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How Large of a Winter Tire can i fit on my Carrera Classics?

   
Old Dec 3, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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How Large of a Winter Tire can i fit on my Carrera Classics?
I'm looking at winter tires for my C4 with Carrera Classics & I Find alot of tires that are 255/40/19 I Know they are bigger then Stock 235/35/19's but i'm wondering how big could a go before rubbing or making issues?
 
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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I would stay with OEM sizes, the snow tires are available. I am sure that Tire Rack has them available.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 09:37 PM
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Yea i wanted to stay with oem sizes but just wondering because i found a few used sets with barely any miles on them & there all a little bigger in the front tires.
 
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Why would you go bigger? The whole point of winter tires is to keep the footprint narrow to cut through the snow, not ride over it.
 
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