[W126 Coupe] and speaking of tires...

[Paul Samarin]

Duly noted; I really do appreciate your comments and all the data in 
this post.  Lots to digest.

Thanks,

Paul

On Sep 28, 2005, at 6:55 PM, Axel Wulff wrote:

> Paul,
>
> Personally I think your tires are too large, but to each his own.
>
> Running 285x18x35 tires in the back on 9" rims will result in a wheel 
> that
> is 65.67cm in diameter or 1.4% larger than standard (205x15x65 on 6.5"
> wheels = 64.75cm diameter). Running 285 on 9" wheels will cause the 
> tires to
> "bulge" out a bit as the tires will be 56mm wider than your rims. The
> standard set up would be tires that are 40mm wider than the rims (205 
> tire
> on 6.5" rim).
>
> Your front wheels running 225x18x40 will result in a wheel diameter of
> 63.72cm, which is 1.6% less than standard and ~2cm less than the rear
> wheels. That is a little bit more than a 3% difference but probably not
> enough to confuse your ABS system at most speeds.
>
> Don't know whether you can actually fir 285x18s, but someone else 
> might.
>
> Cheers,
> Axel