Hi all,

Here's a weird one.

I have a '95 LX 4-dr. It came (to me) with 175/70-13 rims/tires. Everything I've read here (yes I have searched, and read every single post!) and everything I find on tirerack.com, etc... all says that my car should have 14" rims. What's the deal? Did some joker put stock steelies from a '92 or '93 LX on my ride? I need to get new tires, and the only decent 'performance' tire I can find is the Sumitomo HTR 200 from Tire Rack. I wanted to go slightly wider/lower in size. I can get the Sumi's in 185/65-13, 195/60-13, and 205/60-13 sizes, all of which come out close enough to stock diameter according to the miata tire size calculator.

Here's the questions:

How wide can I go without bulge/rub issues with these rims? (I think they are 5" wide?)
What about the speedo, considering that I believe the true 'stock' size to be 14" rims? Isn't my speedo calibrated for 14"?

I know I need to ditch the steelies and get some decent rims, but that's just not in the bills...errr...cards right now. Maybe soon, 16" Rota's maybe?

Thanks in advance,

Mike P.


Modified by Elmojo at 11:08 AM 8/13/2004

 

I also have a 95 Sedan and came with stock 13's.. as far as I know those are standard..for sedans at least. About the tire size.. 205/60-13 I think that will be to wide for the stock 13's..

 

Wow, never seen 205 wide on a 13" rim. Never knew they made 13" rims past 5" wide.

 

Could anyone offer suggestions?
I know many of you have dealt with stock tire sizes before.
All I really need to know is what the maximum tire size is that will fit on the stock 13" steel rim without bulging or causing problems.

Thanks!

 

I wouldn't run over 185 on a 13x5 rim.

 

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they make 13X7's!