Will 195/65R15 tires fit my 2003 Protege 5?

[maxou723]

Hi,

My father gave me his Yokohama winter tires size 195/65R15 that he had on his 2004 Mazda 3. I was wondering if I can install these on my 2003 Mazda Protege5? I tried one on the front left hand side and everything seemed fine. I'm aware that the speedo will be off but will everthing else be okay? The winter tires are about 1 inch higher than the stock 195/50R16 summer tires.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Steven

 

[5PADZAM]

You should be able to run these tires. If nothing rubbed when you tried it on the left front, you will be fine. As long as the tire doesn't rub any suspension parts it will work. Btw, the speedo will be reading a little over 3 mph slow at 60 mph according to this website:
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

 

[maxou723]

Thanks for the info!

 

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Are you sure it's a R15 tire? If so you should not run a 15" tire on a 16" rim. Is that even possible?

 

[bucksatan]

Are you sure it's a R15 tire? If so you should not run a 15" tire on a 16" rim. Is that even possible?

I'm thinking that they are on seperate steel rims.