Chimaera 16" Tyres on the front

[450Nick]

Hi all,

I run 16" Imolas on the front of my Chim, I used to use toyo r888s with I think 45 profile on the front with no problems. I recently changed to some normal type road tyres and now I have some pretty bad rubbing on steering lock under braking... Does anyone else run road tyres on 16" Imolas at the front? If so, what size tyres do you use to avoid rubbing??

[JimTC]

450Nick said:

Hi all,

I run 16" Imolas on the front of my Chim, I used to use toyo r888s with I think 45 profile on the front with no problems. I recently changed to some normal type road tyres and now I have some pretty bad rubbing on steering lock under braking... Does anyone else run road tyres on 16" Imolas at the front? If so, what size tyres do you use to avoid rubbing??

In my case 225/45 Toyos on Estoril wheels with no issues. However, think the previous owner had the steering lock stops adjusted somehow to prevent this.

Jim

[Andav469]

I also use 225/45/16 on Toyo's no rubbing and no changes/modifications to the steering lock

[fatboychim]

I used to run DZ03G's on the front 225/45/16 with no rubbing issues, I switched to R888's of the same size and they rubbed under hard braking/cornering until I wore them down a bit. As for road tyres I just stuck with 215 width.
I find that the 16" Imolas catch the wishbone on absolute full lock unless I use spacers but it was only a problem when manoeuvring slowly.

[madmarsie]

Until recently i was running 225/40/16 bridgestones(with a 5mm spacer to clear brembos) but the tramlining was horrendous.There was no rubbing though. I now have 205/50/16 so even less rubbing and no tramlining
Paul