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  • P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

    I screwed up and bought P215/60R16 Tires for 16 X 8 rims and now I am wondering if it is ok to go with them. I know that Tire Rack recommends up to a 7.5 wheel width, but will a half inch matter? I don't care about the .1 dia difference, more worried about safety. Please give me your advice. I would love to hear from a tire guy.

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    Mike

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    Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

    Not at all. I bought some cheap *** tires off craigslist that were 225/60/16 they work fine. You will be ok. But 215's suckkkkkk.

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      Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

      Originally posted by Slowside View Post
      Not at all. I bought some cheap *** tires off craigslist that were 225/60/16 they work fine. You will be ok. But 215's suckkkkkk.
      So I bought std tires for 16 X 7.5 steel Camaro wheels and f'ed up forgetting she had Z28 16 X 8 chromes on her car now. How retarded will this look. Any one done this before? Pics?

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        Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

        i have 225-45-15 tires on my other car with 15x7 rim
        Wait, Is that a V6 or V8?
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          Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

          I bought my car with 225/60/16 tires. They were the worst tires I've ever owned, but I'm unsure how much of that was the size vs. the brand and model. I will say there was a huge visual improvement when I got new 245/50/16 tires though.


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            Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

            The above is the 16 X 7.5 wheel so if those are 220/60-16 they are actually over sized from the recommended 215/60-16. I will say the second picture does look way better.

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              Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

              Yea that tire size isn't real good, I actually had a couple different tire sizes on my car when I bought it and it didn't feel good. So I waited a little and bought some new rims that were p275/35zr/18 and that size feels much better than before in handling and overall feel of the road.

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                Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

                im running 225/60/16.. its a pretty meaty tire, but with all of the poholes around here you have to go with something like that unless you want to be getting your bent rims fixed every winter

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                  Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

                  Originally posted by solocus View Post
                  The above is the 16 X 7.5 wheel so if those are 220/60-16 they are actually over sized from the recommended 215/60-16. I will say the second picture does look way better.
                  Those wheels are 16x8.
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                    Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

                    Originally posted by TheGr8Schlotzky View Post
                    Those wheels are 16x8.
                    You are correct, sorry for my misinformation. I hate misinformation!

                    I found some 215/60/16 mounted on 16 X 8 Iroc wheels and they look good enough for me and my daughter i know will not care.







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                    • #11
                      Re: P215/60R16 Tires on 16 X 8 Rims, is it ok?

                      215s are good for winter!!!!

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