what tire will fit 6 1/2 rim
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According to the Tire and Rim Association list of recommended wheel widths:
225/45 and 225/40 tire sizes require a minimum wheel width of 7.5"
215/40 and 215/45 tire sizes require a minimum wheel width of 7"
Using a tire on a too narrow rim will shorten the tire life, possibly damage the tire and adversely affect the handling performance of the tire/wheel combination.
For a chart of recommended wheel widths for any given tire size, go to: www.yokohamatire.com
Yokohama and other sources recommend that for best performance, the wheel width should be 90% of the tire's width (not its nominal width or section width) for the best compromise of handling and ride comfort for the street. Tread width can be found in most tire spec charts for the particular tire in question.
225/45 and 225/40 tire sizes require a minimum wheel width of 7.5"
215/40 and 215/45 tire sizes require a minimum wheel width of 7"
Using a tire on a too narrow rim will shorten the tire life, possibly damage the tire and adversely affect the handling performance of the tire/wheel combination.
For a chart of recommended wheel widths for any given tire size, go to: www.yokohamatire.com
Yokohama and other sources recommend that for best performance, the wheel width should be 90% of the tire's width (not its nominal width or section width) for the best compromise of handling and ride comfort for the street. Tread width can be found in most tire spec charts for the particular tire in question.
I have lowered the p5 with racing beat springs. So I guess I will be looking for a set of new tires.(drive)maitai92 said:If its for the P5, you may want to go 205/45 or even 205/40 if your lowered. The stock Mazda3 17s w/ 205/50 looks pretty big for p5. Trust me I tried fitting one in my P5.
Gen1GT said:
That's because, according to the recommended wheel width chart, a 225/50 tire can fit on a minimum rim width of 6" (range 6"-8"). The wheel width range for a given tire is dependent on both tread width AND aspect ratio.
It's assumed that when one asks for tire fitment information, performance, safety and longevity are at least as important as, can it be made to fit at any cost.
Consequently, your contention that a 225/45, 225/40, 215/40 or 215/45 tire will fit on a 6.5" width wheel is still incorrect.
goldstar said:
My contention is far from incorrect. THE TIRE WILL FIT. Go to a good shop and say, "hey, could you please put this 225/45 tire on my 6.5" rim." They'll say, "ok."
Once again, please tell me why Maximas have a 6.5" rim with a 225/50 tire? I would like to believe that Nissan wouldn't sacrifice performance, safety or longevity...
My friend has ES100s, in a 225/50/15 on a 6.5" rim on his 93 Prelude. They look great, and the tire isn't stressed in the least.
You think that's extreme? I'm putting 225/50 Hoosiers on a 5.5" rim. How do you like them apples?
Gen1GT said:
Let's address your points one at a time.
First, a "good" tire shop when asked to mount a 225/45 tire on a 6.5" rim will say NO! A BAD tire shop will say "ok."
Second, if you had read my post you'd have seen that a 225/50 tire will fit on a wheel width of from 6"-8" so Nissan is NOT sacrificing performance, safety or longevity. As a matter of fact, if you had read the references I had posted (obviously you did not) you would know that rim width determines BOTH performance and ride comfort. Selecting a width at the lower end of the range enhances ride comfort at the expense of handling performance. Obviously, that Nissan selected this tire size/rim width combination illustrates their priorities in this case.
Third, Of course your friends fitment looks ok and the tire isn't stressed. We've already established that a 225/50 is okay for mounting on a 6.5" wide rim.
Fourth, you're mounting 225/50 Hoosiers on a 5.5" rim? How do I like them apples? Well, they're okay but I'd be much more impressed if you were mounting a 235 or a 245 on that 5.5" rim. I mean why not go for broke and really show me up.
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no1 works at a tire place, so dont make urself look dumb,btw i do work for a tire place called tire kingdom u all can learn a thing or 2
goldstar said:
You're such an idiot. This was your original reference. Please note the word, 'minimum.' So by mounting a 225/50 tire on a 6.5" rim, it's magically acceptable to take a jump down from a 7.5" rim? You're taking information from random tire web pages and trying for relay it without using your own sense of reason.
When I had my Hoosiers mounted, I made damn sure I was going to a 'good' tire shop with the experience to pull off the mounting.
Are you kidding? You obviously have no clue what you're talking about, yet what you post is somehow gospel? I don't need your permission to put any given tire on any given wheel, nor does anyone else. I don't need to read your post to 'see' that a 225/50 tire will fit on a 6" rim. It's something I know from actual experience, rather than just what I read on the internet. My friend has a 2000 Maxima, so I KNOW that his 225/50 tires are on a 6.5" rim. Another friend put 225/50/15s ES100s on his Prelude's 6.5" rim, and they look and drive great. I put 225/50 tires on a 5.5" rim, so I know for damn sure they'll fit on a 6" rim.
Stop acting like you know what you're talking about. You're just confusing people.
dukefanmaz3, you work at a tire shop: what's your opinion then?
