"Berang" (berang)
02/15/2019 at 20:28 • Filed to: MEATS
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"Berang" (berang)
02/15/2019 at 20:28 • Filed to: MEATS | 6
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Preparing the Baja 96 for next month’s Gambler 500 meant getting the all terrain tires mounted. Why not put them on the 95 in the meantime?
The 155/80 R15 tires on the 95 were replaced by the 195/80 R15 tires. The guy at the tire place wasn’t sure they would fit, so we tested with one wheel first, and he was pretty surprised. The partially skirted fenders on the 95 make it look like the wheels can’t possibly fit in the wheel wells, but they do.
The 155's are about 25" tall, these all terrains are just a hair over 27" tall, so the car gets an extra inch of ground clearance from them. The stock bias ply tires were around 26" tall, so the car can actually handle the extra height easily.
Pretty chunky looking! Car handles like a bouncy castle now, and alarmingly oversteer comes in at much gentler speeds (with the smaller tires you have to really be going much too fast for common sense to trigger oversteer). While I think the car looks pretty funny, I’m glad these will be going on the other car soon enough and the daily will be going back to stock sized tires.
Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> Berang
02/15/2019 at 22:42 |
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Looks awesome!
shop-teacher
> Berang
02/15/2019 at 23:19 |
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They do look cool!
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Berang
02/16/2019 at 22:18 |
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I’d be afraid of slowing the car down with those big tires.
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Berang
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
02/16/2019 at 22:25 |
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At highway speeds it is noticeable, around town I don’t think I can sense any difference, the first three speeds in the Saab are
really short legged. In any event they’ll be going on the 96 at the end of the month and I’ll be back to the stock skinny tires.