Just bought 03 Si rims for my 92 civic HB, i like them alot, however the rubber that came with them are 195/60r15's and when i crank the wheel reallly hard to make a tight turn i get rubbage and it sounds awful if im goin faster then say 10km/hr .

Since its the standard rubber that comes with the rim, i figure i wanna upgrade. SO im just curious what is the biggest size i can go with for that rim? i was think 195 was the widest? If so what tire should i go with?

I want a high perfomance tire but also that is cheap on the wallet. Just curious on your guys thoughts and so forth. Thx for your time :D

 

When the 7th Generation Civic (2001 and newer) came out, they had larger wheel openings and for the first time LARGER DIAMETER (taller) tires were used.

It is the 60 series profile that is killing you.

You can go wider to a 205 as long as you use a 205/50. That will shorten the sidewall and reduce the diameter of the tire.

Then sell the 195/60-15 tires back to an 03 Si user

 

Listen to your BigDaddy. He's right.

Your car came with 185/60-14 tires stock, so you want to choose a tire that has the same outer diameter. Here are the outer diameters for various sizes:

185/60-14 22.74 inches (stock)
195/50-15 22.68 inches (-0.3 percent)
205/50-15 23.07 inches (+1.5 percent)
195/60-15 24.21 inches (+6.5 percent)

You can see why the 195/60-15 is causing you problems.

If it's available in the tire you're considering, I would suggest going with the 195/50-15, rather than the 205/50-15 he mentioned. It will maintain the accuracy of your speedometer and odometer (they will both read 1.5 percent low with the 205) and the 195/50-15 is cheaper, too.

Since you're looking for a high-performance tire that's cheap on the wallet, consider the Yokohama AVS ES100. Dry performance is decent - not quite as good as the expensive top-of-the-line tires, but decent - wet performance is excellent, and they last a long long time (30-40K miles or more on our GS-R). The 195/50-15 is $58/tire at the Tire Rack (versus $75/tire for the 205). Great "bang for the buck".

 

Well i think i might go 205/50 cause there are some on sale for 165 american for a set of Kuhmo Escta 712s .. so yeah, anyone know how good this tire is?? And also how different it will be for my odometer


Modified by EtchaSketch at 4:46 PM 4/28/2005

 

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The Tire Rack did a side-by-side comparison test of the Kumho Ecsta 712 against the Yokohama ES100, and the ES100 was better in 23 out of the 23 characteristics tested. You can read the test here.

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As I previously noted, the 205/50-15 is 1.5 percent larger in outer diameter than stock. That means that for any given miles and road speed, your odometer and speedometer will read 1.5 percent lower than it would with a stock-sized tire.

 

lol yeah ima go with the Fuzion Zri's i think cause they are 80$ a piece canadian , and the Yokohamas are like 120 ( harder to find here??? ) but from what ive read they are basically the same, unless someone has a beef with them ?