Different tire sizes / slammed bus / pictures

[Reto]

Please help - i searched on the forum which tyre sizes are used for slammed busses. Could find a thread with exactly that topic but without pictures.

I want to go with 5,5x15" alloys on my bus (stock 50 PS engine) and i´m not sure wich tire sizes fits and looks best??

Heard a lot that people go with 175/55 front and 185/65 rear.

I saw tons of pictures here but most time without giving the specifications...do you have pictures?

Thanks
Reto

 

[faux]

http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7365&hilit=stance" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

hope this helps.

 

[Reto]

THANKS!!

Never heard the word "stance" before..sorry....school english :|

 

[steve92]

mines here, running the tyre sizes you stated.
http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4820&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=45" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[steve92]

mines here, running the tyre sizes you stated.
http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4820&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=45" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ooops, on closer inspection, its running 175s on the rear.

 

[Reto]

mines here, running the tyre sizes you stated.
http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4820&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=45" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ooops, on closer inspection, its running 175s on the rear.

Looks awesome!

Don´t you get problems with high u/min at the rear?

 

[steve92]

mines here, running the tyre sizes you stated.
http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4820&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=45" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ooops, on closer inspection, its running 175s on the rear.

Looks awesome!

Don´t you get problems with high u/min at the rear?

cheers. not sure what you mean by u/min? dont get any problems anyway

 

[Loxy]

cheers. not sure what you mean by u/min? dont get any problems anyway

I assume it means RPM.

 

[Reto]

Thx Loxy for your translation (u/min = Umdrehungen pro Minute)

@Steve92

Did you chance your gear ratio at the rear? Is it no proplem to ride with smaller diameter tires at the rear than stock?

 

[steve92]

no, gear ratio is the same, but the rims are 15" dia. stock are 14" so with the lower tyre profile and a bigger rim, the overall diameter isnt much different.

 

[slammedresto]

heres mine

4" narrowed beam, dropped spindles up front, 175/55/15

rear has adjustable spring plates, 185/65/15

front and rear havnt been levelled out yet, will be dropped a bit lower in time

 

[steve92]

very nice!