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Originally Posted by hanzo
Was reading this article about the GD spoon Fit and it talked about why they don't use wider tires: Honda Fit by Spoon - Tuner Car - Honda Tuning Magazine
"On the other side of the brakes are 15-inch Spoon rims wrapped with 195/50 Yokohama ADVAN tires. Why so small? "We didn't do major modifications to the car, so 195 tires were plenty," Sensier says. "If you add more tire, that adds more load, which stresses the suspension more. I didn't want any of that."" |
True, they are totally right, but the actual contact patch on those 195's is probably a whole lot wider than say...a UHP all season 195 or even summer 195. The tires used on the Spoon Fit are probably more comparable to 205's. Either way I run 225/50/16 on my subaru with 16x7 wheels. The fitment is fine and there is no roll. I would say anything wider than 205 and a 6.5 or 7 inch wheel is in order, but the stock rim should just barely provide support for 205's.
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Originally Posted by kenchan
looks too wide for the wheelwidth for my tastes. steering response will be dull
vs wat 205's should be able to do on a say 7.5" wheel.
what was wrong with the stock 185's?  |
That is an excessively wide wheel for 205's. This is not an aggressive fitment thread. As I stated before, my 225's fit easily on a 7inch wide wheel and look a hell of a lot better than a wheel sticking out like a hubcap. Why would you want 20mm narrower tire on a half inch wider wheel? All you need to get that steering response is a 6.5 and MAYBE a 7 inch wheel.