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Originally Posted by john31s
I believe these wheels are being sold by PY and Ames. Those Nitto tires you are referring to are Nt 450's and were a mediocre tire 10 years ago. If you want to get these Rally II's get the Nitto 555's on them with 40 or 45 series tires on them and lower the car. A 50 series would be to much tire anyway.
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John
The 555 and the 450 are available in a 255/50/17 (27.1" tall). Not all of us are looking for short tires (on the rear anyway)...
These are the same diameter as my current 255/60/15's - and I'm not looking for shorter tires with my 461 with 3.42 gears.
I've been looking at possibly switching to 17's and right now my only tire options (I want redlines) are the NT 450 and 555.
The 450 has the sizes that come closest to my current setup - that I like - with 225/50/17 (235/60/15) at 26" and 255/50/17 (255/60/15) at 27".
If I go with the 555's, I can still get my 255/50/17 for the rear, but on the front if I want 26" tire height I need to go to a 255/45/17 - and I don't know if I can stuff that under a '64 GTO. 245/45/17 might work - a little shorter (25.7) but wider than my 235/60/15. Currently my tire clearance is REAL tight.
My current rims are 15x7" factory with 4.25" BS - so maybe that extra .25" would allow the wider 17's...