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The rears are less stretched but still don't come to the edge of the rim. What would be the ideal tyre for the rears?
'new' rears (I think a 20mm difference is a nice neutral set up but you may want it safer with a bit more understeer built in... if so keep a 30mm difference), both choices will fit OK on a 8" rim. Better stagger on the rubber and will fill the rim better in both cases. I'd also get some 12mm hubcentric spacers on the rear to replicate the staggered look the oem wheels of course have and widen by a fraction the rear track. Just better check that won't require an arch roll... you don't say what offsets your wheels have so don't know if they'll rub, or catch. I have 215x40 on the 8inch front and it looks pants not to mention didn't protect the rim when I drove up against the kerb ](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall"){kind=small}
Are the spacers safe to use? I used to fit them on minis i had and they always put extra pressure on the bearings. Get hubcentric ones and you should be fine. It'll look (and feel) way better.jdbecks wrote:i have 225 on the front and can not wait to go down to 215
.8 bar.. and nor can any tyre dealers. It's the stagger that is most important... either a 20mm or 30mm difference (depending on handling preference). Obviously the 225 front option with the corresponding wider rears means you're more likely to get rubbing somewhere but as said it's impossible to say for sure unless you can get the offsets. If it's a 30mm difference you ideally want a 5% higher profile on the fronts.