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  • RednBlack
    Wood Hippie
    • Mar 2004
    • 2795

    #1

    Tire Sizes

    Might move from 225s to 215s. Yea? or Nay? Need comments on performance.
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  • dykz34
    • Jan 2004
    • 793

    #2
    Why would you move to skinnier tires? The only reason I could see to is that the overall height changes a TINY bit in your advantage for gearing and that you would have less resistance when rolling on the road. Other than that you will lose traction capabilities--then again I've never had traction problems in my auto DOHC.

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    • Anonymous

      #3
      I use 235, but also traction is a big issue, on dry pavement and especially on snow/ice.

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      • Lyle's GTP
        • Jan 2004
        • 1345

        #4
        If it is non-preformance driving go for it. But these are heavy cars and you will be loosing approximatily 5.5% of your traction. Definatiley your call.

        Lyle

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        • blk92z34getrag
          • Oct 2003
          • 515

          #5
          Yeah why would you want to use skinnier tires? You'll loose braking traction, acceleration traction, and cornering will be pretty scary. You can put up to 245/50-16's on the stock 16X6.5" wheels. There are only a few brands that you can do that with (Sumitomo HTR+ I think can... or HTR Z I dunno). But if I were you, for the stock wheels, go with 235/55-16's.
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