Honestly sounds bad, but even on my S-Techs and Illuminas there is no rubbing issues!!!! I love it, rides a lot smoother then OEM spec tires, and handling is A LOT better. Here's a few pics.

 

Looks good, must fill in the rear wheel wells nicely. Those look like Dunlop SP Sport 9000s?

 

I can't stress how EXTREMELY UNSAFE that is.....whatever shop mounted those tires on those rims should be out of business.

Dunlop rates the SP Sport 9000 as APPROVED RIM WIDTH OF 8.5"-10"

Your stock wheels are 7" wide.

I suggest you get different tires IMMEDIATELY - you are asking for a monster accident when your tire shreds or slides off the rim...seriously, you are ASKING for a catastrophe here.

 

hey irish, whos that in your avatar?

 

www.emptyspiral.net, FTW

 

^^ I was thinking the same thing, I wouldn't take the chance of running an unsafe rim/tire setup on my car.

 

dude, take them off ASAP! 225 is the widest you can go with 7 inch wide rims.

 

a few of us have run 235's, but only in certain tires is that size "in-spec"

255/40's are not even CLOSE to in spec.

In the Dunlop SP9000 (which he has), even the 235/45/17 has a minumum rim width of 7.5"....

like I said, whatever tire shop put this on should be shut down ASAP, because they are complete idiots.

 

235's are the widest tire a 7" rims should see...

You made a HUGE mistake putting those tires on your car.

I hope you can still swap them, if not its time to go rim shopping.

 

Darwin award-spec tires! Yummy. Is that tire underinflated as well?

 

please post to let us know you're still driving
and please include that you have an appointment to swap

 

My God, you're an idiot. I'm sorry, you just are. Do you have any idea how unsafe that is?

 

Helmet please.

 

He probably doesn't have any idea. He's ignorant but not necessarily an idiot. The idiots are the ones at the shop who mounted the tires.

TDot, please get those tires replaced ASAP.

 

Looks great; but take turns with any speed and watch those nice tires roll right off those rims.

 

Just in case anyone missed it the first 10 times it was posted here:


THIS SIZE TIRE ON THIS SIZE RIM IS DANGEROUS TO YOU AND TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD NEAR YOU. CHANGE TIRES IMMEDIATELY!!!

 

^^^^ stop driving your car with those tires.

 

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It's been a while, guys.

 

Or stop driving the car until you get new tires...

 

well, its not his fault. you figure if the guys at the shop say its cool...then you assume its ok. they're the 'professionals'

 

if there's anything that should be taken as a "given", it's that "the guys at the shop" usually don't know what the hell they're talking about....


in anycase....RESEARCH, for teh win!!!

 

im not really sure, but it definitely doesnt look like a 255 tire, maybe he meant 225 or 235? dunno, but thats a skinny 255 if it really is 255

 

I'll just say that I hope your auto insurance policy is current.

 

uhhh...no....you can clearly see the sidewall sloping IN toward the rim, because they are waaay too wide...that's why they appear under inflated....i would seriously go back to that shop and let them know that they were at fault for allowing you to put those tires on your car, and get an in-spec size tire....

 

before i read all the threads, i was thinking in the middle picture that the tire looked seriously underinflated. i guess ive been there too tho, trusting tire shops before i knew better.

 

those tires are super underinflated!! everyone, i repeat everyone please get off the road before this idiot runs into you. GET YOUR TIRES REMOVED NOW BEFORE YOU HURT YOURSELF OR A INNOCENT PERSON!!

 

Me an idiot? Moron? To who ever you are the posted undermining statments to myself is the idiot (NYPD)!!!! I am not a f'in mechanic or tire person. I work in an office!!!!! Don't undermine statements towards myself. The shop said it was ok, therefore I assume it is ok. How was I supposed to know? I don't know everything. I will take the advice of those on here and go back as they were helpful in advising me, not disrespecting me. But screw you who have jumped to conclusions and named myself an idiot.

I posted this in good faith thinking it was ok as my car felt amazing after the tires went on not knowing what trouble can come of these.

To those who replied in good faith, thank you and I will have this taken care of ASAP as I do have warranty.

 

When you go back to the shop, here are the tire sizes you can use with your OEM rims: 225/50/17 (OEM), 215/55/15 or 235/50/17. Some have used 235/45/17, but they are not really recommended by the tire manufacturers with 7" rims (I don't know why the 50 profile 235 is considered OK). Good luck with the change.

 

are you sure that about 215/55/15 can be used on Maxima?

tire calculator says that there will be a 6% error:
http://gs.tolan-hoechst.com/tirecalc.htm


TDotMax: even though many other tire sizes can be used with oem rims, it's best to use 225/50-17 because that's the only size that will not cause a speedometer error, and it's usually considered to be the widest tire size that can be mounted on 7" wide rims.

 

Yes, 215/55/17 can be used, it'll result in 2% error, not 6%. You would size down one when running snow/winter tires.

 

ya, but he was talking about 215/55/15

 

whoops looks like I can't read numbers...

but it wouldn't make sense to go from 17's to 15's. Plus, going from 225/50/17 to 215/55/15 would result in 14% error in the speed.

 

i would consider crashing and suing if this happened to me and i was getting sick of my max

 

actually you not doing any reasearch makes you almost as much as fault as the morons at the shop who put those on.

30 seconds of reasearch about those tires would tell you they dont go on that rim.

also those tires arent too spectacular. they are VERY loud, and didnt last long on my moms audi a6. also they didnt seem to grip well. i managed to slide the 5000lbs car several times around fairly tame corners.(going faster than i should but the car should have pulled through it better than it did without sliding. my max on stock 15's and cheap tires didnt slide as much in teh same turns)

 

Well I couldn't research when I'm at the shop and they tell me these are fine and the car will drive a lot better. I don't have mobile internet, sorry.

 

I recommend when you go back to have the shop print you our a copy of the screen they were looking at when they "picked" you tires for you. Or, if they used a book, photo-copy the page they were on.

Also note that not all brands have the 225-50/17 option. At TireRack.com, only 41 tires match that size, and of those, only 24 that are of the All Season variety (OEM Bridgestone Potenza is High Performance All-Season).

P.S. I know that sounds silly to state the obvious, but make sure they are inflating your tires to the proper pressure. It should be in the manual and on a sticker on your car (don't remem if it's door or glove box, etc.).

 

Again thanks guys, will have this taken care of. I was more worried about rubbing when they recommended it to me. I guess I fell for it but I am covered under warranty with them so no biggie there.

 

Return them and get Proxes4 @ 235/45 17. They are wide, but actually fit on our wheels, cheaper and better.

 

I've been running 245/45/17s for about 2 years now...Nothing has happened even with quick steering.

 

thats what i had when i had my oem wheels..