Photoshopped a set of wheels on my car.

[jnorion]

Are you talking about my wheels now? The tires that came with them were 195/55/r15.

[Intruder]

No Joel, mine...
We're trying to match the overall diameter (of your wheels) and new tires to the overall diameter of my current setup. That's what I THINK we're doing.

[95ProLeila]

correct, well relatively correct, i plugged it in using the 185/65/14 numbers and came up with 205/50/15 or 205/55/15, the 50's are about one mph under and the 55's are about one over, keep in mind your speedometer is probably off by 2 - 3 mph, lol, if you know which direction it's off you can probably correct it

[jnorion]

No Joel, mine...
We're trying to match the overall diameter (of your wheels) and new tires to the overall diameter of my current setup. That's what I THINK we're doing.

I started typing that post, had to leave the computer for a couple of minutes, finished typing, and THEN checked my email...

[Intruder]

Joel, I see...

95ProLeila, why is it off right now? Because the "original" are 13" or something?

[95ProLeila]

Actually, if you have a spare 20 minutes or so, it wouldn't be a bad idea to check your speedometer. Just get a stopwatch, get on the freeway, set the cruise to 60 and hit the stopwatch at a mile marker, whatever the time is at the next mile will be the actual speed.

[95ProLeila]

No, most speedometers are just off

[95ProLeila]

Only reason I brought it up is bc if your speedo is off by 3, and your tires add another 1 mph, you're goin thru a school zone or something and an anal cop pulls you over for doin 25 that would suck

EDIT: while I was thinkin about it, I checked the 195/55/15's, came up 59.9 mph, only .1 too slow. Might be worth checkin eBay for the wheels, might come up w/ somethin good

[Intruder]

For the wheels or tires? You're confusing me a little. Weren't you the one who said I shouldn't get the wheels unless I can mount something like 215 or at least 205?

[95ProLeila]

215 is what you want to shoot for, about the widest you can get w/o using offsets. 205s arent bad tho, and since you're not planning on getting new wheels remotely soon its not bad at all. Anything is an upgrade from 185s. I was just commenting that the tires that came stock on the wheels you're talking about were 195s and they really wouldn't mess w/ your speedo

[Intruder]

I see what you're saying.
Well, I've been looking ever since I posted this thread. Unfortunately no one is selling right now. There's a set (no tires on them), but they're too expensive. I am looking for a person selling their own wheels+tires, and I'm willing to spend no more than $300. If I find a deal like that I am not going to pass it.

[95ProLeila]

Yeah, just keep your eyes open, check ebay once a week or so. Something will come up, I'm tempted by the lightweight miata wheels myself, but I prolly won't get them

[LazerDKA]

A local tire dealership/repair place has a catalog full of aftermarket wheels, ranging in price and size. I looked at the catalog briefly when I went in to get a hole in my tire repaired, they had a few nice sets of 15's and 16's, star patterns, for $65 apiece. Rubber to make the overall tire the same size would be an additional $65 apiece, for a grand total around $520 + tax. I'm still looking for potential better deals in the meantime, but once I have the money saved up, if I haven't found better, I'm going for the 16's.

[Intruder]

Sounds good, but again... Unless I sell a lot of voltmeters (link) I am not gonna be able to afford those.