Tire Question

[seth959]

my 94 spirit originally has 195/70r14 tires on it. does anyone know if a 205/70r14 will fit? thanks!

[55trucker]

Hi there.....is your model the ES...
as in 3 litre six engine w/4spd auto trans?

[seth959]

yes it is

[55trucker]

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Originally Posted by seth959 yes it is

Then I'm sort of surprised that seems to have 14" wheels on the car....doesn't the drivers side door sticker have a pressure rating for 15" tires attached to it?....ES cars had the optional 15's ...and they were of course...alloys........and I do have 205's mounted on my Turbostars

[seth959]

my bad, its not the es but it does have the 3.0, got mixed up

[55trucker]

OK......I'm going to pick your brain here.....if you look at your ownership for the car.....look at the VIN# for the car......you want to look at the 6th digit in the serial number......it should be either a 1 thru 7(no #3 is used)...1 is economy, 2 is low line, 4 is high line, 5 is premium line, 6 is sport/special, 7 is performance.... 1 thru 4 will have 14" wheels ....5 thru 7 will have 15" wheels...

[seth959]

its a 4 so its a 14", do think 205's will fit? thanks for the help... if u couldnt tell, im a noob

[55trucker]

There shouldn't be a clearance issue at all.....your wheels are.....steel?....14" steel wheels should be 5 1/2" wide. That width steel wheel, the max tire that the manufacturer would recommend is the "195". The 15" wheels (alloys) are 6" wide and the max tire that is recommended is a "205". I'm still wondering why you've got 14's on a carline that has the V6 engine...that driveline was used on the higher scale carline (LE, LS).

[seth959]

carline?

[55trucker]

"Carline".......in your case...is "D" body...in that body style there are the different Series...(those were the six different numbers that I mentioned to you)...yours is the Highline...(#4).....that series did use the 14" steel wheels, but you've got a premium line (#5) driveline(V6 engine).... one that gets the larger wheels & tires (the 15's)...

[seth959]

is that strange to have a high line with a premium line engine?

[55trucker]

I guess not so, to Chrysler.....perhaps the original purchaser ordered the car that way.....anyway no matter.....as far as your tires are concerned....you CAN get 205's on the 5.5" wide wheels....but take a good look at how far the sidewalls will be ballooned out. A 70 series tire will have a taller sidewall so there will be more room to flex, the smaller the sidewall (eg. 60series or 50series) the sidewall will have less flex and not be as happy on a thinner wheel.

[sidepipe87]

my uncle bought a '93 Acclaim that has the 14" steel wheels with metal wheel covers, and the 3.0 V6 and A604, so i guess it's not that uncommon.

~Ryan

[seth959]

thanks trucker!