And since I need to be getting tires for my '63 hardtop to replace the aged-out Goodyear Arrivas currently on it (15+ years old now and less than 10,000 miles including our drive to Portland, OR for the VTCI International in 2005 from KCMO), I need to start thinking serious about this topic, too. While I currently have Hankook Optimo 724s (? - search for my post on replacing tires/tubes on my Roadster a couple years ago) and the price was very reasonable ($50-60/corner for the tire itself), I'm not real thrilled about the whitewall width nor the 'furrin' country-of-origin. What about Diamondback? I thought they offered a custom whitewall width to a purchaser's specifications. You'll have to use 205/80-14 with 5.5" rim and 3.8" backspacing to represent the 8.00 -14 originals but that should get you close. There are a number of sites that let you compare the specs of different size tires. If you go to a different rim, you can always play with the backspacing (assuming you can find the right rim) to adjust clearance outboard and inboard of the tire. That should give you enough clearance for your skirts, but each tire is slightly different so you'd have to check. On the same rims that would make the tires stick out about 10mm (0.4") more on each side of the tire. That being said, if you do use 225 tires they are about 20mm wider than the standard 8.00" tires (which are about 205mm). 225 tires really need at least 6", or preferably 7" wide wheels like Bill used. But I'd be a little leery of using 225 tires on the stock TBird rims. I'm not going to wade into the raised white letters vs whitewall vs blackwall silliness except to say to each his own.
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