Snow tires.....

What size are your original tires? If they're 205/55/16, then the proper minus one size would be 195/65/15. With 195/60/15 your speedo and odo will be off by almost 3%. Not ideal, but it'll work I guess.

Also, not sure why anyone would want used winter tires, unless they were almost free. By the time winter tires are 50% worn they become ineffective in snow and need to be changed, so hopefully the ones you bought are almost new.

Cheers,

Pete

With a S70 T5 are you sure that the 15" rims will clear the front brake calipers? My 2001 V70 T5 requires 16" rims or larger for that reason.

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AFAIK, your car has slightly bigger brakes. I see places like TireRack recommend both 15" and 16" winter rim/tire packages for the '98 S70 T5, and I'm pretty sure they've verified this.

Regards,

Pete

Same for year 1999 (don't know for 1998): 15 inch rims are not allowed on T5. They may fit, but surely dangerous...

I use that size on my 850 for snows and summer. It came with that size from the factory, so I think you're OK.

My original tire size was 205/50/16 on my 95 850 turbo. I run 195/60/15 snows without any problem. Spedo difference is insignificant.

Yup the orig tires on the car are 205/55/16. Volvo recommended the

They were used 1/2 a winter. They have tonnes of meat left on them.

I got them cheaper than a new set of rims/wheel covers are (even if the tires were crap, the rims were still a steal), I will go up a size when the tires need replacing.

Thanks. Steve

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