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Old Nov 10, 2002 | 06:37 AM
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Wider tire on stock rim 205/65-15

What other size of tire can I put on the stock sawblades 205/65-15 , I'm thinking of something wider?

The Dunlop sport A2's seem to be what most ppl here like, but are they quiet and comfy too?
Old Nov 10, 2002 | 07:34 AM
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Old Nov 10, 2002 | 07:40 AM
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Re: Wider tire on stock rim 205/65-15

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What other size of tire can I put on the stock sawblades 205/65-15 , I'm thinking of something wider?

The Dunlop sport A2's seem to be what most ppl here like, but are they quiet and comfy too?
sport A2s are comfy. they are quiet, but not as quiet as the stock RE92's. the dunlops perform 2x better than oem however! wet traction is amazing. i'm almost as confident in the rain with my car now as i am with my dad's WRX.
Old Nov 10, 2002 | 08:58 AM
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Re: Wider tire on stock rim 205/65-15

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What other size of tire can I put on the stock sawblades 205/65-15 , I'm thinking of something wider?

The Dunlop sport A2's seem to be what most ppl here like, but are they quiet and comfy too?
here's what my advice would be for you, when I was buying racing rims/tires I talked to the best guy in the club about putting larger size tires on rims then stock ,and he said, that basically that would be the worst thing because the tire would bulge and wouldn't give you any performance, it would actually decrease it because the tire would flex too much and if you do it too far it would be dangerous. now if you extend this theory to the street (which is reasonable to do) it would also be a bad idea to do that on the street tires, in any emergency situation it might actually hurt having wider tires then what the factory tires were.

take it as you may, that's my advice
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Re: Re: Wider tire on stock rim 205/65-15

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here's what my advice would be for you, when I was buying racing rims/tires I talked to the best guy in the club about putting larger size tires on rims then stock ,and he said, that basically that would be the worst thing because the tire would bulge and wouldn't give you any performance, it would actually decrease it because the tire would flex too much and if you do it too far it would be dangerous. now if you extend this theory to the street (which is reasonable to do) it would also be a bad idea to do that on the street tires, in any emergency situation it might actually hurt having wider tires then what the factory tires were.

take it as you may, that's my advice


Um...

on 95-96 Maximas, 205/65 and 215/60 are both OEM sizes...
Old Nov 10, 2002 | 09:20 AM
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Any one know anything about the Bridgestone potenza 930i (can't find info on it on tirerack/firestone.com) thats what COSTCO has for the 15"'s ... andy they have many different expensive michellins too.

For 16"'s COSTCO has the potenza 950's, about which I've read quite a few good things on tirerack
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