Well took my pugs in to take off the 190 65 ? to put on some

175 65 15 tires off mini copper after a 2 hour wait an 1 tire guy reluctant to do it, the other tire guy attempts it and it would not go on, i know a 15 inch tire will fit the same rims cause i had them on a BRat with lift, the first tire guy says he felt liable for the mounting......This was the same shop with 2 workers, wondering if they just did not want to mount them at all..... So my question is what size tire do you run on 15 inch pugs (with the black stripes with the lion center caps?

Some of the 15 inch pugs are in-fact 390mm, so they are 15.3 inch wheels.

The bad news and the dead giveaway is you wanted to remove '190 65' tyres. This means your rims are metric (I think they were known as TRX?). It is not possible to fit regular tyres and as NoahDL88 stated above, are in fact 390mm not 15 inches.

Edited March 4, 201214 yr by Leeroy

The size should be cast into the backside of the wheel but what you have are the oddball 390s.

doh

 

many threads talk of this too.

 

I think aluminum scrap prices are up, which is good, you can scrap them for a little change.

these were on my wagon not too long ago; 205/60/15's

This will go on forever...

 

 

I had 195/60/15s on the same wheels, never had a problem.

 

Im gonna go with the majority here, youve got 390mm wheels.

That pic is the wheels that i have............

What they are trying to here is that the style you have came in 2 different sizes.

One is a 15in wheel, the other is a metric (390mm) wheel.

You have the metric wheels, which are pretty worthless considering tires for them costs a few hundred dollars.....each.

10-4

The TRX rims (390mm) aren't all bad - Michelin still makes the TRX tires but only in the one size - 190/65-390

 

They are high performance tires and handle very well. Thus the relatively high price. But most performance tires are fairly expensive.

 

The problem comes when people get these rims thinking they are 15's and try to put something that wasn't designed for them on. The bead lip is entirely different also.... normal tires don't fit because the rims were designed for special high performance tires.

 

GD