Hello. First post here!

I am buying my parents' '95 GLT with 61K on it. I insisted on paying my mother for it to help her with expenses since my father died at the beginning of this month. It's in great shape, except for one wheel buggered from a curb incident. I was going to put new tires on soon and am considering getting 16 inch "Columbia" wheels(like here http://www.chrisandmichelle.us/pictures/volvo/wheel.jpg)instead of replacingthe damaged15 inch "Cetus" wheel as I think the larger wheels give the car amore balanced look.
Anyway, what is the appropriate tire size for this wheel on the 850?
Should I be concerned about speedometer error once those tires are on?
Any recommendations on a reliable source for the wheels, center caps and lug caps?
Should I just scrap the whole idea and just get a new wheel and 195/60xx15's?
Thanks.

 

Appropriate tire size/pressure can be found in the inside of your gas tank door.

Speedo should be fine so long as you get the right sized tires.

 

Of all the Volvo wheels I think the Columbas are my least favorite. I have a set of them from my 94 850 Turbo, but one of them is in pretty bad shape. I actually replaced them with 15" wheels when I hit a curb in a snow storm and tore up the one wheel. If you are going to go with new wheels, I would go with 17" and get some Pegasus wheels. I really like the looks of the Titans too, but they bend real easy from what I have heard. I think the Columbas take a 195 45 16, but not positive on that.

 

10-4. I'll check there. Thanks.


Okay - I checked there and no dice. It only lists the tire size for 15not 16 inch wheels andI don't have a Turbo anywhere to check.
Any suggestions?

 

Go 205/50/16

You can adjust the tire width if you want, but that setup works. If you go more than 50, you will definetely have rubbing.

 

Thanks, man.

 

^No problem. I did some searching, and that's the setup some people were using without problem.

55 offset was rubbing, and 50 was fine.