Tyres on 97 S70

Discussion in 'Volvo S70' started by Guest, Oct 19, 2004.

  1. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Currently have 4 fairly shot 205/50-16's on the above.

    Has anyone got 205/55-16's on their S/V 70- wondering about rubbing issues
    (on the front mcPherson strut etc)

    Reason being 50's are about £15 / corner more than 55's!

    Tim..
     
    Guest, Oct 19, 2004
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  2. Guest

    Bonnet Lock Guest

    In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
    Bear in mind that you'll get an increase in gearing - with the associated
    speedometer and odometer errors - of about 3% if you do this. You'd have to
    come down to 185/55-16's to (more or less) restore the original gearing.

    FWIW, some 70-series variants do have 17" wheels - so I doubt whether
    clearance is a problem.
     
    Bonnet Lock, Oct 19, 2004
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  3. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Yes- but they have 40 and 45section tyres, so overall diameter is probably
    the same giveor take as a 16inch wheel with 50 section tyres..

    Tim..
     
    Guest, Oct 19, 2004
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  4. Guest

    puffdawg Guest


    Yes. I have 205/55-16 winter tyres on a 2000 S70 T5. No problem --
    apart from the speedo difference (i.e., 3.27% - probably within the
    standard error rate of the speedo anyway).

    puff
     
    puffdawg, Oct 19, 2004
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  5. Guest

    Guest Guest

    Do they rub on the wheelarch liner or coil springs at all when on full
    lock?? I've looked on mine, and even on 50 profiles there isnt alot of room.

    Tim..
     
    Guest, Oct 20, 2004
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  6. Guest

    puffdawg Guest

    Not at all. I have driven four winters on 205/55's and I am sure
    there was no contact - well, until snow stuck to the wheelarch, of
    course, but you can't have sufficient gap to avoid that.

    The hypothetical difference is 20 millimeters in diameter (611 vs.
    631), that is 10 in radius. As one tends to drive slower in the
    winter, the tyres are probably inflated to the low end of the range,
    which may contract the effective diameter further, so you probably end
    up with not more than 5-6 millimeters (a fifth of an inch) of real
    radius growth.

    puff
     
    puffdawg, Oct 20, 2004
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  7. Guest

    AB Guest

    I've noticed something similar but with 225/50 tyres as opposed to 205/55
    and was thinking about the wider tyres (maybe then it'll stop the front end
    breaking away so easily! - mines a T5..)
    Anyone tried this at all???

    Thanks!

    A.
     
    AB, Oct 20, 2004
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