rear tire size 225/50/15 or 215/60/16 or?

[ARCTIC]

To be most accurate I will use revolutions per mile to show you just how close in size these TWO sizes are.......the 225/50-15 goes 869 revs per mile......the 215/60-15 ( and I'm sure you meant 15 not 16 )goes from 827 to 828 for four tires I checked ...two others were 837 & a FUSION at 845 but these were the exception..........Soooooooooooooo this small a difference would not be noticed by the seat of your pants ....or the " NANNY " .....it will effectively lower (?) your gearing ....Like giving you an extra tooth on the SPROCKET so to speak............I hope this Helps you out....Mike...

Thanks. I did have a typo I obviously didn't think a 16" would fit. I do most of my posting from my cellphone so I apologize in advance for any other errors

I've had two of the 215's on mine: first was a General Altimax and second on now is Pirelli P4. First one ran 1 MPH over indicated, based on GPS; second runs about 1 1/2 MPH over. Swapped out the General Altimax at just over 10,000 but it still had a couple thousand or more left. Pirelli now has 7K plus and still looks new running 20lb air since new with no discernable center wear.

FWIW, I swapped out the OEM at 10K but it had a couple or more thousand left on it.

I got both car tires from Discount Tire and had them dealer mounted who charges 1 hr labor.

Was your speedometer accurate with the stock tire?

[ulflyer]

Thanks. I did have a typo I obviously didn't think a 16" would fit. I do most of my posting from my cellphone so I apologize in advance for any other errors


Was your speedometer accurate with the stock tire?

Yes it was.

[Flanker]

The OEM ogt spin-happy as it wore; it'd lose traction on a dog turd as the end grew near...
The Falken got a bit lossey-goosey in the wet once it was worn about out

You know there are other throttle positions than full, don't you?

[Bob Denman]

Yes; yest I do...
What I was trying to say, was that normal throttle settings were starting to get me some tire spin once the tires got... tired!

[ricford]

Does anyone know of a 'set' of three PERFORMANCE tire treads that match. Kenda does of course but then Kenda is not a performance tire. Not concerned about money. I'm concerned with performance. Consumer Reports gives Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 auto tires their very top spot. (You can do an internet search of their site for yourself.) They are available in 175/65R15. But NOT in either 225/50R15 or even 215/60R15. That means mixed tread designs. Based on a personal crash in an MGB from mixing one Dunlop spare with three Michelin X tires traveling in Greece, mixing treads is a setup for disaster. Other than the not very good Kenda tires, has anybody come up with a 'set' of same tread designs in performance tire sizes that can be used by the Spyder? MY preference is the Michelin tire. But open to suggestion.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

[QUOTE=ricford;1015759]Does anyone know of a 'set' of three PERFORMANCE tire treads that match. Kenda does of course but then Kenda is not a performance tire. Not concerned about money. I'm concerned with performance. Consumer Reports gives Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 auto tires their very top spot. (You can do an internet search of their site for yourself.) They are available in 175/65R15. But NOT in either 225/50R15 or even 215/60R15. That means mixed tread designs. Based on a personal crash in an MGB from mixing one Dunlop spare with three Michelin X tires traveling in Greece, mixing treads is a setup for disaster. Other than the not very good Kenda tires, has anybody come up with a 'set' of same tread designs in performance tire sizes that can be used by the Spyder? MY preference is the Michelin tire. But open to suggestion.[/QU
General Altimax RT has fronts and a rear combo that match..................and their performance rating was excellent or superior in the ratings....Mike

[Highwayman2013]

Does anyone know of a 'set' of three PERFORMANCE tire treads that match. Kenda does of course but then Kenda is not a performance tire. Not concerned about money. I'm concerned with performance. Consumer Reports gives Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 auto tires their very top spot. (You can do an internet search of their site for yourself.) They are available in 175/65R15. But NOT in either 225/50R15 or even 215/60R15. That means mixed tread designs. Based on a personal crash in an MGB from mixing one Dunlop spare with three Michelin X tires traveling in Greece, mixing treads is a setup for disaster. Other than the not very good Kenda tires, has anybody come up with a 'set' of same tread designs in performance tire sizes that can be used by the Spyder? MY preference is the Michelin tire. But open to suggestion.

You can get a set of General Altimax HP's 185/60/14 and 215/60/15 for up to a 2012 RT and they do have them in 175/65/15.
http://www.onlinetires.com/products/...p+84h+bsw.html