Tires on a '76 Skylark coupe

Discussion in 'The "X" bodies' started by patrick66, Feb 3, 2014.

  1. patrick66

    patrick66 Member

    I've looked at a couple of tire threads, but haven't really read what I need. My son has a very nice '76 Skylark coupe that we got nearly three years ago. It had 104K on it, and now has 118K. It has the original 14" wheels, but the tires are small for the car - 185-70R14 - so the car sits too low and occasionally bottoms out. So, we are putting on a set of 15" x 6" chrome smoothies that I've had on a couple of other cars. They are 3" b/s. I'm looking for ideas for a relatively stock-looking tire size. I'm thinking 205-70R15 would give the car the right look, plus a little needed ride height over what's there now.

    Ideas?
     
  2. wormwood

    wormwood Dare to be different

    that sounds like a good option
     
  3. newmexguy

    newmexguy Well-Known Member

    put P225 / 70 RWL's on the original steelies..
    or on a set of buick chrome five spokes.
    probably would have to be ordered, most likely a "dead" size nowadays..
    the P235 / 60 / 14's on the rear of my chevelle certainly are.
     

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  4. patrick66

    patrick66 Member

    ^^^And hence the reason I'm going with 15"s...
     

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