Best looking 14 inch tire combination?

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  1. broncoisl

    broncoisl Member

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    Hi guys, long time since I posted here

    I need your opinion on tire sizes. Old school look is what I'm looking for slightly higher rear than front. I have 14x8 wheels for the rear and 14x6.75 I'm thinking 235/60 rear and 215 or 225 / 60 or 70 front.

    What's your opinion? Pictures would be nice:)

    This is mine with the rear wheels and 235 tires and different front wheels than I plan to install. The front wheels are 225/80 too high in my opinion:


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    http://www.flickr.com/photos/broncoisl/7705380452
     
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    I think that's a pretty good set, dropping the front of the car a bit will give it a nice old school muscle car stance, and tuck the front tires in a bit, and changing front tire to 225/75 , and you'll have the baddest car on the street, that if can back it up with horse power!:thumbsup
     
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    245/60/14 for the rear and 215/60/14 up front.
     
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    I didn't know you could still get tires for 14" rims...:thumbs2:
     
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    I need your rear wheels for the front of mine :)

    And I agree with Maverocket..
     
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    I'm running the same tires sizes as Mavrocket on 7" x 14" American Racing 200s wheels. Since this picture I've cut a coil from the front springs.

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    Im running 225*70*14 rear and 195*70's on the front on OE Mag500 style wheels.
    I don't find it to much trouble finding 14" tires - I recently got some frm Tirerack.com.
     
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    They've been around for decades, plenty of us still have them. It's assanine how slim the selection is getting. I'm running 225/60's front 245/60's rear, Looks great.
     
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    Here is a pic with this tire combo.
     

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    Thanks guys, I like the look of the blue maverick so I'm thinking 245/60 rear and 215 or 225 front :)

    I'm working on polishing the wheels, see attached photo :)
     

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    classic cragers man, CRAGERS!
     
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