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I have a 14" Syncro with 15" alloy EMPI Wheels fitted with Colway 195x70x15.

I just picked up 4 steel wheels (6.5J)

Question is what can I fit to the 6.5J tyres that will be good in the snow but will fit in the arches?

Can I fit the 205x10.50x15 I have of my Landrover wheels without a kit to raise it?

Thanks all

Er are you sure thats the right size?? 205/10.5r15 doesnt make sense.. normally you would have all "metric" (205/80r15) or all "imperial" (31/10.5r15) not a combination of both..

Lots of threads on here about tyres..

Normal accepted biggest useable sixe on a stock 14" would be 215/75r15 or there abouts..

Rogue Trooper wrote: Question is what can I fit to the 6.5J tyres that will be good in the snow but will fit in the arches?

Can I fit the 205x10.50x15 I have of my Landrover wheels without a kit to raise it?

The main question here is what will fit a 6.5J x 15 rim and be good in snow?

This is your answer..... its a good tyre, its light and is one of the best in snow and it will fit in the arches and on your wheels. Everyone assumes that you go 215/75/15. There are no decent snow tyres available in that size. BFG A/T and M/T are not designed for snow so dont listen to them !!!!

Nokian WR G2 205/70 R15 100H XL M+S

OK.. I didnt tackle the "whats best in the snow" question.. wanted to establish what size was required first...

But would agree a proper "winter" tyre will generally out perform any AT/MT style tyre in snowy/icy road conditions....

I run winters all year and in the snow they are brill.. dry conditions off road ok.. wet or dry on the road no problems... but add a little slickness (even a muddy field) and traction is not good..

syncropaddy wrote:BFG A/T and M/T are not designed for snow so dont listen to them !!!!

Actully I'm pritty sure BFGs are M+S rated (ATs at least), and personly I think they perform quite well in snow.

If your landy is on 15in rims then its eather got the rare genuine rims made for sand tyres (or NAS spec) or more likely has some super wide orible looking 8 spokes with some rediculously wide rubber attached (they drop the rim size so they can increase the width without changing overall height much) - winter/snow tyres tend to be fairly narrow - gets a bit of presure under them so they can bite through the slippy serfice snow rather than float around on top of it. Okay if you want to drive on really thick snow like a glasier then you don't want to cut through, so you'd need some >40in flotation tyres like Icelandic people fit, though I've not seen some under a syncro yet (theres a challange, 235/85R16's are getting a little common )

Khumo KL71 MTs are now showing 28x8.5x14 available, not for this customer but worth knowing since BFG no longer do the ATs in that size