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Wheel and tyre sizes for 122s 120-130

posted by  blueb20 on  Tue Feb 12 08:40 CST 2008
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Hi all,

I am keen to instll a set of mags on my 122s.
The car has the std rims that were previously broadened and chromed however the chrome is peeling off and is in need of refurbishing.
In SA, we do not have many options as far as mags are concerned but i managed to get old of a guy that imports a replica of the old minilites from Austraiia.
They call the superlites (same as IPD keeps i think).

Anyway, i tried a set of 15x6J superlites with 195/65 tyres on them and i am not entirely happy with the way the car looks.
It seems that the wheels are too small for the arches, so i installed some 6mm spacers between the hubs/drums and the mags to give the car that extra broad look. The car looks much better but something still doesn't look right, maybe there is too much tyre and less mag.
I chose thee 195/65 as opposed to the 195/60 tyres purely bcos i wanted to remain as close to the original rolling radius as possible.

Suppose i go for 16x7J superlites with say 205/60 tyres?
Will i pick up any issues do you guys think?

Any advice will be highy appreciated.

TA





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