tire size for eibach spring setup?

[slo929]

Well I have a question on tire size. :stupid:

After doing alot of searching on the site I have not been able to find the info I am looking for so here it goes.

I am planning on purchasing the tokico hp struts and eibach spring setup from MSA. I currently have what people on this site are calling western wheels cylones (14") on the car. It is the way I grew up seeing the car and I have decided to clean them up and keep 'em, at least for the time being. What I want to know is what tire size looks good on the car with these 14" rims after the eibachs lower it some. I am currently looking at the Falken AZENIS rt/615 in a 195/60/14 because of info I have found here, but would like to know how the size looks on the car with a similar setup.

I am open to all suggestions so any info would be apprieciated.

Thanks in advance

[Arne]

It's all personal, but to me I don't think 195/60s have enough sidewall to fill the fender gap, even after lowering. I'd consider either 195/65s or 205/60s instead, assuming that the tire of your choice is available in one or both of those sizes.

[slo929]

i appreciate the tip... i was worried about the wheel/tire combo just looking too small in the wheel well. Anyone with pics of this rim/tire setup? (any of the mentioned sizes)

Thanks

[Arne]

Here's a question for you - how wide are your Cyclones?

[slo929]

Good Question... How would i go about measuring the width? I am completly new to tire/rim issues so I dont really know. The wheels have been on the car as long as I have been alive and all 4 are the same width. They seem pretty narrow to me, but then again I am used to rover tires. Let me know what to do and i will run by the Z at my next break.

[Arne]

With the tires mounted it's hard to measure them accurately. But since we know that they only made them in two or three widths (depending on the manufacturer), we can make some pretty accurate guesses. They will be either 5.5", 6.0" or 7.0" wide. The 7.0" are much deeper, so you probably have one of the narrower sizes. If so, either the 195 or 205 width is fine. The 195s would be a bit narrow on 7.0" rims. If you post a picture, I can probably ID them from that.

[slo929]

This is a pic of the car before I took it down to bare steel. I haven't uploaded any pics in a while but this might do the trick. Let me know what you see.

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn219/slo929/DSC01725.jpg

[Arne]

Those are narrow ones. Either 5.5" or 6.0", can't say for certain from a picture. No matter anyway, either width will be OK with 185-215 section tire sizes, or even as wide as 225 if you want to push it.

[slo929]

Thanks for your help... What size rims and tires are you running on the red 240 in the pics you have

[Arne]

14x6 with 195/70-14s. My car is almost stock height - might be 3/8" lower than stock. Definitely taller than what Eibachs would give you.

[Arne]

Something else to bear in mind - these days many 240Zs with stock springs sit taller than they did when they were new, due to the addition of gas-charged strut inserts. My car with unsagged stock springs sat a full 1/2" taller when I installed new KYB shocks. My current setup is those same KYBs with cut-down replica Euro springs (NLA at this time). By cutting the springs I was able to adjust the ride height to accommodate the gas-pressure.

Eibach springs are designed to work with modern gas-charged inserts, so no adjustment is necessary.

[slo929]

Thanks so much for your time and info... I will keep you posted as to my progress on the wheels!