Sorry but ? on tire size on a 7 fuch

[khamul02]

I know we have beat this in the ground lately but I have been questioned about my front tire size order.

I'm going with (as suggested by several members of this board)
205/50/16 on 7's for the front

and

245/45/16 on 9's on the rear.


Just to verify will the 205's strech and fit on my 7's?

[bkreigsr]

no stretch involved. 7's and 205's are a perfect fit.
Bill K

[frogger]

205's fit just fine. The upper end of tire width for 7" wheels is probably 225.

[Cdnone1]

I run 225/50 's on my SC on the front
Steve

[petrolblue83911]

what everyone said, also, I belive that for the few carerras that Porsche equiped with 7's and 8's, they used 205 50's on the front 7's, straight from the factory.

[KTL]

205/50 is going to be shorter than the standard 205/55. Theoretically one inch shorter in overall diameter. So what you'll end up with is a tire that has a thinner sidewall in the front than in the rear. Probably not too noticeable front tire vs. rear tire. But what you will probably notice in the front is you'll have a larger gap between the top of the tire and the fender lip.

Don't get me wrong, i'm all for shorter sidewalls since I think the typical sizes in 16 inch for the 911 have rather fat sidewalls. A 205/50-16 does well to reduce the fat sidewall issue. Problem is, there's not an equivalently short rear tire size, other than a 225/45-16, which is rather rare to find. In my opinion 17 inch tires are much more appealing to the eye, have better size selection and perform better relative to sidewall stiffness.

[450knotOffice]

I have 205's on my front 7's. No issues.