I know there's a tiure section.. but I find posts in the general area get more replies... I want to keep my factory 16" rims on my Sunfire GT. Anyone try fitting a 225/50 tire on there? I am more worried about the width, the different ratio works out to be the same overall diameter, so it won't screw my speedo.
wow put it in the right forum regaurdless if this gets more posts
speedo should be fine and I have 225/50,16's on my 98 cav.
15.2@89mph 2.171 60ft. 9.830 1/8 R.I.P. "LULU"
It has been done for quite some time...
Here's mine...
1996 Z24 16 Inch 5 Spoke Rims
KUHMO ECSTA Supra 712 Tires 225/50/R16 92W
Yes, it's my REAL car. No, it is NOT photoshopped or "this is how my car will look someday". It's the REAL DEAL.
Thank guys.... and to the warning.. how is my question going to be answered if no one sees it? Do you think people go to the wheel and tire section to answer questions? Usually not, people go there to ASK questions about wheel and tires. I got my answer, and thats all I care about now... if you want to move this to the wheel and tire section now, it will be usefull to others with the same question.
Yeah, the chart from the FAQ on getting different sizes disappeared for 205/55/16, I posted there hoping someone has that graphic available.
thanks steve... and was this the answer you were looking for starr? I used to have an excel spreadsheet I made up to first of all caclculate your factory overall wheel diameter, then using that number, I had another section that would calculate the wheel diameter of the new tires. It's long gone, but I could probably make it again. Only thing I worry about is wheel clearance while turning, and the rear axle clearance (axle for the lack of knowing the technical term for it)
John W(Ranger1316) wrote:stargrrrl wrote:Yeah, the chart from the FAQ on getting different sizes disappeared for 205/55/16, I posted there hoping someone has that graphic available.
http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp
^That's what I used^
Thank you! I like that it compares side-by-side different sizes vs. stock. I used another calc online & it told me one size, but my husband was looking on tirerack.com and it said to use a different size to upsize. The size I wanted to use is closer to stock according to the link you posted.
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Do you think people go to the wheel and tire section to answer questions?
Yes, some of us avoid the general forum simply because it's nothing but bitchings about buyers/sellers and "I wrecked my car posts".
1989 Z24 Convertible - Dust Covered
2006 tC - Dust Covered, but driven more
Nathan Blanchard wrote:Thank guys.... and to the warning.. how is my question going to be answered if no one sees it? Do you think people go to the wheel and tire section to answer questions? Usually not, people go there to ASK questions about wheel and tires. I got my answer, and thats all I care about now... if you want to move this to the wheel and tire section now, it will be usefull to others with the same question.
Now, I'm no forum expert.. but I am fairly sure that there are certain sections of the forum for different areas of questions. Me personally, I come in here all the time to try and answer questions.. if I don't have an answer, I don't post though.
Putting things in the wrong forum purposely to get more answers is not necessary, plenty of people check the tech forums to help other people out. I do often, as well as many others. You just can't be in that huge of a hurry because alot of us have jobs, lives to live.. stuff like that.
1983 Camaro Z28
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lives to live..
Hey, speak for yourself.
1989 Z24 Convertible - Dust Covered
2006 tC - Dust Covered, but driven more
