How my 88 CSC looks now
- Thread starter olds307 and 403
- Start date
- Status
I hate white walls on this car, so I painted over them. How long it will last, who knows. It would have been like $100 to flip them around. These are the rare P215/75R14 tires, almost new tread and a decent spare the same size. With the marshmallow suspension, an extra 1.6" in height helps with bottoming out.
Now I never pushed them hard in the brief time I had them on but the 245/60/15s on my stock 15x7 SSIIIs do not rub. Everyone says they are supposed to but they don't. Something F41 (442) related? Not sure . . . But would think the narrower 215/75/14s would be OK unless the sidewalls are so tall that tire sidewall flex actually causes it?
Under acceleration with the suspension lifting it is OK except over big bumps. Braking and even worse turning, embarrassing. Don't why I thought drive shaft, duh bigger tires on the front. My 245/60R14's on the 6" factory aluminum rims rubbed up front. Thinking back, maybe my the 205/75R14's rubbed ever so slightly. I think Olds used the springs out of ball point pens for this car's suspension
.
.
Last edited:
I actually put the 205/75R14's on the front but may still have some rubbing. I had two spare steel rims, the one off the 70S and a steel one that came with my 88 CSC. The front tires are off my 70S, guess what kind of brakes it has? Drum brakes. That means the rims have a smaller inner diameter and they rub, pretty good marks.
I just got a kick out of you painting over the whitewalls. At least it saves money for other mods. it's getting expensive to flip tires nowadays.
The 205/75R14's fixed it, not a sound. I think the rims were rubbing some, probably clearanced those parts. I think the tires were contacting the fender wells. The shorter tires up front gave it a slightly better stance as well.
- Status
Similar threads
