I bought my S with 225/50/16s in the front and 245/45/16s, both which are mounted on stock wheels and are Kumho ecsta 712s. In my opinion my 50 sidewall tires in the front look rediculously fat. Is this because I am running too wide of a front tire for the front? I also have noticed that various other 50 sidewall tires look much narrower, does this just depend on different tire companies? Please point me in the right direction since I am in need of new tires.
Thanks.

 

The "50" is the aspect ratio compared to the width of the tire...

So on a 225 tire, the 50 means that the height of the sidewall is 112.5mm...

If you were running a 205-50, the height would only be 102.5mm...

Hope that helps...

 

Stock tire size on the front is a 205/55/16 series tire. If you have a 225 width tire it may bulge a bit. Keep in mind that the OEM tire is a Bridgeston Potenza S02 (Special Honda OEM fitment) and the section width of the 205 OEM tire is similar to that of other 225 series tires, that may be why the original owner put a 225 mm wide tire on the front. Otherwise some grip would be lost and the car would tend to "push" more in the corners.

 

The front tire size is not oem and will not look right b/c the tire currently on the car is 20 mm wider. A wider tire with the same aspect ratio (50) will have a taller sidewall and be larger in overall diameter. Section width is measured at the widest point of the tire regardless of tread width meaning the widest point could be at the sidewall or shoulder. Although within the high performance category of tires, the design will have little affect on how it looks with relation to size. The 712's don't "look" really wide, you're just running too wide of a tire for stock look. Hope that helps

 

Thanks for all of the advise.