Panda spare wheels for winter tyres

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Panda spare wheels for winter tyres

wilandjune

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hi everyone, i'm new to forum and wanting advice about panda wheels. I have an 08 panda 4x4 cross with 15inch alloys. I've just purchased some winter tyres and now looking for a spare set of wheels to mount them on. so far I cant find any cheap fiat wheels and was wondering if anyone knows of any other manufacturers wheels that will fit.
 
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having just purchased a set of fiat multipla alloys size 6.5jx15h2-31.5, I can confirm that they fit fiat panda cross size 6jx15h2-24 without spacers and no clearance issues. just the job for my winter tyres. hope this is of help to anyone in the same situation as myself. I paid £60 for them on gumtree and lucky for me they were only 12 miles away and the tyres on them fit my husbands focus, win win win.
 
I'm going to be keeping my eye on this thread because I've had an idea of putting larger steel wheels on my Dynamic to replace the biscuit-thin standard 13" ones I've got...
 
just one thing to note, I was a little unsure about fitting 175 winter tyres to a 6.5 inch wheel as some tyre fitting companies say the smallest tyre for this size wheel should be 185. the guy who fitted the tyres for me said, there were no issues to worry about and he wouldn't have fitted them if they were not safe. he did say that 175 would be the smallest size he would fit to that wheel.
 
just one thing to note, I was a little unsure about fitting 175 winter tyres to a 6.5 inch wheel as some tyre fitting companies say the smallest tyre for this size wheel should be 185. the guy who fitted the tyres for me said, there were no issues to worry about and he wouldn't have fitted them if they were not safe. he did say that 175 would be the smallest size he would fit to that wheel.

Rim width | Minimum tyre width |Ideal tyre width |Maximum tyre width
5,0 Inches |155 mm |165 or 175 mm |185 mm
5,5 Inches |165 mm |175 or 185 mm |195 mm
6,0 Inches |185 mm |195 or 205 mm |215 mm
7,0 Inches |195 mm |205 or 215 mm |225 mm
7,5 Inches | 205 mm |215 or 225 mm |235 mm
8,0 Inches |215 mm |225 or 235 mm |245 mm
8,5 Inches |225 mm |235 or 245 mm |255 mm
9,0 Inches |235 mm |245 or 255 mm |265 mm
9,5 Inches |245 mm |255 or 265 mm |275 mm
10,0 Inches |255 mm |265 or 275 mm |285 mm
10,5 Inches |265 mm |275 or 285 mm |295 mm
11,0 Inches |275 mm |285 or 295 mm |305 mm
11,5 Inches |285 mm |295 or 305 mm |315 mm
12,0 Inches |295 mm |305 or 315 mm |325 mm
12,5 Inches |305 mm |315 or 325 mm |335 mm

i know 6.5 isnt on there but look at min for 6.0 6.5 cant be smaller

if you crash your insurance will go by a chart like that not what monkey in tyre garage says
 
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Interesting chart.
My tyres on my standard Panda are 155 80 R13 - R13 is 6" wide wheels right? Am I reading the chart incorrectly?

R13 is the 2x radius of wheel where the tyre sits rim width will be stamped into the rim some where not on the tyre. rim widths are in imperial tyre widths are in metric.

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just looked in my panda 4x4 cross handbook and it clearly states that a 175x65x15 is one of the recommended tyres for the standard 6 inch wide wheel and yet the chart above says different. so which is wrong the chart or the manual.
 
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