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    What size tires?

    Alright I need your guys opinions. I have a set of 16inch pumpers in my garage I wanna slap on my Spirit R/T. 205 55 16s? I want something with a little bit of a wide aggressive look that fills up the wheel well pretty good.

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    Re: What size tires?

    205's are already going to buldge on a 6" wide rim.

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    Re: What size tires?

    225/50 will foot the bill, but spec out a tire that is designed for a 6" rim.
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    Re: What size tires?

    Get wider wheels. Nothing big enough to fill those wheel wells can be squeezed onto a skinny 6" wheel.
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    Re: What size tires?

    Wheel Spacers....

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    Re: What size tires?

    ...are gay.

    Just get wider wheels and do it right.

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    Re: What size tires?

    Quote Originally Posted by sy2206 View Post
    ...are gay.

    Just get wider wheels and do it right.
    Yea, if you have the cash and don't like your existing wheels, just buy new ones.

    If your not flush at the moment and like your existing wheels and want to "safely" fill up the fender gap, you can add wheels spacers

    If your flush at the moment and like your existing wheels you can have them widened.

    Even CAST wheels spacers have gone 200 mph + but I would look into Billet first.

    Just make sure they are hub centric and your studs are long enough.

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    Re: What size tires?

    Quote Originally Posted by sy2206 View Post
    ...are gay.

    Just get wider wheels and do it right.
    Yep, because we are all rich and can go buy new wheels,
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    Re: What size tires?

    Thanks for the feedback guys, unfortunately getting new wheels isn't in the picture at the moment.

    I'll look into 225/50 for a 6in wheel, thanks!

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    Re: What size tires?

    FYI, I run 225/55R16's on my GTC 6" wheel, Falken ZE512's and they sit nice and square.
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    Re: What size tires?

    I had a pic of a 225 on a 5" wheel. The guy had to run the 5" wheel for stock class AXing. I wish I could find it. It was a wide 225 too, width is not the same from brand to brand. Anyway 6 should be fine.

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