Has anyone tried to get away with a 24" tire?

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So...yeah, it's probably going to look ridiculous on a car with stock ride height...but perhaps one that is lowered a bit, it might be ok...maybe?

The reason I ask is because there are actual, honest to goodness high performance 15" tires offered in this size range

I'm just trying to keep an open mind...and I really don't want to run large diameter wheels on my A-Body.

235/50ZR15
24.2" outer diameter
Toyo Proxes R888

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A 235 50 15 is about 24.3 tall, and this to me would work ok. Were you going to run these tires on front and back? I think the stock tire is about 25 tall.


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I have 215/60-14 on the front of my 74 Duster. Looks kinda small. I'll be changing them but not sure what I'll go with.

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Keith Mopar said:
A 235 50 15 is about 24.3 tall, and this to me would work ok. Were you going to run these tires on front and back? I think the stock tire is about 25 tall.
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Thanks...yes. I'm looking for a tire that can be run on the rear axle. IIRC, a 235 might be a bit wide for the front.

If the OEM diameter is 25" I suppose this isn't terribly far off...but it is in the wrong direction. Obviously the loss of diameter could be compensated with gear ratio selection.

I know it's not everyone's taste but the look of those ultra-sticky tires might be really cool on an old car with stock looking wheels.

I guess I need to see what a 24.3" tire looks like before I can feel better about this. :D
 
^Great looking car, Ab!
So that gives an idea of what the diameter looks like on the front and they look fine in that application...they might look way too short on the rear.

I'm not so sure what "agree" or "disagree" means on these posts. ProStocker273 "disagreed" with my question....care to elaborate, man?
 
I put a free 185/65R15 (24.4) on the back of my '65 and it looked terrible. It was lost in that large wheel well. but a 165/80R15 looks very nice up front at 25.4"

here is some info

20" Tire Diameter
105/70R15 = 20.8X4.1R15
21" Tire Diameter
115/70R15 = 21.3X4.5R15
125/70R15 = 21.9X4.9R15
195/45R15 = 21.9x7.7R15
22" Tire Diameter
125/80R15 = 22.9X4.9R15
145/65R15 = 22.4x5.7R15
155/60R15 = 22.3x6.1R15
165/60R15 = 22.8x6.5R15
175/55R15 = 22.6x6.9R15
195/50R15 = 22.7x7.7R15
22X8R15
22.5X4.5R15
245/40R15 = 22.7X9.6R15
275/35R15 = 22.6x10.8R15
23" Tire Diameter
135/80R15 = 23.5X5.3R15
175/60R15 = 23.3x6.9R15
185/55R15 = 23x7.3R15
185/60R15 = 23.7x7.3R15
195/55R15 = 23.4x7.7R15
205/50R15 = 23.1x8.1R15
205/55R15 = 23.9x8.1R15
225/45R15 = 23x8.9R15
225/50R15 = 23.9x8.9R15
24" Tire Diameter
135/90R15 = 24.6X5.3R15
155/80R15 = 24.8X6.1R15
175/65R15 = 24x6.9R15
185/65R15 = 24.5x7.3R15
195/60R15 = 24.2x7.7R15
205/60R15 = 24.7x8.1R15
225/55R15 = 24.7x8.9R15
235/50R15 = 24.3x9.3R15
24X4.5R15
24X5R15
24.5X8R15
245/50R15 = 24.6x9.7R15
345/35R15 = 24.5x13.6R15
25" Tire Diameter
165/80R15 = 25.4X6.5R15
185/70R15 = 25.2x7.3R15
195/65R15 = 25x7.7R15
195/70R15 = 25.7x7.7R15
205/65R15 = 25.5x8.1R15
215/60R15 = 25.2x8.5R15
225/60R15 = 25.6x8.9R15
265/50R15 = 25.4X10.4R15
275/50R15 = 25.8x10.8R15
26" Tire Diameter
205/70R15 = 26.3x8.1R15
215/65R15 = 26x8.5R15
215/70R15 = 26.9x8.5R15
235/60R15 = 26.1x9.3R15
245/60R15 = 26.6x9.7R15
26X10R15
26X10.5R15
26X11.5R15
26X6R15
26X7.5R15
26X8R15
26X8.5R15
295/50R15 = 26.6x11.6R15
27" Tire Diameter
205/75R15 = 27.1x8.1R15
215/75R15 = 27.7x8.5R15
225/70R15 = 27.4x8.9R15
255/60R15 = 27x10R15
27X10.5R15
27X9.5R15
27.5X4.5R15
295/55R15 = 27.8X11.6R15
325/50R15 = 27.8x12.8R15
28" Tire Diameter
225/75R15 = 28.3x8.9R15
235/70R15 = 28x9.3R15
235/75R15 = 28.9x9.3R15
245/70R15 = 28.5X9.6R15
255/65R15 = 28.1x10R15
275/60R15 = 28x10.8R15
28X10.5R15
28X11.5R15
28X12.5R15
28X13.5R15
28X4.5R15
28X7.5R15
28X9R15
29" Tire Diameter
215/85R15 = 29.4X8.5R15
255/70R15 = 29.1x10R15
265/70R15 = 29.6x10.4R15
29X10.5R15
29X11.5R15
29X12.5R15
29X15.5R15
29X18R15
29X18.5R15
29X4.5R15
29X8.5R15
29.5X11.5R15
29.5X13.5R15
29.5X9R15
315/60R15 = 29.9x12.4R15
 
You can get a Hankook RS-23 in a 225/50/15. I believe it may be a little better tire. I've thought about doing the same as you for a future project.
 
