2000_Eclipse_GT

Max tire size on Stock 15 inch RS wheels???

These 215/65/15's are just too narrower...
It seems if you go above 225 series you cant get any good speed ratings on the tires... all T's and S's.. I want H or higher as I actually like to corner some and that comes with the higher speed rated tires!

ME Leigh

I have 225/60's in the front and 235/60's in the rear, you can fit up to a 275 on the rear but i wouldn't . I would go 265 or 255 max.

bes217

I put 235/60/15's on mine and they are great. They are the Yokohama Avid S/T. I am not sure of the speed rating of them though. I got them from tirerack.com. Summit sells them also. I saw them in their magazing and I think on the 15 inch rims you can fit up to 255 on the 7 inch wide rims. I don't know what speed rating but the max for your 15X7's is 255.

2000_Eclipse_GT

OK cool... well I dont like any of the speed ratings on the 245/60/15's so I will prolly drop down to 245/50/15's which gets me into a much more expensive tire but a much better one... Thanks for the help guys!

4MULA88

235/60R15 on the front. 255/60R15 on the rear. No rubbing at all

2000_Eclipse_GT

hahaha with the 255's out back maybe I should run a truck tire... since the only one tirerack has in a 255/60/15 with a decent speed rating is a truck tire...

krazycracka55

need some enough

not exaclty sure what 2 first numbers in tire size stand for

right now i have 215/65/15 michelins
i know the last one is rim size, but what do the first 2 mean?

im looking at some 215/40/15 SZ 50 firehawks

z-rated.....

RegaPlanet

In some cases truck tires are better(if the profile is high). They have a stronger/stiffer sidewall. At my local track(for stock enduro class) we have to run 70 or 75 series tires all around so a truck tire is the only option and some of them actually stand up pretty well.

2000_Eclipse_GT

the truck size was 255/60/15 I believe....


215= width
65 is an aspect ratio of the width of the tire
15 is the rim size


So I wanted to go 245/50/15's to stay closer to the stock 215/65/15 size so I would not throw off my speedometer....

Marc 85Z28

iTrader: (3)

FYI the 245/50r15 are a 25" tire, while the speedo is calibrated for a 26" tire... I had those on the front of my car for a while and with it not being lowered it looked funny - too much gap between the fender and tire. 235/60r15 is good size.

BFGoodrich makes a 255/60r15 tire in the Radial T/A. That tire is well known for being a popular muscle car tire.

robertg

iTrader: (2)

i have a set of 245/60/r15 goodyear eagles on a set of 15x7 rims on my sport coupe.

krazycracka55

o so i wanna do somethin like 235/60/15's front and 255/60/15's rear??

with these kick *** tyres i found
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Marc 85Z28

iTrader: (3)

krazycracka55 - I had 235/60r15 on the front and 255/60r15 on the back several years ago with no problems whatsoever. It did slightly increase the rake of the car by lifting the rear just under 1/2". It only threw my speedo off a little bit, I was doing 62 with the speedo reading 60.

Eternal

4MULA88; I know this if a goofy question but what if i ran the tire size you had with a backspacing of 4" ? is there any reason to think thats they will stick out to far and rub on the fenders?

krazycracka55

well i went and got the pricing for Firehawk SZ50 EP's n 245/60/r15's all the way round and ya with them being 198$ a peice im gettin the tires, installed, balanced and road hazard all for 650$

u like how that sheot works!

RegaPlanet

nice buy. You'll be huggin the road large with those in the wet and dry. Never heard a bad thing about them.