Advice on tyre sizes

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Just bought a set of American racing Outlaw 2 wheel's for my car, they are 14 inch rims with 0 offset, any ideas what tyre size would be best, the car currently has Compomotives with 205 60 13 tyre's and is lowered on the arse by 1 inch and has 2.8 struts on her front, any suggestions?

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215-50-15
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On 14" rims?
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Ive got 185 55 14 on the front of mine and 215 60 14 on the rear. Looks great will put a picture up forthwith....
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You could have a play with this tyre size calculator to find tyres that have the same rolling radius (circumference) as your current tyres.
https://www.tyresave.co.uk/tyre-size-calculator/

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Andrew 2.8i wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2019 7:29 pm You could have a play with this tyre size calculator to find tyres that have the same rolling radius (circumference) as your current tyres.
https://www.tyresave.co.uk/tyre-size-calculator/

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Thanks for this Andrew, I have measured the distance from the edge of the rim to the strut and I have a 28mm gap, obviously this will be smaller when the tire is mounted and bulges outwards but it does seem alot of gap for 0 offset wheels but I'm no expert on the subject
The wheel's are 14x7
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stevemarl wrote: Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:35 am On 14" rims?
Nah, shoulda got 15's :xd:
I have a set of new performance superlites in 15x7, supposedly machined to fit with 215 -60-15 , happy to post dimensions if it helps :D
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