I just disagreed with the idea. Looks goofy imho.
I've seen a lot of truck guys run small diameter tires on 15s and don't look right.

I love the look of Nice big side wall on a 15" rim personally but a larger diameter steel wheel with shorter sidewall can look good too ...

I'd be interested to see it either way but here is some short tire action. I think if you just went with a 16-17 rim with short sidewall but of classic design. Rallies, magnum 500, or steel wheels you would get a better look and handling car..


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ProStocker273 said:
I just disagreed with the idea. Looks goofy imho.
I've seen a lot of truck guys run small diameter tires on 15s and don't look right.

I love the look of Nice big side wall on a 15" rim personally but a larger diameter steel wheel with shorter sidewall can look good too ...

I'd be interested to see it either way but here is some short tire action. I think if you just went with a 16-17 rim with short sidewall but of classic design. Rallies, magnum 500, or steel wheels you would get a better look and handling car..


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Ok, you chose the most extreme and impractical cases of a low profile tire on a 15" wheel. If you want a real example on a mopar, look at autoxcuda's Barracuda. I don't recall the size. They're not a full low-profile. It may be a 55 vs a 50, but it's pretty darn close.

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MuuMuu101 said:
Ok, you chose the most extreme and impractical cases of a low profile tire on a 15" wheel. If you want a real example on a mopar, look at autoxcuda's Barracuda. I don't recall the size. They're not a full low-profile. It may be a 55 vs a 50, but it's pretty darn close.

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They're 245/50/15's. And they're discontinued. And they're also 24.6" tall, which makes a big difference compared to a 24.2".

R888's are a 100 tread compound tire, and the tire is designated for race and autoX only. They aren't intended for the kind of heat cycling you'd get on the street, they'll be horrific in any kind of wet or cold conditions, and they won't last very long. As in, if they last a few thousand miles you'd be doing AMAZING. They're designed for hundreds of miles, not thousands.

Really, running that short of a sidewall will look the same if it's on a 15" rim or on a 17" rim.

You could run a 17x8" rim with 5.25 to 5.6" of backspace in the front and 5" of backspace in the rear, 245/45/17's all the way around. You'd only lose .32" of sidewall compared to the 235/50/15's, and you'd have a 25.6" tall tire. The result would look 100x better, and you could run a tire that's actually intended for street use. Most people don't even realize I have 17's on my Challenger, and I run a 275/40/17 that's 25.6" tall. Heck you could run those on the back of your Dart Sport without any issues at all, even if you've got the stock set up.

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The input is massively appreciated, guys. The implications of trying to run the R888s on the street are well stated here.
I'm currently running 200 tread wear tires on my Ferd and after 3k miles, they're starting to look a bit tired (pun sadly intended)...but they have been fantastic. ;)

So I'm leaning back towards that 17" wheel idea. The world of tires really opens up at that size, including the default performance tire these days, the MPSS.
 
MRGTX said:
The input is massively appreciated, guys. The implications of trying to run the R888s on the street are well stated here.
I'm currently running 200 tread wear tires on my Ferd and after 3k miles, they're starting to look a bit tired (pun sadly intended)...but they have been fantastic. ;)

So I'm leaning back towards that 17" wheel idea. The world of tires really opens up at that size, including the default performance tire these days, the MPSS.
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Even the sizes for 17" tires are depreciating quickly. If you really want a large allotment of tire choices from normal street tires to some autocross/road racing tires, you're probably looking at a 245/45/17 on all 4 corners. There used to be a decent assortment in a 275/40/17 but they've seem to all go away.
 
225/50R15s on 15x8 wheels at each corner. I plan on going up to a 295/50R15 in the back though.

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I ran those sticky 245/50-15s (24.6) on the front of my lowered 68S for 1 summer. THAT was a lotta fun. But the tires were done in a very, very short time. Several weeks at most.
How did it look? I dunno.I didn't care. I was having way too much fun to notice.
After that I installed 235/60-14s (25.1). They last a lil longer.The car sits about a qtr inch higher, no big deal. BFGs push a bit; and slide a lot. But I can steer with the gas pedal if I need to.
I'm a streeter so I can't slide it just anywhere..............
 
In my opinion if you lower the front it might be ok but these are 26's in the pics on 15's and I wouldn't want anything shorter on my car.

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That rake look is deceiving too. It's the driveway. The car has no rake to speak of.

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