What size tire for 2000 Accord EX?

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smith_bp101@hotmail.com - 22 Dec 2007 17:13 GMT

My car will soon be needing new tires. It has the standard 205/60/16.
I was thinking of "moving up" to 215/55/16. Would this be possible?

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Piso Mojado - 22 Dec 2007 17:52 GMT

> My car will soon be needing new tires. It has the standard 205/60/16.
> I was thinking of "moving up" to 215/55/16. Would this be possible?

What are you trying to accomplish by changing tire sizes?

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smith_bp101@hotmail.com - 23 Dec 2007 21:59 GMT

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> What are you trying to accomplish by changing tire sizes?

A little better handing via a better sidewall/treadwidth ratio.

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jim beam - 23 Dec 2007 22:20 GMT

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> A little better handing via a better sidewall/treadwidth ratio.

you don't get much benefit if the rim is not also wider - you'll be
better off buying a top brand tire and sticking to original size.

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Dan C - 22 Dec 2007 18:08 GMT

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:13:56 -0800, smith_bp101 wrote:

> My car will soon be needing new tires. It has the standard 205/60/16.
> I was thinking of "moving up" to 215/55/16. Would this be possible?

Check here: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

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smith_bp101@hotmail.com - 23 Dec 2007 22:01 GMT

> On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:13:56 -0800,smith_bp101wrote:
> > My car will soon be needing new tires. It has the standard 205/60/16.
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> "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

Thank you very much!

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