bf goodrich radial t/a tire question.....and 1972 skylark 4 sale

[Guest]

i am looking to put these tires on my 1970 GS<BR>can someone tell me how wide i can go...?<BR>i have 14 inch ralley wheels.do i want 235/60's or 245/60's.will they even fit.? i am not sure what most GS cars tire sizes are when using the bf goodrich radial t/a performance.<BR>any help would be greatly appreciated.<BR>also....<P><BR>i have a 1972 skylark 350 for sale.<BR>a great price at only $1,300.00 which includes a lot of extras<BR>have plenty of photos.email me at : LES_BRERS@yahoo.com for more info on the 1972 skylark for sale.<P>thanks

[The Old Guy]

I have 275X60x 15 on Buick road wheels on my 72 GS and I just had to massage the inner rear wells with a BFH just a little.

[Guest]

Run a search on the General forum for a few threads about tire sizes. :-)<P>Personally, I have 14 inch standard rims and put 235/70 on them. I dunno how low numerically you can go on those rims tho.<P>Some people shove bigger tires on back and put smaller ones up front. It works well I imagine on several levels except one. You can't rotate your tires. :-/<P>Cheers!

[Guest]

The correct tire diameter for a 70 GS was 27.1". Converting that to today's standard to keep your speedo correct, good tire sizes would be a 215/75R14. The wider, lower-profile tires you're looking at only have a diameter of 25.1" and 25.6", which will really throw off your speedo and make it read higher than actual speed. A good alternative if you can get some 15" rims would be a 255/60R15, which is the same 27.1" diameter. The drag radials 275/60R15 are 28" and the 275/50R15 are 26.1" and do fit under the wheel wells. Sometimes with a little "massaging", sometimes it's not needed. Quality control and all that back then.

[Guest]

Any decent tire store will gladly mount various sizes until you get what you want.

[Guest]

Just put BFGs on my 1970 Skylark. My car has the standard set of 14x6 Chrome Road Wheels that came with most 'Larks and GS cars. I chose to use 225/70R14 because this is as close as you can get to the older G70-14 that was the biggest optional stock tire available on 14 inch rims.<P>The tires have a bit of a "bulge" because of the six inch rim width, but look great and have no clearance problems. As far as I know my speedo has not been changed very much; at 65 indicated I seem to be with the flow of traffic and at 70 I seem to be leading the pack most days...<P>Feel free to e-mail me for a picture that shows the rim & tire combo on my car...<P>Matthew