No options in 195/55


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ellanosv

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Hi mates, I have to change tires and here (in Perú) I have no more options than to buy:

1) TOYO R1R en 205/50-15, and
2) Kumho XS en 205/50-15.

I have read a bit and haven't seen any recomendation for placing 205 tires for standart CTR wheels.

Any suggestions?

Regards
Enrique :drive:
 
Im getting Toyos R1R on 205/50/15 and would like to know what you mates think :nice:
 
They'll fit, but It's not recommended:

Ofcourse you get a bit more grip but not in the right way. When the tyres are too wide for the wheels they cause a bit of soft springy tension which isn't good for performance. And obviously putting 205 on a +41 offset will not cause rubbing opposed to +50. With 205/50 on my stock wheels gave the tyres visibly 20-30mm(10-15mm each side) wider than the rim itself. This looks good? Maybe to few...to me and friends it looked crap... and it aint good for performance, but if its for everyday driving, its would be fine. Putting 195/55 still give a bit of rubber hanging out but its the correct amount and how it came out of the factory.

The Honda NSXR replaced their shift boot material with aluminium mesh to save a couple of 100grams to make it go faster. I can do it better driving naked.

D'janeiro: you can't use 205/50 tyres on stock wheel because it will rub with CTR wheels. I've tried and done it already.
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http://www.ek9.org/forum/tyre-wheels/1840-195-50-15-195-55-15-a-2.html
 
That left me with no options then but to sell the car (-not-) or to import tyres at almost 100% overprice, there's noone selling 195/50 nor 195/55 tyres here and I NEED to replace tyres asap :(
 
ellanosv said:
That left me with no options then but to sell the car (-not-) or to import tyres at almost 100% overprice, there's noone selling 195/50 nor 195/55 tyres here and I NEED to replace tyres asap :(
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16" Rota? :secret:
 
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