cydrive

does anyone know whether 225's will fit on a stock 15"? I'm shopping for tires and trying to go wider than the 215.- Cy

cydrive

also, i know there's a whole bunch of 225/55/15 tires out there but... is this going to give that detested 4x4 look?

cydrive

c'mon people, help me out here!

95Max

You have a 6.5" wide rim and and 225/60/15 will fit.

cydrive

hey thanks man!

ivelweyz

Since stock tires are 205/60/15 the much wider225/60/15 will mess up your speed. At least get them in lower profile to get things even like 225/50or55/15...

95Max

You will not mess up your speedo. The 205 has a diameter of 25.5 the 225 has a diameter of 25.6 not an issue. I have the 225 on my max and the speedo is correct...and the police say so

cydrive

thanks guys... there was a bunch of 225/50/15 that I was actually looking at and i'd rather go for these if I could but the last thing I want is that 4x4 look..anyone know if it makes much of a difference? Cause I'm thinking its only 10mm what's the big deal..

cydrive

thanks bro! .. hey, i thought the 225 referred to the width of the tire, that the diameter remained the same unless regardless you changed the sidewall height?

TooMAX

iTrader: (1)

What is your stock size? If you have an SE (I'm guessing with your 215/60R15 that you do?), a 225/60R15 is only 1.9% larger than 215/60R15. Within 4% is generally acceptable and not too noticeable. The 225/50R15 is 5.2% smaller than SE tires and 6.4% smaller than stock 205/65R15 GLE/GXE tires. Those will slightly increase the fender gap.

You can play with tire sizes here: tire size calculator Put the tire you want to compare to in first (usually stock size).

TooMAX

iTrader: (1)

Yes, 225 is the width (more or less). The sidewall height changes with the aspect ratio of the tire. what the sidewall numbers mean