<VV> Wheel and Tire "Plus One"

[Norman C. Witte]

Wayne and Chris,

Welcome to the Corvair world!  I hope you enjoy your stay and make it long.

Bryan Blackwell, the guy who provides the server for this list, has an
excellent page for wheel and tire sizing.

http://autoxer.skiblack.com/tires.html

If you want to see an example of what 14" tires might look like on your car,
take a look at mine--sizing info on the web page.

http://www.wittelaw.com/personal/tinkering/part%208.htm

The rims on the car are no longer in production, so if you like them, you'll
have to do some scavenging.

Hope that helps.

Norm Witte

> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Wayne Graefen
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 8:13 PM
> To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Wheel and Tire "Plus One"
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I'm new here, this being my first post.  My wife and I just
> purchased a '65
> Vair convertible (110) and it has the standard 13" wheels but
> with older
> undersize bias ply tires and the too-plain stock hubcaps.
> We'd like to go
> "plus one" with 14" chromed GM "rallye" style wheels.
>
> Would greatly appreciate info on what wheel we should be
> ordering and what
> offset or backspacing is required.  Also a radial size
> recommendation for the
> 14s would be very helpful.   We're not intending any gymkhana
> rallying;  we
> just want to upgrade the overall handling, stopping,
> drivability and looks for
> regular hobby use including club touring.
>
> Thanks all y'all,
> Wayne and Chris Graefen
> Kerrville, Texas
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