Tire sizes ??

[RSCOTT]

I am having difficulty locating 225 50 16R tires . Can 225 55 or 60 16R or 215 50 16R be used?

[sharky512345]

they can but then the speedo will be slightly off because of a different tire diameter.

[NeedForSpeed]

tirerack.com has 88 different tires in 225/50/16.


I am having difficulty locating 225 50 16R tires . Can 225 55 or 60 16R or 215 50 16R be used?

[Earthworm]

To keep the correct speed on the speedometer go with one of the following tire sizes:

205/55-16
225/50-16
245/45-16

[CaribooSVX]

Would the 205-55-16 not be to skinny versus the 225-50-16. I realizes that the speedo would be the same calibration but would they look OK on the stock rim intended for the 225's.When I look at my tire/rim straight on they look about flush. The 205's might have more rim looking out when you look at them straight on as they are narrower. I would like to go to the 205's as they probably will not be as noisy as the fatter 225's while driving as I do not need the fatter tires for high speed driving/cornering etc.
Also , will the narrower 205's cause any problems for the suspension/brakes (ABS ) due to the car's heavy 3500 lb's plus weight ?

Thanks.

Peter

[Crazypolo95]

what would be the biggest size for 17's

[SilverSpear]

http://www.web-cars.com/math/tiresize.html

[Earthworm]

Would the 205-55-16 not be to skinny versus the 225-50-16.I do believe there is at least 1 member running the 205's on his SVX.

[SVX_MY_BABY]

215-55-16's are very close. Thats what I run for snows. I believe the 97's had them stock from the factory. I believe the speedo runs a little on the fast side anyway.

[Earthworm]

I'm running the 215/55-16's right now and, via GPS, determined my speedometer to be accurate to about 1.5%. The speedo still says I'm going faster than I actually am.

My next winter tires will be 205/60-16's and they will probably make the speedometer dead on.

[DanSVX94]

can 285/50/18 fit on an SVX?

[Earthworm]

Definitely not! They are almost 30" tall!