tire. For Mikey thompsons. Just want the biggest tire I can fir on a 4 inch wheel
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Originally Posted by pyro719
I'm Talking about a REAGULAR radial I can get from any tire store. Im Not trying to spend $150 per tire. For Mikey thompsons. Just want the biggest tire I can fir on a 4 inch wheel
That's all your going to beable to fit. You can't just run a regular tire on a 4" rim....
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My Freind runs a 165/80/15 on his car and is trapping 120mph and hasnt had a problem
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I ran this tire on my Convo Pros for a while. If you are ever going to go over 110 mph, I would suggest a real tire designed for it.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compar...=1&RunFlat=All
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I would be scared to run that tire!
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youre at triple digit speeds for how many seconds? its not going to have enough time to heat up past its rating in the 5 seconds youre at that kind of speed.
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Originally Posted by s1ck s0n
youre at triple digit speeds for how many seconds? its not going to have enough time to heat up past its rating in the 5 seconds youre at that kind of speed.
Going cheap on safety does not sound smart. but , sick son makes a valid point though and that saves over 2 bills over the m/t s/r radials. They are rated for 118 mph and 1200 lbs.

Hey s0n, Your old Z is trapping 114 on motor. 12.1 spinning some wore out et streets.

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You guys go ahead and run your volkswagon tires, I have a *****, so I'm going to stick with a real tire.
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Originally Posted by Camaro396
You guys go ahead and run your volkswagon tires, I have a *****, so I'm going to stick with a real tire.
And I got ***** so I'll run some Kumhos bro
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Kumhos it is! Plus I heard the ride and handle better than the M/T's. there are a couple of 10 second bugs around here, I bet they run VW tires on the front lol
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Originally Posted by slowec
Going cheap on safety does not sound smart. but , sick son makes a valid point though and that saves over 2 bills over the m/t s/r radials. They are rated for 118 mph and 1200 lbs.

Hey s0n, Your old Z is trapping 114 on motor. 12.1 spinning some wore out et streets.

haha awesome, i just picked up another fbody about a week ago.
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i just got the summit stars too, 15x4 and 15x10. i use the 165/80-15 KUHMO Powerstars. i have before on the my old 15x3.5 Prostars. My question to you did you use a spacer on the front wheel being that they use acorn lug nuts for did you grind the calipers.



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