Any danger in putting 195 65 15s on a 99civic that has now 185 65 14s? - GTcarz

02-11-2006 | 08:30 PM

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angli002@duke.edu

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Any danger in putting 195 65 15s on a 99civic that has now 185 65 14s?

Any thoughts about what would be lost and gained? I believe the
diameter of wheel and tire would increase by about 1.5 inches.

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02-12-2006 | 02:30 AM

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T L via CarKB.com

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Re: Any danger in putting 195 65 15s on a 99civic that has now 185 65 14s?

they will definitely rub man.

angli002@duke.edu wrote:
>Any thoughts about what would be lost and gained? I believe the
>diameter of wheel and tire would increase by about 1.5 inches.

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02-12-2006 | 03:49 PM

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Jim Yanik

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Re: Any danger in putting 195 65 15s on a 99civic that has now 185 65 14s?

angli002@duke.edu wrote in
news:1139707805.451259.213280@g44g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:

> Any thoughts about what would be lost and gained? I believe the
> diameter of wheel and tire would increase by about 1.5 inches.
>
>

Your speedometer will be inaccurate.
For a given RPM,your car will be travelling faster than the speedo
indicates.

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