low profile tyres on 6j wheels?

[mk2*mad]

I like the look of 175/50/13 on 7j wheels, but i have rs2000 wheels (6j ?) and obviously these tyres look slighlty higher profile on these as there is less 'stretch'.

 

I found some tyres 165/55/13 - do you think they would give the lower profile look due to the stretch? or would the fact they have a 5mm deeper wall defeat this? any one had any experiences/ pics?

[Stu_B]

the 55 is a percentage of the width which is 165mm (6.49 inches)

 

so the sidewall is 90.75mm (3.57 inches)

 

175/50: 175mm (6.88 inches) 50 (%) = 87.5mm (3.44 inches)

 

 

so errr hope that helps

[mk2*mad]

oh right cheers for that i just assumed the middle number was the depth of the tyre in mm's

[mk2*mad]

so by that equation 175/50 have a sidewall depth of 87.5

165/55 = 90.75, so basically will look the same as there is only a few mm in it and both will have the slight stretch...

[Vista]

Yes they'll look similar but the grip from the 165 will be less as the tyre contact patch is smaller.

 

Of the two I personally wouldn't want either but the 175 will give you more grip.

[AdamB]

i run 175/50's on my 6j steels, they're fine

 

all about the yokies

 

[mk2*mad]

i run 175/13's on my 6j steels, they're fine

 

all about the yokies

 

 

like it - what profile are these 175/50 i guess?

[AdamB]

indeed, my previous post is now correct

[jamesmk1]

i run 175,50,13 on my 6j wheels and it looks fine