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Originally Posted by Tha Jack
and will 245/50 x 15" tyres fit on 8" rims without scraping on the front end?
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i think they will. my old man had 245 x 60 x 14 on his landau. the guards may have been rolled, but his did have 265 with 10 inch rims on the front when he bought it.
the only problem i see is maybe with height but the 50 series will take care of that considering he had 60 series on his
245 x 60 means the tyre is 147mm top and bottom = 294mm of tyre
245 x 50 means the tyre is 122.5mm top and bottom = 245mm of tyre
therefore tyre size is 49mm smaller with 50 series. your rim size will be 1inch bigger than he had but there is almost 2 inches less of tyre than he had. your rim and tyre combo will be 24 mm smaller overall (almost 1 inch smaller <1 inch = 25mm>)
as mentioned above in one of my posts 235 x 60 did not fit, but the tyre in that case was 141mm top and bottom, which means 182 overall. with the 50 series you would be 44mm smaller than those tyres and should therefore not touch where mine did
have a look and see if you have an inch (maybe 30mm) each side of the tyre to clear the suspension and the guard and that could be your best. you could also get a 245 test fitted which would give an idea on the width.
hope this has helped without confusing toooooo much