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#4 of 7 anywhere to learn what a tire's rolling resistance is? by 204meca

May 29, 2008 (12:56 am)

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#5 of 7 Re: 15" wheels [dustyb13] by mountainwizard

Jan 25, 2009 (1:20 am)

Replying to: dustyb13 (Feb 09, 2008 6:55 pm)

Hello
 
I have not seen or heard of a factory 15" wheel for any of the Aerostars. I do know that you can find the factory offset the tirerack.com web pages. I am running factory alloys from a 1995 Mustang GT 16" wheels on my 1996 Aerostar and they work quite well and have 1994-1996 Ford Town Car 15" alloys on my Mom's 94 Aerostar. BTW these 15" alloys are very close to the same offset and rim width, where as the 16" rims and wheels I am running are bit wider then stock.
 
You can buy the 14" factory alloys, expensive and hard to find the right size tires. Factory size was 215/7014 or 215/75/14 or go up a size or two on rims and take the profile down and have a tire of the right size. Going to a 15" or 16" rim means coming down in profile size I run a 225/55/16" tire to stay close to the same # of rotations, minimal speedometer error. When I change them out I will get a 215/55/16 or a 215/60/15 next as I get a little bit of tire rub on occassion. A 15" rim should run a 65 or 60 series tire, you may wish to stay with the 215 width or go slightly wider.

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#6 of 7 rafterman by rafterman60

Mar 20, 2009 (8:50 am)

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#7 of 7 Re: rafterman [rafterman60] by dustyb13

Mar 20, 2009 (7:10 pm)

Replying to: rafterman60 (Mar 20, 2009 8:50 am)