Tire size ideas?

I have a 75 Baja just about completed and a set of Empi 8 spoke rims handy.
Was going to weld in adjusters this weekend and raise the rear a couple of
inches too. Anyone have any comments/ideas on a good tire size that will
fit all 4 corners on these rims? Looking to get a moderate light truck tire
for height and tread pattern. Wanted to keep the same size all the way
around so I can have 1 spare that will fit all positions. TIA

Mac

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:47:22 -0500, "Mac" > wrote:

>I have a 75 Baja just about completed and a set of Empi 8 spoke rims handy.
>Was going to weld in adjusters this weekend and raise the rear a couple of
>inches too. Anyone have any comments/ideas on a good tire size that will
>fit all 4 corners on these rims? Looking to get a moderate light truck tire
>for height and tread pattern. Wanted to keep the same size all the way
>around so I can have 1 spare that will fit all positions. TIA
>
>Mac
>

You can run big tires in the rear and small up front and just keep one
big spare tire with you... then if you have a flat up front then you
can just take the flat tire/wheel off and put it in the back seat,
then replace your other front tire with your big wheel/tire spare.
You can drive it off of the trails like that on just the 3 big
wheels/tires. And if you have a flat on one of your rear tires, just
replace it with the spare. Or you could run all the same size tires
like you said. :-) I used to run 31" truck tires on the rear and
stock wheels/tires up front.

a lurker becoming a more frequent poster.... just trying to help where i
can...

in my past experience i had the best handling and overall driveability with
either a 245/60r-15 or a 235/70r-15 on the rear's and a 'std. 165/50r-15 on
the front. that size on the rears with a 8-10" wide std. 'white spoked'
steel wheel was only about 1/2" taller than the std. 165's usually run on
the rears... so this kept the gear ratios within reason- one time i ran some
31" truck tires and quickly changed that out... whoa! not good-

to fully expose my checkered v.w. past... starting with my first..

66 swingaxle baja.-moms's car, a real beater, but oh so fun to learn on
(250.00)

65 square back- bought for 250.00 drove alot- then was t-boned

74 ford maverik 302- a moment of weakness... and a fathers projection of his
youth onto me...

61 bug- bought to restore, fell in love got married sold car... to a guy who
restored it- still see it driven daily in the area

68 baja (irs, so late 68)- fun car, did lot's of work to that one, then
found out the roof had been welded on from another bug... in a moment of
weakness i made it a convertable, 15 min. with a sawzall \, and a summer of
fun... that car hold's the record for the fastest pizza delivery in
cottonwood...8^) with a broken throttle cable 8^0, sold to a friend, still
in town...

69 baja, great car, rebuilt, repainted... sold in a time of family
illness... watched the idiot i sold it to run it into the ground... now a
new owner has it and is doing much better

dune buggy- a real frankenstien, but awesome to drive... 2017, dual del
45's, monster cam, etc..... sold due to family illness...

now on the prowl for a bug to fix up for the 13 y.o. to drive at 16...

thanks for the area to spill my v.w. guts...

jd-drafter



"Shag" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:47:22 -0500, "Mac" > wrote:
>
>>I have a 75 Baja just about completed and a set of Empi 8 spoke rims
>>handy.
>>Was going to weld in adjusters this weekend and raise the rear a couple of
>>inches too. Anyone have any comments/ideas on a good tire size that will
>>fit all 4 corners on these rims? Looking to get a moderate light truck
>>tire
>>for height and tread pattern. Wanted to keep the same size all the way
>>around so I can have 1 spare that will fit all positions. TIA
>>
>>Mac
>>
>
> You can run big tires in the rear and small up front and just keep one
> big spare tire with you... then if you have a flat up front then you
> can just take the flat tire/wheel off and put it in the back seat,
> then replace your other front tire with your big wheel/tire spare.
> You can drive it off of the trails like that on just the 3 big
> wheels/tires. And if you have a flat on one of your rear tires, just
> replace it with the spare. Or you could run all the same size tires
> like you said. :-) I used to run 31" truck tires on the rear and
> stock wheels/tires up front.
>