First of all, I know this the Civic forum, but I have an Accord question, hope you guys can help.

My wife’s car is a 2007 Accord EX V6. It came stock with 215/50/17. She has recently bent one of her rims….of course she has no idea how it happened. Anyway on a search for another OEM wheel, I came across a set of OEM 13 accord wheels and tires, but the tires are 215/55/17.

I know the new ones are 1” taller than her current tires, but will there be any other issues with going with the larger tires? Scrub when turning?

 

She bent the rim, but didn't damage the tire? You could have a tire shop take your stock sized tires off the old wheels, and put them on the replacement wheels, and not have any problems. Like you said, this is the Civic section...I'm not sure on fitment, and you should look into any possible difference in offset there might be.

Worst case scenario, you can put two 55R17's on the rear and shouldn't have scrubbing problems, and put two good 50R17's on the front. You'll have a slight rake...but it shouldn't be noticeable.

 

Well its been a while since Ive driven her car, or else I would have noticed. Apparently its been like that a while cause the tire now has noticable wear. So I will need to buy a tire as well anyway. There is a site that sells refurbished OEM rims. Would you suggest buying just one rim and replacing the one tire?

I kinda liked the idea of buying the 2013 OEM wheels with pretty much brand new tires.

 

If you're going to get new tires anyway, get whatever wheels you want that fit, and get the proper sized tire for them.

 

The 2013 accord wheels come with larger tires. The tires are brand new (less than 500 miles) If I buy the new wheels I plan to run the larger tires. I just wonder if I will have any issues? My wifes car is stock height.

 

.85" difference won't be an issue. It might look a little weird...but I highly doubt the suspension is built low enough that the first .85" makes a difference. It will, however, noticeably modify your speedometer.

It's a .85 diameter difference. The radius (part you're worried about for scrubbing) only changes by half that. I guess it *might* scrape on very large bumps.....but probably not.

 

Thanks for the feedback

 

While that is probably true, the speedometer, odometer, and tripometer will be off.

 

This thread is a little old but I want to chime in.

Let's take a look at the tires sizes. 215/50R17. The 17 is self explanatory. The 215 is the width of the tire in millimeters, so 215mm, or roughly 8.5 inches. The second part, 50, is the aspect ratio. What this means is it is the ratio of height to width, so in this case the tires height is 50% of the tires width. So a 215/50R17 tire is 215mm wide and 107.5mm tall, or 8.5 inches wide and 4.25 inches tall.

So the other tire, 215/55R17, is 215mm wide and 118.25mm tall (55% of the height), or 8.5 inches tall and 4.65 inches tall.

Between the two there should be approximately .4 inches difference in height. Less than half an inch isn't enough to make a drastic affect.

 

must have missed this the first time around. The 215/55R17 is 3% taller than stock. When recommending tire sizes, we strive to stay under 5% change as we have found that once we get close to 5% over stock then ABS and / or traction control starts to become affected. I'd agree that while the 55 is not ideal, it's not the end of the world if used. As mentioned, you may rub if the spring is completely compressed........