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Unusual Wheel & Tire Question? 200 1987

posted by  nweisman on  Wed Nov 26 04:54 CST 2008
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I recently picked up a 87 240 GL for my 16 year old. The stock alloys are 14x5.5. The local Volvo specialist convinced me to put on a dedicated snow vs the nokian wrg2 and is selling me steel wheels. I assumed they were the stock size but they're 15x6. Since I don't care about appearance, does it make more sense, from a handling/braking perspective, to put 185/70 snows on the alloys and use the steels for a 195/60 or 205/(60,55 whatever) performance tire? My gut feeling is better tire trumps lighter wheel. I haven't purchased any tires yet.

Thank you,

Neal






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