Title say's it all, PLEASE Say they will fit because I've already placed the bid on ebay for them.

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Mumpy

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Anyone??????

 

umm 225 is what 7.5" ? if so the widest rim you can fit on the back with the stock offset is like 7", i took my car to les schwabs and they test fit some rims and the 7.5" hit the tire well

 

roll the lips............if they hit.........modify the rear and get cp racings fender extensions..or what ever they call them...for wider tires.............

 

rolling the lip in the back fender wouldnt do anything as far as making it so u can fit wider rims, it may give you like 1/4 inch if that

 

I have 205/45/16 on an 18mm offset, 7" wide rim and it tucks nicely. I think it would depend on the offset and backspacing of the wheels.

 

i know 215/45/17's fit and 215/60/14's fit but have never tried 225's

 

Will they fit? Yes. But like pillage said the offset needs to be right. I have 215/45/16 with a offset of 38mm right now I think I could fit a 225 but I might haft to roll the fenders, or get a different offset.

 

They will not fit unless you have a rim with just the right offset. My 205/60R13 rear tires rub slightly on stock rims. But I don't know if anyone has noticed this, but the rear fenders on the 84-85 I think are wider. I parked my 82 next to what I think was an 84 or 85 and the rear fenders were quite a bit different. If you look at the 82 fenders, the body line is smooth right down. Doesn't have an extra lip like the front. On the 84-85 cars, they have this lip effectively making the rear fenders about an inch wider.

 

Ok, I take that back. I think my rear fender have been modified!! Oh well, soon to change as I work my way around my car slowly installing my custom body kit.

 

225s work fine on a 7 inch rim, though 8 inch is more ideal. Offset is critical in any application. One other thing to keep in mind is the difference between nominal and actual size: 225 is just the named width; the actual width will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, as well as tire model to tire model. Nobody sells a 223.5/54R15.99 tire. One nominal 225/55R16 tire may fit while another does not. Also, this is the section width (widest point of the carcass); not tread width. Some 205mm nominal tires have just as much "meat" on the road as a 225mm nominal size, so you can get good fitment with no loss of contact patch.

So why 225/55R16? That sounds a bit tall for a 225 section width for our purposes. My old 2nd gen came with 205/55R16s and the "correct" plus size was 225/50R16, to maintain a similar circumfrence. I believe the 3rd gen also came with 50-series 225s. It's probably no big deal as long as they fit, but I would have erred on the small side for gearing sake.