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Ryland · 03-17-2012, 09:16 AM

Do you need new tires? if you do and if you really want taller tires in the rear then I would put 155/80 R13 tires in the rear, the big draw back that you will get from having two sizes of tires on the car is that you can't rotate them.

03-17-2012, 09:16 AM	#13 (permalink)
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