Wheel Fitment Questions
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Wheel Fitment Questions
Attention Knowledgeable Tire Friends. I am very interested in your expert advice on how will I know how big of a wheel i can put on my car without rolling the fender. This is a generic question on a non specific car.
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Yup.
And in addition to being unanswerable, it's probably irrelevant, too. People mistakenly think that wider tires always give better traction, and that's often not true. The biggest factor in performance is the make and model of tire, as reflected in its design (compound, tread pattern, etc). A slightly narrower but stickier tire will give better traction than a wider but less sticky tire. So if you want better grip, concentrate on buying better, stickier tires, not wider tires.
And in addition to being unanswerable, it's probably irrelevant, too. People mistakenly think that wider tires always give better traction, and that's often not true. The biggest factor in performance is the make and model of tire, as reflected in its design (compound, tread pattern, etc). A slightly narrower but stickier tire will give better traction than a wider but less sticky tire. So if you want better grip, concentrate on buying better, stickier tires, not wider tires.
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Re: Wheel Fitment Questions
Thank you all for your awesome cooperation in my thread post. I am sorry for the term generic as it does not give you guys much to work on as far as answering my question. But if you have knowledge on how to select tires or just your knowledge on tires can you please post it on here. I would love to hear from you...
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Re: Wheel Fitment Questions
Thank you all for your awesome cooperation in my thread post. I am sorry for the term generic as it does not give you guys much to work on as far as answering my question. But if you have knowledge on how to select tires or just your knowledge on tires can you please post it on here. I would love to hear from you...
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Tires FAQ
What size tires should I get?
The proper size depends on your car, not just the wheels you are using. So if you want to ask what size you should get, let us know what kind of car you have (year, model, body style, version)!
For a CRX, del sol, del sol Si, or pre-'96 Civic, the following sizes are usually best:
13" - 175/70-13
14" - 185/60-14, 195/55-14
15" - 195/50-15
16" - 205/40-16, 195/45-16
For an Integra, del sol VTEC, or '97-00 Civic, the following sizes are usually best:
14" - 185/65-14, 195/60-14
15" - 195/55/15, 205/50-15
16" - 205/45-16 would be the best size but 215/45-16 will work also but only if your car isnt too low and if the wheel offsets aren't too low.
17" - 205/40/17
The '96 Civic came with two different tire sizes, depending on version. For DX versions and hatchback versions, the sizes shown above for the pre-'96 Civic are usually best. For all other '96 Civics, the sizes shown above for the '97-00 Civic are usually best.
This is open for discussion and by no means what you have to get, but as a general rule you cannot go wrong with these sizes.
If your year, model, and version is not listed above, the best size (at least, for street use, rather than track use) is generally one which has about the same outer diameter as the stock tire size for your car, preferably within 1 percent, and which is no more than 20 mm wider than the stock tire size. If you're still not sure, you can use the website of a tire retailer like the Tire Rack to find recommended size(s) for your car.
Which tires should I get?
This depends on what you're looking to get out of the tire. If you're still not sure what to get after reading the above information , make a new topic and tell us what you intend to use it for. In that topic, make sure to answer the following questions:
- What kind of car you have (year, model, version)
- What size wheels you have
- How the tires will be used (daily driving, auto cross/track/drag strip)
- What kind of weather the tires will be used in (dry, rain, snow)
- What your preferences is in the trade-off between value (low purchase price and/or long tread life) vs performance
What size tires should I get?
The proper size depends on your car, not just the wheels you are using. So if you want to ask what size you should get, let us know what kind of car you have (year, model, body style, version)!
For a CRX, del sol, del sol Si, or pre-'96 Civic, the following sizes are usually best:
13" - 175/70-13
14" - 185/60-14, 195/55-14
15" - 195/50-15
16" - 205/40-16, 195/45-16
For an Integra, del sol VTEC, or '97-00 Civic, the following sizes are usually best:
14" - 185/65-14, 195/60-14
15" - 195/55/15, 205/50-15
16" - 205/45-16 would be the best size but 215/45-16 will work also but only if your car isnt too low and if the wheel offsets aren't too low.
17" - 205/40/17
The '96 Civic came with two different tire sizes, depending on version. For DX versions and hatchback versions, the sizes shown above for the pre-'96 Civic are usually best. For all other '96 Civics, the sizes shown above for the '97-00 Civic are usually best.
This is open for discussion and by no means what you have to get, but as a general rule you cannot go wrong with these sizes.
If your year, model, and version is not listed above, the best size (at least, for street use, rather than track use) is generally one which has about the same outer diameter as the stock tire size for your car, preferably within 1 percent, and which is no more than 20 mm wider than the stock tire size. If you're still not sure, you can use the website of a tire retailer like the Tire Rack to find recommended size(s) for your car.
Which tires should I get?
This depends on what you're looking to get out of the tire. If you're still not sure what to get after reading the above information , make a new topic and tell us what you intend to use it for. In that topic, make sure to answer the following questions:
- What kind of car you have (year, model, version)
- What size wheels you have
- How the tires will be used (daily driving, auto cross/track/drag strip)
- What kind of weather the tires will be used in (dry, rain, snow)
- What your preferences is in the trade-off between value (low purchase price and/or long tread life) vs performance
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