theador Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Hi all,I'm looking to get slightly wider Tyres on my 2004 Subaru Forester 2.5XT. It's got standard 16" rims on it, and currently has 215 60 r16's on. I'm looking to put 225 55 R16's on as they're slightly wider, and that size of tyre seems to have some pretty good deals on. Has anyone got any pics of their Subaru running stock rims and 225 55 r16 Tyres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I'm on a 225/60/16 if you want a pic let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theador Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Hi Stants. Yeah if you wouldn't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stants Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Scrub that just been to check they are in fact 215's sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david1972 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 If you change the profile from 60 to 55 your odometer will be inaccurate - would advise to stick with the 60 profile for 16's - 55 profile would be for 17" rims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theador Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 The 60 figure is a percentage of the overall tire width. I would have thought that going down to 55 - although Not completely accurate - would help maintain something close to the same overall diameter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmamba Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 David 1972 has it accurate. Going to 55 will affect speedo as it is the profile. The width of the tyre, that which is the "footprint" on the road, is the 215 or 225 figure, I think in mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theador Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Staying at 60 and going wider will also affect the speedo as the profile of the tyre is based on a percentage of the width. The question is which is a greater change I guess: staying at 60 and going wider or coming down to 55 and going wider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastboy67 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I believe it's the circumference that's affects the speedo not the width hence changing from 60 to 55 profile will alter the speedo slightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theador Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 Fastboy you're right. What I'm saying is 55 and 60 actually stands for 55% and 60% of the width of the tyre. That's how profiles are measured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theador Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Ah I'll just stick with the standard size lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantis147 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Just to make a quick point I run a obdlink in my 2005 xt which sais I'm running 3mph slower than the speedo and I'm on standard 16s so odds are your speedo is out anyway! Sent from my D6603 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theador Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Ye they always seem to be out. My BMW e91 was the closest to true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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