Wheel and Tire Upgrades Post 1

March 5, 2001

I heard some guy saying he put 185/80/r13. Anybody try this with success. I would very like to fill those wheel arch with something! I tought about getting peugeot 14" or 15" inch, but could not find any yet. I tought that if i could find a pair of white 13" sub steel rim and fit 185/80 r 13 that would do the trick. Handling capability would probably go down a notch but anyway it's a loyale!!!!!!

March 5, 2001

I can think of as least two people who have posted the availablity of Peugeot wheels, myself for one and and Ed for another. I don't know about a Loyale, but I have 195/60R14s on my 1980 Hatchback, I have plenty of wheel clearance, and no rubbing. I thing I could go as high as a 245/50R15 without a problem.

March 5, 2001

My Gl has 185/80 r13's and compared to my loyale man talk about a height difference and the ride is not deteriorated from having those bigger tires to me but anywho if you can find the white spoke rims those will do the trick and I have a site for you to check out too here it is

www.ackerwheels.org/

Enjoy

March 5, 2001

Baja,

Any rubbing of the tire (185/80/r13)in special situation? Offroad? extreme turning? Have you ever try them on your loyale.....is there more or less clearance on the loyale or is it exactly the same???

Thanks!

Robert

March 5, 2001

Assuming you don't mind cutting and banging and tossing the inner wheel well plastic you can get 225/70/14 on a Loyale 4wd. They will rub a little on rough stuff and at certain p[oints in the turning radius. With the 185/80-13 there is no problem with clearance and no modification required(again I,m basind that on a 4wd). We have 185/70-13 on moms fwd Loyale with no problems. I have 165/82-14 Hakkas on right now and they don't hit anything, but my fenders are cut pretty high, there is no rubbing in the well like with my big Dunlops.

March 6, 2001

well with the loyale it probably will for mine cause it is fwd and is lower than the normal 4wd wagons but it doesn't rub at all and in fact it is stock size for the GL wagon 4wd that I have

March 6, 2001

Isn't the stock size 185/70 R13. When you go in 185/80 it's almost 4cm difference in the total height of the tire!

March 6, 2001

I dunno the sidewalls on the ones I have say 185/80 so I will check the data plate in the mornin

March 6, 2001

I have friends that use 195/70/13 they fit and look great on the 4x4 models Im not sure about the 2wd. Not many tire manufactures have the size but I know cooper tires does

www.coopertire.com/tire_c..._size1.asp

the link above should take you to a tire selector page just type in the size.

mike

March 6, 2001

Ackerwheel just emailed back. They are out of stock on the 14 inch wheel for 80's Subarus, 'Try back later' they said.

I ran 185/80's on my 85 GL wagon. I had my suspension all the way up front and back. The tires never rubbed, and I took that thing thru Evans Creek ORV Park. Looked much cooler with tall tires. Those things can swallow up a lot of tire. John Szigi put his 27 inch Marshalls on his 88 GL wagon for awhile. The tires didn't look near as big as they do on his 81 hachback. (they rubbed alright. . .)

$.02

Eric Zap

March 6, 2001

Eric, there is still that guy down in Renton, he has a lot of Peugeot wheels.

March 6, 2001

Got his #?

Eric

March 6, 2001

I've read all the above posts and I'm still unclear if the 185/80s will fit on a stock GL/Loyale 4x4 without rubbing when fourwheeling. The answer is probably here somewhere in these replys but I'm just not clear with all the different combos talked about above.

March 6, 2001

Yep, it is 425-235-0952, his name is Gary Bagnell.

March 7, 2001

the 185/80's on mine with the suspention dialed all the way down doesn't rub at all

March 7, 2001

The 185/80's work great. you actually only get about .75" of ground clearance from them...

<TD>

Width</TD>

<TD>

Series

(Height %)</TD>

<TD>

Rim</TD>

<TD>

Tire Height

in mm</TD>

<TD>

Total Height

in inches</TD>

<TD>

Gain in ground clearance over stock 4wd size</TD>

<TD>

Notes</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

205</TD>

<TD>

60</TD>

<TD>

13</TD>

123.00</TD>

22.69</TD>

-0.26</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

185</TD>

<TD>

70</TD>

<TD>

13</TD>

129.50</TD>

23.20</TD>

0.00</TD>

<TD>

stock 4wd size</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

165</TD>

<TD>

80</TD>

<TD>

13</TD>

132.00</TD>

23.39</TD>

0.10</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

195</TD>

<TD>

70</TD>

<TD>

13</TD>

136.50</TD>

23.75</TD>

0.27</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

175</TD>

<TD>

80</TD>

<TD>

13</TD>

140.00</TD>

24.02</TD>

0.41</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

185</TD>

<TD>

80</TD>

<TD>

13</TD>

148.00</TD>

24.65</TD>

0.73</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

195</TD>

<TD>

70</TD>

<TD>

14</TD>

136.50</TD>

24.75</TD>

0.77</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

205</TD>

<TD>

70</TD>

<TD>

14</TD>

143.50</TD>

25.30</TD>

1.05</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

205</TD>

<TD>

60</TD>

<TD>

15</TD>

123.00</TD>

24.69</TD>

0.74</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

195</TD>

<TD>

65</TD>

<TD>

15</TD>

126.75</TD>

24.98</TD>

0.89</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

195</TD>

<TD>

70</TD>

<TD>

15</TD>

136.50</TD>

25.75</TD>

1.27</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

<TD>

</TD>

</TR>

</Table>

March 7, 2001

Do all those tire size fit in a loyale 4wd without any interference????

March 7, 2001

I know qman had 195/65r15's on his ea81 hatch. he had the suspension adjusted all the way up and had no problems.

not sure if you have less clearance on a loyale or not....

March 7, 2001

on my 87 4WD GL wagon i am currently running the 15" peugeot alloys with 14/62-15 rally tires...total height in inches is 24.41.. doesnt seem to be any rubbing and i have no adjustments to suspension...however i havnt been offroad yet so i dont know if that is any help

March 7, 2001

McBrat, I have 195-60R14s on my 80 Hatch, no lift kit, and no clearance problem. By your chart, they would have less of a gain in ground clearance then the 205-60R15, if I remember correctly, they are almost exactly the same diameter as the stock tires.

March 8, 2001

Maybe we should post this tread in the archive, i think it contains quite useful info!

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