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post Nov 2, 2009 - 1:55 PM
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No this isnt a "will these rims will fit my car" thread....I've researched those ones already. My car is a 94 GT4

I need some rubber to put on my stock 16" rims just to make the car mobile (its on jack stands right now and needs to move).....I won't really be driving it much except to get it to and from shops and storing it for the winter, I found some free tires that I can mount on my rims but I would like to know if they will fit in the wheel wells before I waste time mounting them.

Stock tire size is 215-50-16 = 24.46" diameter
Tires on when I bought it 205-55-16 = 24.87" diameter


cheapo tires I got for free:
215-60-16 = 26.15" diameter
215-65-16 = 27.00" diameter


Mainly I want to know if running different tire sizes front to back like that will damage my awd system, second is will these monsters fit in the wheel wells and clear the lower strut mount.

ASAP before I get them mounted please!


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post Nov 4, 2009 - 11:13 PM
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QUOTE (blu94gt @ Nov 3, 2009 - 1:19 PM) *
Yes, you can and will damage your AWD setup if you run differently sized tires front to back. AWD vehicles always need to have the same running diameter. Always replace tires in sets of 4, and replace them with 4 matching tires.


I'm a manager at tire warehouse and just to add again that its not good at all to mix match tires on AWD... even the same tread but different tread height greater than 2/32nds is not supposed to be good. How much damage does it cause to the transfer case is unknown but everything now a days is a lawsuit so thats were the larger tire chains stand on that(at least we do). On a personal level you still don't want to even for yard driving esp those size tires which are too big.


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