Tire size woes

[roachjuice]

Ok so it's a bytch finding tires for the Omni I have. The tires on it are 205/40/16. Yea. Good luck. Tire rack has 2 tires. I don't really wanna spend an arm and a leg on them. My question is if I move up to a 205/50/16 will it raise my car up a ton?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/mobite/Mobile%20Uploads/E52A00AC-C028-4E48-8DB2-3E2D649CE20A-869-0000001E0C0DB254.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/mobite/johns%20omni/31541028-15C8-4B10-81E2-E67E96D05C96-20715-000009056FEA869E-1.jpg

There isn't any fender lining in the fenders. I just don't want it to rub and I don't have a spanner wrench to raise the vehicle on the coil overs. :-(

[contraption22]

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html

[Fox]

how about http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/searchTiresBySize.do?sw=false&cs=205&ar=40&rd=16

[francois]

Ground Control told me that I didn't need a spanner tool to move the nut. Just lift up your car and it should move by hand...if the threads are clean!
Don't take that as a real answer mostly because GC said that their kit fits Koni shock only which is true to a certain point (more on that on another topic later on)

It was one of my reason I didn't go 16".
Which tires to get!

[Rrider]

Fuzion has a 45 series tire. I think 50 is gonna look like poop.

[roachjuice]

Ground Control told me that I didn't need a spanner tool to move the nut. Just lift up your car and it should move by hand...if the threads are clean!
Don't take that as a real answer mostly because GC said that their kit fits Koni shock only which is true to a certain point (more on that on another topic later on)

It was one of my reason I didn't go 16".
Which tires to get!

I believe that. I had the passenger side jacked up the other day swapping the axle and you can turn the thing by hand. But it was turning the whole unit. Not the nut. If I'm making sense? If you jack the car up high enough, there isn't any tension on the spring. It just sits there. I guess I can give it another try.

[85boostbox]

Have you tried different sites for tires. There should be a wider selection considering the fiat 500's with 16's have that size stock.

[thedon809]

mine has 205/50/16's
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj197/thedon809/IMAG0121.jpg

[roachjuice]

mine has 205/50/16's
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj197/thedon809/IMAG0121.jpg

Yea I don't think they look that different.

[cordes]

Yea I don't think they look that different.

5% isn't a lot out of 205.

[roachjuice]

5% isn't a lot out of 205.

Yea that's what I was thinking. I may give em a shot.

[DevoBuzz]

I have 215/45/16 on 16x7 (+38) with no rub on LRE springs on my SC. Not sure if an Omni would be different.

[black86glhs]

So a 205/40/16 = 22.45" ........ a 205/50/16 = 24.07" ...... a 205/50/15 = 23.07" tall.

[Fox]

discount tire direct has 5 different tires in 205/40/16

[cordes]

Oh, that actually will be a pretty decent difference. I misread the OP and though that it was a 45 series. Yeah, a 10% difference is going to be noticeable on just about any tire. 5% is often not that noticeable just due to tire construction on small sizes though IMO.

[rbryant]

205/45/16s are the same diameter as a 205/50/15 and there are a lot of them available.

I just wish there were more 225/40/16s out there... 225/25/16 starts to get a bit tall but I might have to do it.

-Rich

[Rrider]

Those 50's actually don't look bad. I'd go 45 though. I had some 205/40-16's when BFG first came out with the size like '95, had to really watch the tire pressure and pot holes with those things.

[4 l-bodies]

Here is another shot of 205/50/16's on GLHT. 24" tall tire. OEM height for ES turbo Shadow. These are the wheels/tires from my Shadow, so don't bust my chops on being too tall:D. I just put them on to see if they fit, and to take a couple pics for reference.
Todd

[Vigo]

I would try really hard to stay with the 205/40/16. Trying to decide how much worse all the other sizes will look seems pointless when you can buy more 205/40s. The other sizes will NOT look as good, and judging from your pictures a 205/50, on top of looking bad, wouldnt even fit!

[roachjuice]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/mobite/car%20stuff/25F5F47C-7731-416B-A0D9-D17BF57B21A9-12588-00000477483F54F8.jpg
I got some 205/40/16 Hankook Ventus HR II tires. 329 mounted and balanced. That's the cheapest tires I've seen so far. So I jumped on them. Anyone use these before?

[Shadowv4l]

yeah, my brother used them on his spirit r/t. They were so-so , we both would rather have the steering response of a BF goodrich G-force sport comp2 , and if you wanted more grippy tires but softer steering response you could go with the BFG KDW2 .

Right now i'm trying out a set of Yokahama S-drives ( would choose over the Hankook) and they are close to the G-force sport but still lacking that response and a small amount of grip mid-turn. They look like they might last longer than the BFG's though. Its not a bad daily driver performance tire (this might not make sense to some people, hahhahahahah) :evil:

---------- Post added at 12:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:04 AM ----------

stay away from the General Exclaim tires, they are cheap but crap.
and the Goodyear Eagle GT tire wears out way to fast for such a mediocre tire.

[roachjuice]

I may get some kdw2 tires later on.

[Vigo]

They look cool and are still good tires but even those kdw2s are a fairly old design. I mean, its perfectly legit to go after looks in a tire. I think thats one of the good things about the hankooks you already got.. they look more aggressive than they really are which is good for things like cool weather traction and longevity etc. Summer tires are great unless its wet or cold..