Tallest 17" tire for the CX-5?

[Nessmuk]

I have a CX-5. What is the tallest sidewall I can fit? I'd prefer to stay narrow. I found some sweet wheels. The owner said they were off a CX-90. Very chrome. Very clean. Going to be my summer wheels.

 

[leeharvey418]

The other day you were getting a CX-5?

 

[elementCX5]

I would ask in the CX-50 area of the forum. Or did you mean CX-5?

 

[Nessmuk]

I think I bought a CX50. Honestly I looked at so many online...

 

[Nessmuk]

I meant to say CX-5. It's not a 50, so far as I know. CarMax listed it as a five.

 

[leeharvey418]

So are you looking for the largest diameter tire you can fit in the wheel well? Or the tallest sidewall that matches OE rolling diameter on a 16” wheel?

 

[Antoine]

I meant to say CX-5. It's not a 50, so far as I know. CarMax listed it as a five.

No problem, thread title and post updated...Now back to the topic...

 

[Saskabush]

245/70/R17 (30.5" dia.) is the largest that will fit. 265/65/R17 is the same size, just wider. Recommended to have a 1.5"-2" lift on it. And even then you need to do some minor trimming/melting of the fender liner.

Go with 245/65/R17 (29.5" dia.) if you don't want to lift it.

225 is factory width, but hard to find tires larger than factory in that width and rim size.

 

[Nessmuk]

Thank you. That is super helpful. I'm going to print it and put it in the glove box.

 

[forties]

Are you sure a 30.5" will fit? That seems really tall. Have you tried it?? Sounds like you have from your very specific comments, got any pics??

I have a spare set of 30.5" tires from another car, and I never even thought of trying something like that on a CX-5.

 

[Saskabush]

Are you sure a 30.5" will fit? That seems really tall. Have you tried it?? Sounds like you have from your very specific comments, got any pics??

I have a spare set of 30.5" tires from another car, and I never even thought of trying something like that on a CX-5.

I currently have 30.5" on my 2015 CX-5 right now. With +35 offset wheels there is a minor amount of rubbing at the fender liner on the fronts at full steering lock, but that's it. But I also have a 2" lift on it, I'd imagine the rubbing would be a bit worse at factory ride height. But still nothing a little melting/trimming won't fix. It's only a problem when turning though, full clearance when driving normal.

You can also fit a 30.5" tire in the spare tire location in the hatch, but only just. And requires adding some blocks to raise the cargo floor up a bit due to the wider tire (215 is the narrowest I could find in that size).

I don't have any good pics at the moment. But there are a few guys running the same size and lift on Reddit. Reddit - The heart of the internet

 

[forties]

Nice, looks great. So what you are saying is.. get 25mm offset wheels.

 

[Nessmuk]

I told the guy I had lined up to buy a set off of that they won't fit.

 

[Saskabush]

Nice, looks great. So what you are saying is.. get 25mm offset wheels.

No that actually makes it worse because the lower the offset number the more the wheel sticks out and the larger the scrub radius is when turning. Factory wheels offset is 50mm, so at 25 the wheel would stick out 1" more (1" = 25.4mm) than factory, plus 1/2 of the extra width of the tire. So with 245 tires you add another 10mm because factory is 225 , so 20mm wider but only 10mm on each side.

 

[N7turbo]

Factory wheels offset is 50mm

45

 

[Saskabush]

45

I was going off of the info in this post. Complete CX-5 Wheel Specs

They state 50mm but this was also written in 2012. So maybe Gen 1 is 50mm and Gen 2 is 45mm?