Re: Change from 16 inch wheels to 15 inch wheels
When a person switches to 15s it is sort of natural to go to a more modern profile. That means lower and wider, and the trend continues today with some outlandish examples. Now when you look at the side effects, you can have a smaller diameter tire which increases your rpms, noticed especially on the main highways. Your mind will wander to overdrive options. And since steering was brought up, a tire with a wider than stock footprint is a bear to turn at parking lot speeds and if that new low profile tire is a radial, then there goes that snowball rolling headlong into a power steering conversion. I have tall skinny (215 85r 16" ) radials on my woodie wagon. It does steer nice on the road, but it definately got worse in the parking lot.
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Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
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