On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 08:39:26PM -0500, Marshall Booth wrote: > Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > > The early 190's came with 14" wheels, what is the advantage to switching > > to the later 15" wheels? > > You can pay more money for tires!! 185/65x15s cost more than 185/70x14s. > I swapped my '85 from 15" wheels back to 14". Won't work with MOST later > 201s (made after '86) as the 14" wheels won't clear the front calipers.
Or, if you have a 201 with upgraded front calipers, you'll have the same problem. Early 201s with solid rotors would brake fade rather easily. The selection of 14" tires is somewhat dwindling, especially tall 14" performance rated tires. K
