tires

[onew1ldchick]

i just bought some 16" wheels i will be lowering my pt soon i still have my factory tires on my pt 205/55R16 and i dont like the way they look with my new wheels
heres some new pics with my new wheels
http://img66.photobucket.com/albums/v202/onew1ldchick/ can anyone give me any suggestions on what size tire would look the best with my wheels
thanks

[Mike-in-Orange]

What is you don't like about the look of the tires? Do you want a lower profile (shorter side wall) on the tire? If so, you probably should have gone to 17" or even 18" wheels so you could mount a lower profile tire and keep the same rolling circumferance. This is important to maintain a correct speedometer reading. If you put a low profile 16" tire on your new rims you will throw your speedo reading off, among other potential issues.

[CREWZIN]

According to TIRE RACK, there's a couple of possibilities. A 225-50-16 for both front and back or and even larger 245-45-16 for just the rear. The aspect ratio of 50 or 45 will give you less sidewall around your wheel so it would look better plus lowering it would take all the space out the wheel well around the tire.

Those are the recommendations of Tire Rack...they didn't mention on their site about the rolling circumference and weather or not your speedometer will be off (as Mike pointed out) with those sizes. Give em a call.

[redrum]

if you find a tire that you like on the tire rack web site, you can get the specs on the tire as far as tire width, outside diameter,and recommended rim widths from the same web site. just go to the manufacturer that you are interested, click on products, the click on tires, select a brand, pick out the tire by type of driving that you will be doing, ("standard touring all season" for example) click on specs and all sorts of withering information falls out of the sky. the site also has reviews submitted by customers that have bought that tire. sometimes trashed, sometimes treasured. good luck. sorry if this is so much blah blah blah.
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[quicksilverdon]

quote:Originally posted by Mike-in-Orange

What is you don't like about the look of the tires? Do you want a lower profile (shorter side wall) on the tire? If so, you probably should have gone to 17" or even 18" wheels so you could mount a lower profile tire and keep the same rolling circumferance. This is important to maintain a correct speedometer reading. If you put a low profile 16" tire on your new rims you will throw your speedo reading off, among other potential issues.

Yes, please clarify.
Is it the gap between the wheel and body? (particularly in the rear).
Consider lowering springs - drop an inch or 2 and ride won't suffer and the gap will be reduced. Rears are a snap to put in - fronts are harder.