205-60 tyres on 185-65 Xantia rims ?

Tom.Abd · Unread post by **Tom.Abd** » 05 Mar 2004, 18:22

Hi all,
This one got buried in the middle of another thread so I thought I'd try again - apologies if it seems a bit of a daftie.
Also does anyone have any feedback (good or bad) on the local Citroen indie in Aberdeen ?
ta
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Hi all,
Same topic - but off a a little bit of a tangent. The current weather up here in the frozen north (wet & slushy) is reminding me just how crap the Michelins are in anything worse than a puddle - prob not helped by the fact all 4 are in need of a change - so it's off in search of the seemingly elusive Eagle Ventura's. Which brings me to my questions :
Current tyres 185-65 15's on standard steel wheels ('00 Xantia LX 1.8 16v). Pretty confident that I should be able to put 205-60 's on the wheels without any ill effects but can anyone confirm / deny ?
I know that the bigger Xantia's have these as standard but is their any gain, particularly in the wet, to doing this in the collective experience ?
As a final point - I would like to thank all the regular contributors for their time and effort [:D]. As yet haven't needed to put any of the tips & tricks into practice, but they make v interesting reading none the less.
Tom.
... suppose i'd better get new brake pads all round as well and think about changing some spheres before things get too bouncy [xx(]
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Unread post by **Jon** » 05 Mar 2004, 19:49

Just a quicky, your car at present has 5.5" rims and the ones with 205 section tyres have 6" rims. Its usually Ok to go up a size of tyre on the same rim.....maybe you should source the wider wheels???

Tom.Abd · Unread post by **Tom.Abd** » 07 Mar 2004, 22:33

Cheers John.
I'd be checking w/ the tyre fitter before I went out and got the tyres anyway. As for the wider wheels - I'm just a grip, that's all.
Got the shperes changed out at the Aberdeen indy yesterday and have to report, good service, reasonable prices (less than 2/3 dealer price), and most importantly - seemed v competant and to know what was doing. [:)]
Tom.

ohms69 · Unread post by **ohms69** » 07 Mar 2004, 23:06

Does anybody know if 195/60/14's will fit on standard BX TZD rims?
I saw a BX 16 valve at the scrappy the other day with 195's on, what width are these rims?[:)]

Homer · Unread post by **Homer** » 08 Mar 2004, 13:29

I have had 195s on a BX16 which had 185s as standard with no ill effects apart from very heavy (non-power) steering.

ohms69 · Unread post by **ohms69** » 08 Mar 2004, 14:08

Good stuff!
I managed to get hold of 4 brand new AVON Zv1's for £60 in the stated profile, I thought they'd fit but thanks for confirming this![;)]

Kowalski · Unread post by **Kowalski** » 08 Mar 2004, 20:22

My Xantia is on 185/65 15 tyres with alloy wheels. According to citroen-pr.net when I put my VIN in it tells me that my wheels are 6 inch rims.

ohms69 · Unread post by **ohms69** » 08 Mar 2004, 22:41

Well, got the 195/60 14's fitted to day, and they are truly excellent. No rubbing and a level of grip I never thought possible from an estate! This combo with the 16 valve spheres is seriously good!![8D]