15" Pugs - my lucky day

[mr.radon]

Well after looking around for 15" PUG's I finally found what I was looking for. I tried to buy some off a guy on this site, but he never got back to me. I looked at PAP but never found a complete set. Well Saturday at the auto auction (tow lot) I saw not one but three 1986 Pegout 505's. I figured I would bid a max of $100 since thay all had good rims and drivable tires. The first one up for auction went to me at a starting bid of $60!!!! The second at $65, the thrird (with the best tires and rims) for $70. Wholly cow I said when I got the first car at the start bid price, I should have held out for the last one, little did I know. I lined up a tow to my house, but after I paid the $15 to get a key made it sparked up. I drove it to my house and had the tires swaped out in nothing flat. I had to reverse my old 13" to get them on the Peugot. I also had to take the rear brakes off the back tires to get them to spin. I then donated the old Peugot to and am going to write it off on my taxes!

Anyway, here is a shot of my two cars with the rims swaped. Also the tranfer to prove, $60+$5 taxes.

Total investment: $80 ($15 for a shaved key)

Return: Tax write off and new 15" rims.

I figure I got 1/3 of the tread left. What are the best tires to get on these? I don't mind the larger rolling radius, I have P155/60R15 on there right now. I'm getting a 2" BYB lift so I'm looking for a tall ride. Advice???

[spanky_pete]

That's a sweet deal, great find dude. :cool:

 

I wonder where the other two Pugs from the auction ended up..

[mr.radon]

Well I went to www.tire.com to check price if and when I have to get new tires. I found a traction tire I liked and listed all the sizes available to me. I did a few calculations. The Yellow row are the old 13" tires I took off, Orange are the tires I'm running right now. Gray are the two sizes I'm looking at.

Anyone try or run with P205/65R15's on a 1988 Soobi SW? All I really need to do is measure current clearance and see if they will fit, right?

Anyhow, I'd like to know what works well for other PUG runners out there.

 

 

Tire________Ø (in) Ø (mm) Roll (in) Roll (mm) HeightΔ %Δ 60mph=

P195/50R-15 22.68 576.0 71.24 1809.56 -0.26 -2.24% 58.7

P185/70R-13 23.20 589.2 72.88 1851.03 0.00 0.00% 60.0

P195/60R-15 24.21 615.0 76.07 1932.08 0.51 4.38% 62.6

P185/65R-15 24.47 621.5 76.87 1952.50 0.64 5.48% 63.3

P205/60R-15 24.69 627.0 77.55 1969.78 0.74 6.42% 63.8

P195/65R-15 24.98 634.5 78.48 1993.34 0.89 7.69% 64.6

P215/60R-15 25.16 639.0 79.03 2007.48 0.98 8.45% 65.1

P205/65R-15 25.49 647.5 80.09 2034.18 1.15 9.89% 65.9

P225/60R-15 25.63 651.0 80.52 2045.18 1.22 10.49% 66.3

P215/65R-15 26.00 660.5 81.69 2075.02 1.40 12.10% 67.3