A Few snow tire questions

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215/50/17's are what you want. I have 55's and they are .7" taller and touch the inner wheel wells on the back just a bit when I hit a big dip in the road or take driveway too fast. I'm in process of scooting the wheel well liners up and back 1 to avoid it.

I bought mine used on CL's and got too good of a deal to pass up. I don't regret it, but want to make you aware.

I have been surfing craigslist and ebay like its my job (sometimes while at my job...shhh ). I do not intend to just pick up any cheap set. I have found quite a few, but have passed on all of them. The reason for all the questions is I want a complete understanding of what I am doing. I never make big purchases without doing alot of research and asking alot of questions. An informed consumer always has an advantage. This approach has always worked out great for me and has saved me alot of money. Even after reading the info on tirerack I still have things I want clarified. I do not believe it is wise to just jump at the first answer you are given. Even if it is the best, I still want to look into the other options, to find out what is best for ME. If I was 100% clear on everything I needed to know about my car and its tires, I wouldn't have joined this forum.
I am still rather new to this, and I want to make sure I do my homework before I go ahead with anything. (homework)

-Pete

 

[Peter B]

One last question. Tirerack lists our bolt patter as 5-114. Some places list tires as 5-114 or 5x114.3. The quesion is are these actually the same, or are some really different by 0.3