205/55/15 tires fit on stock rims?

[Lex]

My 195/60/15s are very close to the strut on stock rims. Would the slightly wider tires fit?

[elscotto80]

Not sure, but I am going to try 195/205 50's next. I cant make up my mind.

[1967cutlass]

Not sure, but I am going to try 195/205 50's next. I cant make up my mind.

I'm in the same position. I'm gonna buy used tires though so I can't be too picky, however.

[Lex]

I want proper high performance tires this time around because I am just not putting down the power anymore. I dont want the flash of aftermarket rims and I'd like to fit some 205s on there ...

[Mazda_Powered]

yea, i've ran 195/55, 205/50, 205/55, 195/60 and they all worked fine, but the 195/60's are HIGHER than 205/70R17

but the 205/50R15 fit just fine, i was running them on a 7.5" rim with eibach lowering springs and KYB shocks, the back sometime rubbed, depending on if i had people in the back and hit a bump due to the width.

hope this helped

JACK

[Lex]

That did help thanks. Did you run the 205/55/15s on the stock fanblade rims?

[atomicEGT]

go with 205/50-15 if you want your speedo to be close...

[Lex]

actually the 205/55/15 is the closest match to the factor 185/60/15 tires

[atomicEGT]

actually the 205/55/15 is the closest match to the factor 185/60/15 tires

how do you figure?

going with a +0 sizing, it would be 195/55 and 205/50

195/60 makes the speedo read 5 under (i know from experience, having been clocked at 77 when the speedo read 72...)

[Mazda_Powered]

i had mx-3 rims 15x6 on 205/55R15 for about a week

JACK

[Denis]

185/60-15 Original Factory Tire Size(s)

Plus Zero
195/55-15
205/50-15

Plus One
205/40-16
205/45-16
215/40-16

Plus Two
205/40-17

Plus Three
215/35-18

[poop]

ive got 205/50/15's falken ziex, stock with eibach 1.25 lowring springs ..

[Lex]

how do you like those tires? Do you have any pics?

[bmikedaman]

205/50R15s definately fit on aftermarket rims with the proper offset, I'm not sure they'd work on stock fanblades since they're narrow and seem to have a high offset. Not to mention you aren't going to get a whole lot of benefit from that much tire on such a narrow rim, a 15x6 or wider should really be used. I'm running Dunlop DZ101s, awesome tires, though if i was going all out I'd get the Azenis RT615s, they're not that expensive, but they dont last very long either, and probably not a good choice if you drive in rain alot.

[Denis]

I got 205/50/15 streched on the factory 15x5.5 rims. It dose make a difference with the wider tire.