Ok I picked up a set of 15 inch Rota Auto-X's and wrapped em with Nitto NT450's 205-55-15's. Now in the front they clear the fenders with having camber no problem at all. But in the rear I'm having rubbing issues, I need new suspension, but regardless the tires are too fat. So my question is what size tire should I pick up so that it will clear the rear fender lip and tuck in.

Front
http://img.photobucket.com/alb...1.jpg

Rear
http://img.photobucket.com/alb...1.jpg

Thanks for your help

 

205/50/15 or 195/50/15 seem to be the ticket..

 

Looks nice, too!

 

wrong offset from the looks of it. Even the rims are outside. and 205mm is the width, 50 or 55 should not change overall width.

 

I ran 195-45-15 but it was dumped!!!!! But it does appear to have the wrong offsets!!!

 

You could just take a nice wooden baseball bat and roll the fender lip out.

 

195/50-15 is the correct size to maintain the same over all diameter as from factory. You are actually 2 sizes too big. Just incase people are wondering this is how tire sizes work.

195/50-15

195=Width In MM
50=Percentage of width
15=Rim Diameter

Now as you can see you have gone up actually two tire sizes since you added width and percentage to your tires. Get the proper size and you'll be fine. Also you spedometer will be off quite a bit with your current set-up. If you are looking for a wider tire then 205/45-15 would be equal to factory diameter.






Modified by rbjeepthing at 2:03 PM 1/25/2006

 

why did you run a 55. your tires are the same size as a 225 50 15 without the extra width

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html

 

I posted a photo of the differences between tires I used the factory SI size as a baseline.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tippyman98 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks nice, too!</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thanks
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crx_88_si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wrong offset from the looks of it. Even the rims are outside. and 205mm is the width, 50 or 55 should not change overall width.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I think the main reason that they look to be on the outside is because I have it raised up and since the tires are quite large.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TrueNorthStar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You could just take a nice wooden baseball bat and roll the fender lip out.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yea I plan on doing that, i know that right now I want a different size tires plus that to make it clear no problem.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rbjeepthing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">195/50-15 is the correct size to maintain the same over all diameter as from factory. You are actually 2 sizes too big. Just incase people are wondering this is how tire sizes work.

195/50-15

195=Width In MM
50=Percentage of width
15=Rim Diameter

Now as you can see you have gone up actually two tire sizes since you added width and percentage to your tires. Get the proper size and you'll be fine. Also you spedometer will be off quite a bit with your current set-up. If you are looking for a wider tire then 205/45-15 would be equal to factory diameter.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thanks for all your help

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EF8opey &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why did you run a 55. your tires are the same size as a 225 50 15 without the extra width

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html</TD></TR></TABLE>
I ran with the 55, since I got a good deal on them. I didn't think that this problem would occur, because on my ef hatch I had tires that were much bigger than this and it never rubbed.

 

I've been running a 215/45/16 on my CRX. After the baseball bat....= no rubbing

 

the back wheel still doesnt look right to me. take some pics from different angles. looks like a fat 17" rim (i know it's not), but it looks VERY out of place.