are 205/55/16's the same size pretty much as the 225/50/16's? I'd like to get the 225's if I could find some stickier rubber. good idea?
You're gonna wanna stay with a 55 series tire, regardless on a 16" rim.
they are the same diameter but the 225 is a little bit wider,not by a lot tho
225/50/16 has only 1% error compared to 205/55/16.
im gonna try and run 225/50/16s on my new sunfire rims i am getting.
having that 225 will be much nicer when it comes to road contact of course.
get the 225/50/16s!
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You will be fine with the 225/50/16's, go for it.
Stormrider wrote:You're gonna wanna stay with a 55 series tire, regardless on a 16" rim.
Wrong.
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tire size ; tire diamter ; sidewall height ; tire radius ;
ERROR MARGIN; actual speed at 65 ; speed diff
205/55/16 ; 631.9 mm ; 112.75 mm ; 315.95 mm
225/50/16 ; 631.4 mm ; 112.5 mm ; 315.7 mm ;
1% ; 64.9 mph ; -0.1 mph
thanks for playing anyways sargent.
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damn... that a pretty wide size for only a 6.5 inch rim. im sure it would work ...i say go for it.
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I recenty got new tires for the stock 16" wheels and initially wanted 225/50/16. The guys at a couple of shops and the techs at TireRack all said the tread "may" bow outwards because a 6.5" wide wheel is not the optimal size for 225's - it's safe, but not the best width. So I went with 215/50/16. The problem with this size is it significantly reduces your choices of tires as it's not a very popular size. Still some good choices avaliable, but maybe not exactly what brand/model you are looking for.
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our wheels are 16x6, not 6.5..
Ender_Wiggin wrote:our wheels are 16x6, not 6.5..
Oh yeah, my bad. Apologies to chad spender, the starter of the thread, for the bad info.
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205/55/16 is the best size
for a 17" IMO the best meat is a 225/45/17, which is appoximately 1 in wider, thus a 17x7 rim correct?
^ I like 225/45/17 too. I tried 215/40/17 and you could feel a lot more of the road, plus it just kinda looked wrong (to me).
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Pyros777 wrote:^ I like 225/45/17 too. I tried 215/40/17 and you could feel a lot more of the road, plus it just kinda looked wrong (to me).
it looked wrong cuz it was too small
yeah.
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