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Heed DE's advise and save yourself from having to replace them with something else shortly after purchasing them. 305s and if you don't have spacers you need to get 15mm

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Old 09-18-2014, 09:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Heed DE's advise and save yourself from having to replace them with something else shortly after purchasing them. 305s and if you don't have spacers you need to get 15mm and the fit will be spot on....
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Heed DE's advise and save yourself from having to replace them with something else shortly after purchasing them. 305s and if you don't have spacers you need to get 15mm and the fit will be spot on....
I know it's the safe and sure way to go...but I really wanted to try 325...and I mean try, that's why I bought a used set to see if they'll fit and if they do, how they drive. It seems like I got my answer, because they don't fit...but I stongly beleive that it's because of the sidewall of the runflat tire...unfortunate for me I didn't even know I was buying runflats and that they could cause a problem with fitment.
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325 takes a 11.5" wide rim to look right. I have 325's on 12" right now. 325's on a 10.5" rim will be pinched. And You're trying runflats. Think they might take a different type of rim. And that's why they was having trouble trying to seat the bead.
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325 takes a 11.5" wide rim to look right. I have 325's on 12" right now. 325's on a 10.5" rim will be pinched. And You're trying runflats. Think they might take a different type of rim. And that's why they was having trouble trying to seat the bead.
Well there are different types of runflats, like the Michelin PAX System requires special wheels that have special lips and an inner ring. Goodyear EMT however are made to be mounted on a reqular wheel, replacing a regular tire with no modification. However, the width I'm trying to run is a bit wide for my wheel obviously, and that in combination with the low profile and super stiff sidewall seems to make my tire/wheel combo impossible to fit
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Heed DE's advise and save yourself from having to replace them with something else shortly after purchasing them. 305s and if you don't have spacers you need to get 15mm and the fit will be spot on....
Are you using longer wheel studs to fit the spacers? Link to the ones you are using would be great. I don't want any breaking bunch of junk. LOL New tires are going to be a must in a very short time.
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