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My car has 4 badly bent rims. I need new rims. I was considering moving from the 17 inch rims that are on the car now to 16 inch because i feel it will be more cost effective now and in the future. The car is a 2002 chrysler sebring lxi coupe 3.0 engine Tire size on it now are 215 50 17. Am i able to switch to 16 inch rims and tires. If so what size do i need. Also can i use any 16 inch rims ...
The 17" tires will have a half-inch gap all around on a 16" rim. Even if you could seal the tire to the rim, it would be more likely to release from the rim if you hit something in the road. I would not do it. Maybe you should just sell the snow tires as part of the package. bscar March 2, 2008, 9:05pm 3.
No need to worry about safety, 17" tire will fall off 16" rims. the_same_mountainbike June 5, 2015, 12:43am 5. It won’t be dangerous at all to put 17" tires on 16" rims. The tires will fall off the rims and the car will sit on the rims in the driveway, undrivable. It’ll be the safest car on the block.
mcparadise July 30, 2007, 5:18pm 3. I would stick with the standard 16" wheels/tires. You’d have to be an experienced race car driver to detect the handling difference (if any) with the 17" combo, plus the larger the wheel diameter, the more expensive it is to replace tires. All the negatives you listed in your post are true.
Maintenance/Repairs. tinajones January 1, 2009, 1:57am 1. My husband and I just noticed that our 2002 Camry has three 205-65 R15 tires and one 205-70 R15 tire. We have driven the car several thousand miles like this (with annoying noise). I have had the tires rotated several times - regularly every 6000 thousand miles - and don’t know if they ...
The advantages are better fuel economy, but that may be so little that you won’t be able to measure it. It would be less likely to hydroplane on you, but again, a very small margin. Slightly better traction on snow, but less on ice. The disadvantages are lower load capacity and more wear on the edges of the tires.
Craig58 June 6, 2007, 2:00am 5. Actually, the 185 tires are about 2% larger diameter than the 175 tires, but it should be OK if they are are kept on the same axle. As others have said, put the new tires on the back and replace the front tires with the matching size when they wear out.
MikeInNH June 6, 2022, 1:16pm 7. Tire WIDTH is bad worse in snow. Narrower tires are better in snow because there’s more lbs per square inch and this allows the tires to dig deep to pavement or hard packed snow. Wider tires tend to ride on top of the snow where there’s no grip.
Your tires are not low profile. The stock tires are 215/55-17s. A 55% aspect ratio is reasonable. If you go down to 16” rims the standard tire size is 215/60-16. The small increase in aspect ratio from 55% to 60% may not have the big improvement you seek.
texases February 13, 2011, 6:47pm 2. The solution is to go to smaller wheels (say 17") with higher-profile tires. You can’t put much of a higher profile tire on your 18s without rubbing fenderwells, etc. You have 40 series now.