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[Litre8]

I think you should be able to run 15x7's with a 50 series rubber ok without guard surgery. Imho Hotwires are still a good look on the hl-lx.

[lakeside]

I had a 15x8.5 welds and 265/50 under the guards with room to spare. And without surgery to the body, just a shorter diff.

[slr5640]

Does anyone have any pics of their 14-15 or 16" hotwires at different widths??

I'm not sure they made them in 16 inch. But here's some pics of some 14's and a couple of 15's.The 15X 10 will fit with 285/45X15 tyres with flares and the
15X9 1/2 with 255/45X15 Tyres but you are talking about a lot of money here.
They made Hotwires in a heap of different widths. 6,7, 8, 9 1/4, 9 1/2,
I think 9 3/4, and 10 inches. I may have missed some here.
I had 14 X 7 inch and 8 inch wide Hotwires on a non flared Torana with no hassles with clearances.

14X 9 1/4


15X 9 1/2


15X 10


15X 10

[LXdamo]

or in the pit,as in my case

[slr5640]

Thanks for that post slr5640 gives a good insight. When you talk about big dollars wats an approximate??

$2000 just for tyres.The 255 are scarce but you can still get them.
The rims could cost you up to $2000 a pair for tens. Don't know about the nines. Supply and demand. As stated by The Baron there are two stud patterns. The one I have shown are HQ.

Also ins't, relatively speaking the lower the profile the more expensive the tyre.
Also can i get away with a thicker profile tyre by cutting the guards for clearance???

Ie. Your first picture looks to be quite a low profile tyre and the second one with the larger 15 inch rim looks to have a larger profile.

Not sure how they price the tyres but I would think you could be correct here.
You should be able to fit a higher profile tyre no problems. There are a lot around.
Did you check out J & S Racing's car? 265 X 15's fill out the gaps nicely.
The first pic is a race slick the other is a 295/50 X15 which wouldn't fit under my car with flares. The tyre would rub on the rear edge of the flare.