I got an offer for a good price on T1S 195/50/15. Just wonder is there any drawback on going lower profile tires as compare to stock 195/55/15?

thanks,
CS

 

Contact patch should be slightly more narrow than the 195/55. I have 195/50 PZero's to go on this spring, but I am stock so traction shouldn't be an issue. How much can you get the T1-S for?

 

Wouldn't contact patch be the same? I thought the only difference will be the rolling diameter of the wheel since the side wall will be 50% of 195 as suppose to 55% of the 195?

 

on drawback is these tires don't meet max. load capacity http://www.toyo.com/tires/tire_specsheet.cfm?id=2, now you will see few replies telling how they run 195/50 with no problems..

 

I don't quite understand that max. load capacity figure. They said it's 1135lbs for 195/55/15 and 1047lbs for 195/50/15. Is that figure represent the max load PER tire or all 4? I mean R weight about 2639lbs. Any input?

thanks for the info.

CS

 

what you are reffering to is per corner....if your civic weighs 4000lbs, contact jenny craig

 

That's static load. Dynamically speaking the front tires will undergo several times that weight.

IMO the Type R is undertired stock. Putting on even smaller tires makes things worse. If it's just a daily driver - should be ok.

Sidewall height will be less - so the car should feel "stiffer" around the corners. Rolling circumference will be less too - so your odometer/speedometer will be off too. Acceleration should improve marginally.

 

I'm betting you could get close to 1300lbs on 2 tires in a hard turn, with a disportionate amount on the front tire. I'm heard of people blowing tires in high speed corners because of this. I wouldn't do it. Its not worth the risk.

 

Kinda freaky. But did that happen on the track or on the street?

thanks,
CS

 

I run 195-50-15 S-03's without an issue. On the street and track. I do have a overloaded/bloated GS-R so the weight issue should be worse. IMO for the street 195-50-15's are fine. for track I prefer something wider, 205s or 225s.

 

It was on the street. I think I read it on this forum. If memory server me(doesn't 50% of the time), I think they fliped the car a few times. I think there were something like 2 passangers in the car which obviously raises the weight 300lbs or so.





[Modified by jond, 4:13 PM 2/24/2003]

 

IIRC you are talking about a Civic Si. And there were far too many variables in that case. IIRC also it was said that the tires were drastically under or over inflated. I don't recall anymore exactly but there was only that one case that I can recall and there was no evidence that the tires themselves caused the rollover.

 

My car actually cornered sloppy when I went to 195/50/15s. I like the response much more with the 205/50/15 Azenis.

 

were they 195-50-15 azenis? you can't compare 195-50-15 blue light specials to 205-50-15 azenis.