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Author Subject: Will 195 65 15's fit?
monkeyman

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I've been looking round for some winter tyres and seen a lot of 195 65 15's on ebay, but will these fit on a 306? Rear is standard height, front is slightly lowered.

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Posted 16th Nov 2011 at 14:12
simonjames

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doubt it even if it was raised

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Posted 16th Nov 2011 at 14:20
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might get away with 185 60, maybe 65, doubt 195 will at all

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Posted 16th Nov 2011 at 20:37
rallyeash

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as a rough guide 195 55 R15 will have a sidewall height of 107mm (depending on tyre pattern etc)


195 65 R15 will have a sidewall height of 126mm

difference being 19mm, so half that will give you a 9.5mm car raise and an extra 9.5mm up in the arches.

so on thats theory should fit, as the sidewall number is a percentage of the width ie 65% of 195

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Posted 16th Nov 2011 at 20:56
eddiebeano

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65 profiles look absolutely huge up against 55s. I recently had a set of c5 steelies with 65 profiles and there was no way there were going to fit!

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Posted 16th Nov 2011 at 20:59
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your main issue will be rear bumper and front spring pan clearance.

plenty of 50 and 55 profile winter tyres out there

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Posted 16th Nov 2011 at 22:46
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i got a set of second hand cyclones that came off of an HDI and they were 195/65/15's

so i would assume they would fit. if its only 9.5mm its going to add on, judging by my arches they would definately fit

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Posted 17th Nov 2011 at 00:33
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Posted 17th Nov 2011 at 00:55
monkeyman

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rallyeash wrote:
as a rough guide 195 55 R15 will have a sidewall height of 107mm (depending on tyre pattern etc)


195 65 R15 will have a sidewall height of 126mm

difference being 19mm, so half that will give you a 9.5mm car raise and an extra 9.5mm up in the arches.

so on thats theory should fit, as the sidewall number is a percentage of the width ie 65% of 195


I think Sidewall will need to be x 2, they do look about 20mm wider each side. I did a quick space check with my 20mm kneeling pad and they would fit in, I'd just have to not drive over any bumps LOL

thanks eddiebeano, I used a different tyre calculator but it didn't make the new tyres look as big as those

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Posted 17th Nov 2011 at 08:57

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