Wide 205 50 16's to fit 7.5"-wide wheels?

[MDryVur]

[mach schnell]

Are 205 50 16 BFG G-Force Sport's wide, or no?

[fronton]

Thread revive.

In the interest of keeping front tire friction down since I don't have power steering, I am thinking of running 205/50/16 Toyo R1Rs for the the front and 225/45/16 R1Rs for the back. All 4 rims would be 16x7.5.

Does anyone have experience with this sort of setup? Any disadvantages, is it visually noticeable? I am at around 300hp so the more rear width the better but I don't want the wheels looking stupid mismatched. According to a tire calculator, these two sizes have the same 4" sidewall so virtually the only difference is 0.8" of width which would be similar to running staggered rims.

Also, any handling issues with this set up?

[2002maniac]

"keeping front tire friction down" = less traction = understeer

I try to steer clear of staggered setups when handling is a concern. Other than that, it should work fine.

[kronus]

I'm planning to put 205 toyo r888s on a 8" wide tire, but those tires historically run wide.

[fronton]

I'm planning to put 205 toyo r888s on a 8" wide tire, but those tires historically run wide.

Those will look a little stretched. But you are doing it all around or 225-235 in the back?

[kronus]

They actually don't look stretched.. Wh33lhop has the same tires and also 8" wheels, he has some photos of the tires being completely square on the wheels.

205 all around.

[Wh33lhop]

Stretched tires around me all be ackin like they square

[fronton]

good to know, I guess I'm set then except now I'm worries the 225/45/16 in the rear on 7.5" wide rims will be too fat for the rims...

[Wh33lhop]

A little. If you run R888s it won't be a huge deal since the sidewalls are pretty stiff, but the car will be more responsive and there will be less sidewall roll if you used a wider wheel back there.

[straight6pwr]

a 205 tire is advertised with 205 as the maximum section width of the tire, not the tread width. cheaper tires/non-performance tires tend to have a much smaller tread width than the section width, and will therefore look more stretched. a tire which has a more square shoulder because the tread width is almost as wide as the section wide will look more square, even on a wider tire. hence the R888s posted above.

my 195 snow tires have a tread width of about 165, 15% difference
my 215 dunlop direzzas had a thread width of about 205, 5% difference

this is what people are referring to when they say a tire 'runs wide'

[fronton]

A little. If you run R888s it won't be a huge deal since the sidewalls are pretty stiff, but the car will be more responsive and there will be less sidewall roll if you used a wider wheel back there.

Have you tried R1R? or Are you set on 888s? I think only the R1R is available in 225/45/16, not the 888 which is what I need at least for the rears