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Post Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:35 am

what are the correct size for alpina 16" rims coz my usual guy said
145/50 16s are totally wrong and have been boged on.?.
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Post Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:05 am

145/50/16??

205/50/16 for 7 inch wide and 225/45/16 for 8 inch wide i believe...

unless there is a huge mismatch between tyre width and wheel width its not 'bodged' on, that's the wrong way to put it (of course 145 wide...haha that would be bodged yeh :P )
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Post Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:09 pm

they are 7 and a half rear and 6 and a half front..
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Post Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:17 pm

145!?! how thin is that??
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Post Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:19 pm

Mark if they are the real deal they should be 16x7 front and 16x8 rear with the tyre size that Mr moofles said. Thats what mine are!
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Post Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:31 am

after some hunting around found out should be
235/60 16 w
and 225/55 16 w
sounds pricey to me. :(
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Post Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:38 am

its 205/50 R16

235 will rub
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Post Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:40 am

235 50 16 if they exist
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Post Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:59 am

u can get 235x50x16 on this site,use them quite a bit,quite good service

mytyres.co.uk

not bad price either.
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Post Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:30 pm

no no no!
front 205/50/16
rear 225/45/16

these tyre sizes keep the diameter of the wheel to with in .0 something of a percent to an original 15 inch bbs wheel
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Post Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:23 am

zaust wrote:after some hunting around found out should be
235/60 16 w
and 225/55 16 w
sounds pricey to me. :(
mark those sound like e36 tyre sizes to me, id double check them... :)
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Post Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:57 am

Simon13 wrote:no no no!
front 205/50/16
rear 225/45/16

these tyre sizes keep the diameter of the wheel to with in .0 something of a percent to an original 15 inch bbs wheel
alpina uk say the same thats what im going for. have to be a dunlop
or uniroaly then speed rating w. ouch.. Ԛ£310 fitted.. have to wait a bit.
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