My Daughter has a 2005 Honda Accord with 205/60/16

What size tire should she look at as far as upsizing? She won't be changing her rims--which are 16s.

 

I wouldn't recommend upsizing, the 205/60R16 is a good size for that car, but the plus zero fitment would be a 215/55R16

 

Thanks

 

www.tirerack.com

They will have up sizing info.

 

upsizing? Do you mean putting a larger diameter tire on the car? or trying to put a wider tire on the car?

 

That's the term for it when wanting any size other then stock on a car. It can go any direction, taller, wider, smaller, whatever.

 

I know one guy who'd know for sure.

 

just never heard that term before. Yea I know,

 

LOL

I don't mind a bit that my R&P reputation follows me out to the Car Forums.



WWJD? 215/55-16s or 225/50-16s. Crickets so far. I'm open to opinions on this one however, and am interested in the reasoning why I should not change sizes as one poster stated.

Where bouts in the Chicago burbs? I used to live in the City back in 99. Just got back from a Trip to revisit the city a month ago. Great City Chicago!

 

I was in the tire biz for greater then half my life, my user name here used to be Tireguy, I didn't make my suggestion to be mean, I just don't think its wise to go with a plus zero fitment on that particular vehicle. The factory wheels are 16x6.5, a 225/50-16 will physically fit, but it will probably crown a bit and actually reduce the footprint, not to mention wear terribly and in that size greatly reduce your options of tires. You probably can get away with a 215/55-16 with no significant negative impacts, however, the benefits will be undetectable a majority of the time, the factory honda suspension is good, but not good enough to transmit subtle differences in tire widths. The 215/55-16 is fairly common, but still not as common as the 205/60-16 so there will be fewer choices of tires, a replacement will be harder to track down, not to mention more expensive and will wear out faster. In particular on your daughters car, it seems like it would be change for changes sake, not for any actual real world benefit. Accords can be very hard on tires, I would recommend going with a premium tire in the factory size for your best and safest setup.

My brother was my partner in my tire slinging days, he had a 04 Accord, it had a comptech RSB otherwise it was stock. We tried dozens of different tire combo's on it, all on the factory wheels and sticking with the factory size satisfied him more then tweaking the size, not to mention wore significantly better, admittedly he was really rough on tires.

Plus one fitment means going from a 16 to a 17 and retaining factory tire OD. Plus zero means retaining factory wheel diameter and going one size wider, typically all you have to do is is add 10 to the first number and subtract 5 from the second; that's not always the case but most of the time it works.

 

Thank you iTimmy very much for that input. The only reason I had for looking at a different size tire is purely asthetic for her car. I just thought a little wider might look a little better. I know I like 225s on my CL-S better than the 215. Again, thanks; and I did not think you were being mean for a second when you initially stated go with the original size. This post clears that up nicely.