Hey van guys,what size 15 inch tire are you running?

[Sgt Craig]

I picked up a mint set of 04 up SXT Neon wheels cheap.I can get a good deal on some 205/60/15 Bridgstone potenza pole positions$50 each new.What are you guys running for tire size.

[RoadWarrior222]

They might be a tad short. Almost right, about equal amounts under and over (1.5% IIRC) are 215/60s and 215/65s and just right diameter wise but at risk of a full lock rub are 225/60s.

[turbovanman²]

The Neons have less offset so there closer to the strut, I would bet that 205's are the biggest that will fit without rubbing. You will need spacers to run wider tires.

On stock wheels, I ran 215/60's and 215/65's. The 16's I run now are 225's,

[Tony Fields]

225-50 on 15 x 6.5" Crab wheels

[nBALLS]

205/60R15 and 225/50R15 are car sizes, and it will rev higher on the highway, especially with an auto.

On the stock Lace 15x6" wheels my(now sold) Voyager LX has, I ran 225/60R15 BFGoodrich Traction T/A V-rated tires.

[turbovanman²]

50 series 15's are too short for an auto. I ran 65's on 15's to drop the rpm and now run 225/55R16's,

[Dave]

50 series 15's are too short for an auto. I ran 65's on 15's to drop the rpm and now run 225/55R16's,

Too much tire roll. Although who wants to drive like an a$$hole in their van, whipping through the twisties?

I ran 205/50/15's. Now it has a 60 series. Hits the speed limiter at 128mph. Weeeaakkk.....

[cordes]

I run a 205/50r15 on the omni, and a 205/60r15 on the shadow, and 600. our omni has the stock 185/65r14s on there. I would think that anything over a 205/50r15 would be pushing it on an omni. I know for a fact that a 215/60r15 won't even come close to fitting from when a total idiot tried to order the wrong size tires over the net and demanded that we try to put them on. When that did not work he came back to try the same thing with a Jeep before we promptly sent him packing.

[RoadWarrior222]

Hits the speed limiter at 128mph. Weeeaakkk.....

Heh, it's a brick, you need 500HP to go a whole lot faster than 130 anyway.

[Dave]

Heh, it's a brick, you need 500HP to go a whole lot faster than 130 anyway.

Ha, yah it does kind of heavy at those speeds. In my van, with the big turbo, 3rd gear was my hardest pulling gear.

[Darkwolf]

Running 225/60/15s on 6.5in wide crabs up front and have 195/60/15s on the back. The 195s look kinda goofy small but they came free with the rims and were almost brand new.

[Anonymous_User]

205-60-15 and they look like doo doo.

Stupid tire shop. My work van (V6 Caravan) was originally a 14" wheel van. I put a nice set of Wagons on it. Took it to Tires Plus, they crossed the 14" tire to a comparable size 15" tire. We argued about it, but they were adamant about a larger tire rubbing. I went ahead and got the 205-60's and they look like crap and ride like crap.

[turbovanman²]

Too much tire roll. Although who wants to drive like an a$$hole in their van, whipping through the twisties?

Which size has too much tire roll? if you say the 16's, your so wrong, you must be driving a VW,

[Dave]

Which size has too much tire roll? if you say the 16's, your so wrong, you must be driving a VW,

No stupid. I mean a 60 series has way too much sidewall and causes a significant amount of tire roll.

By the way, I'm all retarded gangster and sh!t on my 35 series.

[RoadWarrior222]

Like everything there's a sweet spot. Too high an aspect ratio and you've got no lateral traction, too low a ratio, and you've got no longitudonal traction. Well relatively speaking, on the one hand the contact patch is long and thin and the other it is short and wide. With too rigid a low aspect ratio tire one can also have issues on real roads wherein a small lump of gravel will completely lift the tread off the road, rather than deflecting around it somewhat.

[turbovanman²]

No stupid. I mean a 60 series has way too much sidewall and causes a significant amount of tire roll.

By the way, I'm all retarded gangster and sh!t on my 35 series.

Who you calling stupid, PUNK!

65 has more sidewall than a 60, 60's are better but this is a van with huge fender gap, 65's do a decent job of filling it up and still so so handling. Of course, the best way is larger rims,

[nBALLS]

225/60-15s are almost the same height as a 205/70-15

[RoadWarrior222]

hum don't you mean 205/70-14? which is what all the tire shops wanna put on the stock steelies on our vans, when stock tires are theoretically 195/75R14

[Turbodave]

205/70/14 is the stock size for my van according to the window sticker. I run a 215/55/16 now.

[5sp. mini]

dave you crack me up. i run 205-65r15 in the front with the daytona strut swap and 215-65r15 in the rear. i like the rake. and i can still drive down a gravel drive way. if you know what i mean. als