15 inch tire reccommendations.

[SavingTheBird76]

The current rubber on my ride are 245/60/15 I believe.
I'm running the stock snow flakes.
This tire size is no longer available,as far as I can tell.
Probably need to go with 235/60/15 but...

Anyone running taller 15 inch rubber?

[jphillips3333]

255/60-R15 is "the" popular size.

I run 235/60 and 295/50's on the '76.

[79WS6Resto]

Tirerack.com shows the 245/60/15 "in-stock" (in a BFG T/A tire) but I agree with John, 255/60/15 is a great size for a T/A.


http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Sizes.jsp?make=BFGoodrich&model=Radial+T%2FA

[KellzBird]

I must be one of the minority, I would pick 235 over the 255, the 255 just look too big for the rims in my opinion, they just don't look "right". 245 would be about right, but I definetly am not old school enough to like the tall tires, IF you are asking opinions that is. the 235/60/15's look good in my book, are you running 7 or 8" snowflakes?

[Rick]

The 255s look better on 8" rims than they do on 7" rims, in my estimation.

[hada76]

                                                                                                                                                                

245 would be about right, but I definetly am not old school enough to like the tall tires,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         when you say "tall" do you mean 70 series?      you know that 255 is the width        

[KellzBird]

original post was dealing with 60 series tires, I assumed by "tall" he was talking about 70 series, as was I.

I can see how my sentence was confusing though, my statement about the 255/60's was that they just seem overly large and bulky, and 245/60's would be just about right in my personal opinion of course. I'm not knocking 70 series either, but they do have a different "look".

[Gold79ta]

on my other T/A I used to own I had 245/60 15's on the back and 235/60/15s on the front and absolutly loved the look.
rims were 15x8 rear and 15x6 front cragars.
If interested I might have a set of 255/60 bfgs 4 sale   

[SavingTheBird76]

I believe I have the 8 inch snow flakes,but I'll need to measure them again.
The 245/60/15 look great on the car,but my tire shop,discounttiredirect doesn't carry any rubber in that size.
I guess I could pay the extra and get the tire rack T/A's
The car currently has air shocks,and a nice stance,but will be replaced with correct gas shocks.
I guess I'll be watching for a nice rebate,and see what I can accomplish.
My roads are terrible,I don't want to be rubbing the fender wells.
I'm leaning towards the 235/60/15.
I was asking about the 70 series tires,but I see most people like the 60 series.

[hada76]

as far as the wheel width...look at the lip...  as far as the size... most here like the 255 but the final choice is yours

[RainMan]

I think a 235 are almost getting to small . Here is a pic of my new 255-R60 15's ,and I think they look to fat on the front . I have seen others here with 245 60r 15's and they look much better imo . They are just a little narrower making them look much better on an 8 inch wheel .
A 255 is fine on the rear ,but I may go to a 245 on the front next spring . Each to his own of course . You loose height every time you change . My 255's 60R is not as tall as my factory 225 70R 15's. and unfortunatly when I put a 245 on the front ,they are going to be shorter yet . I think it will look ok though

[FREDBO99]

on my other T/A I used to own I had 245/60 15's on the back and 235/60/15s on the front and absolutly loved the look.
rims were 15x8 rear and 15x6 front cragars.
If interested I might have a set of 255/60 bfgs 4 sale   

How much for the tires? How old? Tread?

[nobrains]

I have been contaplating changing tire size in the rear right now I got 275/50/15 but If I go smaller width I am afraid I will have no traction because i have a very bad traction problem with the wide tires

[4SPEED]

255/60/15 BFG's are sweet on all 4's 

[SavingTheBird76]

Nice looking ride!
The wider tires are great on dry pavement,but here in Ohio,a little mist and the ride gets scary fast.
Especially with the posi slide around corners.