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man i hate all you guys that want wide ass tires on wheels that aren't really supposed to have them. . .or not supposed to have them. .but are on the extreme ends of the spectrum. . you know how much of a b**** it is to get those damn things on the wheel. . you have to fight the damn tire on
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Gen1GT said:
God, you are a total imbecile. If you weren't imparting dangerous and wrong information to the Forum members, your statements would be simply laughable. You are obviously incapable of reading and comprehending anything I've written. If you choose not to follow the Tire and Rim Association recommendations that's fine, but don't encourage others to follow your idiotic lead. BTW, the TRA is composed of representatives from all the major and most of the minor tire manufacturers and is not taken from some"random" website.
First you are incapable of comprehending that wheel width range recommendations are a function BOTH of tread width AND aspect ratio. That's why it's acceptable to mount a 225/50 tire on a 6.5" rim whereas a 225/45 or 40 tire requires a minimum 7.5" rim. How many times do you have to read that before it sinks in to your obviously befuddled brain?
Second, if you want to believe that your Hoosiers were mounted at a good tire shop, keep on deluding yourself. Good tire shops, by definition, follow the TRA recommendations, but this is another concept that continues to elude you. Obviously, your tire shop knows a mark when they see him.
Third, you keep endlessly repeating yourself and without saying anything new. This perseveration on your part is usually a symptom of an intellectually-challenged mind. You've already given us the litany of your friends' tire fitments and I've already told you that they are TRA approved fitments-so what else is new? However, in no way does that make YOUR tire fitment recommendations correct. You're still totally wrong and confused in everything you've advised. My tire/wheel fitment recommendations come directly from TRA. Where do yours come from-the imaginings of your fevered brain?
Fourth, you're really stupid if you think I give a s*** what you or anyone else on this Forum uses in the way of tire/wheel combinations. If you really think I care what you do in any area of your obviously limited existence, you are more of a simpleton than I thought. Oh, and by the way, you have my permission to make a complete ass of yourself. People ask for advice on this forum and if I'm capable of providing it, I'll attempt to do so. I make sure any information I provide is correct and accurate or, as a responsible Forum member unlike you, I keep my mouth shut. Whether people listen to my advice and follow it, on this or any other subject, is of absolutely no concern to me. After all, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
My advice to you, since you've proven to us that you nothing about this topic, is that you should stop posting here. You are attempting to impart potentially dangerous misinformation that could have serious consequences for anyone foolish enough to listen to you. Continuing to post here will result in your making a complete fool of yourself and possibly endangering your fellow Forum members.
Now, repeat after me at least ten times: Just because I can physically mount a big, bad, fat tire on my skinny, little boy racer rims doesn't mean I SHOULD do it.
Goldstar, you are the most self-affirming idiot I'm aware of. You can keep acting like you're intellectually and socially aware, yet just come off as an ass. You're someone who 'thinks' they know it all, but just ends up annoying everyone with references and verbal compost.
Traitorhound; once again, I found a good deal on my Hoosiers, and because of my Stock autocross class, I am limited to stock wheel size. Until this point, I was running on street tires, and was 4-5 seconds slower than the guys with R-Compounds. Previously hearing that Miata guys have been using a 225/50/14 on their stock Miata rims and the fact that someone was selling these tires for $150 presented me with an opportunity I couldn't pass up. I think it goes without saying that I had my best event showing last Saturday...
On the street, I run a 205/40/17 on a 7" rim. It would be completely useless to run a 225 tire on a Protege on the street. ogsP5 asked a question, and I answered it.
Traitorhound; once again, I found a good deal on my Hoosiers, and because of my Stock autocross class, I am limited to stock wheel size. Until this point, I was running on street tires, and was 4-5 seconds slower than the guys with R-Compounds. Previously hearing that Miata guys have been using a 225/50/14 on their stock Miata rims and the fact that someone was selling these tires for $150 presented me with an opportunity I couldn't pass up. I think it goes without saying that I had my best event showing last Saturday...
On the street, I run a 205/40/17 on a 7" rim. It would be completely useless to run a 225 tire on a Protege on the street. ogsP5 asked a question, and I answered it.
Gen1GT said:
As usual, your reply is totally unresponsive to the major problem here. That being the menace you have become to other Forum members by giving them incorrect and potentially dangerous tire/wheel fitment advice. I can well understand that you don't want to address this topic as you are obviously in well over your head.
It's certainly true that I back up everything I say in regard to technical matters with the best advice, information and engineering data that I can find and naturally I post the references relevant to the topic at hand. I doubt that others find this annoying as most people on this Forum are interested in learning and having the reference available is a useful aid. For those not interested, the references can simply be ignored. Unlike you, I'll never make a statement unless I can back it up.
I can well understand however that you find references annoying since they conflict with the sources you utilize for your advice-your half-baked opinions, your confused and incomplete understanding of the topic and your compulsive need to be right even when you don't know what you're talking about. In other words, verbal compost. I know you WISH that big fat tires would perform well on little skinny rims (because that's what you're forced to use) but it just doesn't work that way in the real world.
Personally, I'll stick with the TRA recommended wheel widths as opposed to the Gen1GT fantasy fitment recommendations (is that known as the FFR recommendation guide?).
You're right about one thing. You did answer ogsP5's question. Unfortunately, however, your answer was wrong.
"Just because I can physically mount a big, bad, fat tire on my skinny, little, boy racer rims doesn't mean I SHOULD do it. Just because I can physically mount...
