15 Inch Rims for a P5 2002

[crimperx]

I want to put winter tires on the P5 this year but I'm having trouble finding rims. I want to put 185-60-15's. Goodyear has the Ultra Grip Ice for a reasonable price. However, they tell me that they don't have 15 inch steel rims listed for the P5 and the Protege, 15 inch rims only have 4 lug nuts. Can anyone tell me which model(s) has a 15 inch rim that fits the P5?

Thanks.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

I want to put winter tires on the P5 this year but I'm having trouble finding rims. I want to put 185-60-15's. Goodyear has the Ultra Grip Ice for a reasonable price. However, they tell me that they don't have 15 inch steel rims listed for the P5 and the Protege, 15 inch rims only have 4 lug nuts. Can anyone tell me which model(s) has a 15 inch rim that fits the P5?

Thanks.

The 15" steels I have on my car came off of a P5... 5x114.3 mm, 50 offset, 67.1mm centerbore.

 

[raserx]

Eclipse & Probe will work...try the "search" function for others.

 

[ganzhimself]

I bought some aftermarket ones, running 195/55/15 Dunlop Graspics. There are plenty of 15 inch rims out there that will fit the P5. Need a 5x114.3 bolt pattern and around a +42 offset.

 

[CTt3P5]

If you are looking for alloys try searching for some Probe, Eclipse, Talon, Laser wheels, also the Protege ES as they came factory with 5 lugs.

If steelies work for you, just about anybody should be able to get you one with the proper specs as someone posted above.

 

[maggio]

i just put 195/60/15s on my car. these are like 1/2 inch taller than the 195/55/15 size. they fit well and raise the car a little bit for the winter. i got a good deal so i don't care about the speedo being out ~2%. the guy previously had them on a toyota camry of some sort.

 

[BoostedPR5]

I just bought a set of 15" wheels, some cheepo sport edition ones off Tire Rack and a set of 195 55 15's off tire rack.

Could have also tried the 195 60 15's if i wanted cheaper, but i like my abs and speedo working.
They'd probably rub anyways.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

as long as they all match, changing tire size will not effect ABS.

 

[BoostedPR5]

as long as they all match, changing tire size will not effect ABS.

How wouldn't it if everything is based off of the oem tire size??

 

[faridk89]

yeah my winter tires are also on 15's

 

[Wagonbacker9]

How wouldn't it if everything is based off of the oem tire size??

the ABS system has no idea what speed you are ACTUALLY traveling... it just counts revolutions of one wheel vs the other.

your speedo will read the same speed vs any RPM in a given gear, changing the tire size will make this inaccurate vs the speed you are actually traveling, but that is the extent of any effect it will have.

 

[BoostedPR5]

the ABS system has no idea what speed you are ACTUALLY traveling... it just counts revolutions of one wheel vs the other.

your speedo will read the same speed vs any RPM in a given gear, changing the tire size will make this inaccurate vs the speed you are actually traveling, but that is the extent of any effect it will have.

Right, but ABS kicks in if all 4 tires slip at all so it's counting revolutions even if all 4 do happen to be the same. It probably won't be as dramatic as if you had different speeds but as far as my knowledge it's going to kick in later then it should causing more slip.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

it kicks in if the wheel speeds vary by a certian amount.. since you are changing the speed of the ABS rotation vs the actual vehicle speed, I suppose you are technically correct, as the real world conditions which would achieve the needed percentages would change slightly. I don't see this being what makes or breaks a crash though. the other thing to consider is that as long as all the tire sizes match, ALL abs sensors will read the same variance. so it would be (follow me here, this is lingually complex) the difference of only the change in the variance of the difference between the expected and actual vehicle speeds for a given abs-read speed.

yuck that was messy, but I believe we can call the topic fully discussed at this point. lol

and you thought calling acceleration "meters per second per second" was a hard concept to understand? LOL

 

[BoostedPR5]

it kicks in if the wheel speeds vary by a certian amount.. since you are changing the speed of the ABS rotation vs the actual vehicle speed, I suppose you are technically correct, as the real world conditions which would achieve the needed percentages would change slightly. I don't see this being what makes or breaks a crash though. the other thing to consider is that as long as all the tire sizes match, ALL abs sensors will read the same variance. so it would be (follow me here, this is lingually complex) the difference of only the change in the variance of the difference between the expected and actual vehicle speeds for a given abs-read speed.

yuck that was messy, but I believe we can call the topic fully discussed at this point. lol

and you thought calling acceleration "meters per second per second" was a hard concept to understand? LOL

Right. In a situation like this I'm sure it's not going to cause it to be that huge point that saves an accident, but it's also not going to allow that optimal 18% slip in the tires. Which we certainly don't need to go into calculations deciding how much it would slip and stopping distance yada yada yada because this is already a pretty extreme thread jack haha

 

[dpriggins]

Go to tirerack.com and they can set you up with a 15" wheel and Bridgestone Blizzak's that fit your car. (Blizzaks are not made in the low profile size that is stock on the PR5) I did mine last year for less than $165 per wheel (that's wheels, tires, mounting, road hazard insurance, balancing and shipping). My PR5 with Blizzaks handles better on snow & Ice than my 4Runner with 4WD & traction control.

The reason you want the same tire on all 4 corners is so you have the same amount of traction on all 4 corners. If you leave regular street tires on the rear and put good snow tires on the front then rear will break free long before the front and you'll be fishtailing all over the place.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

while you're right, I think its MUCH more beneficial to have snows on the front only (of a FWD car) than run all-seasons on all 4 corners.