tires compatible

I have a 88 Honda Civic with p185/60r14, can I put p195/60r15 on it?

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:32:50 GMT, "Darin" <u24237@uwe> wrote:

>I have a 88 Honda Civic with p185/60r14, can I put p195/60r15 on it?

Why?? Speedometer/odometer will be way off and it will tend to make
it gutless. May or may not have clearance problems.

Don
www.donsautomotive.com

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:32:50 GMT, Darin <u24237@uwe> wrote:


>I have a 88 Honda Civic with p185/60r14, can I put p195/60r15 on it?
RTFM

No, the 15" tires will not fit onto the 14" rim.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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Darin wrote:
>
> I have a 88 Honda Civic with p185/60r14, can I put p195/60r15 on it?

Good answer!

To answer the question that I think the OP was asking, obviously you
will need 15" rims to run 15" tires. A 195/60 would not be a good size
as the rolling diameter will be significantly larger than stock. A
better choice would be either a 195/50 or a 205/50.

nate

Mike Romain wrote:
> No, the 15" tires will not fit onto the 14" rim.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Darin wrote:
> >
> > I have a 88 Honda Civic with p185/60r14, can I put p195/60r15 on it?

[rimshot -- literally!]
> No, the 15" tires will not fit onto the 14" rim.

Sure they will, as long as you don't go above 14.7 psia.

Seriously: A good local tire store can advise the original poster on
tire sizes and choice of wheels, as can a business called The Tire Rack
(tirerack.com). Note that choice of wheels is not just an aesthetic
decision -- a good place can look up the right offset, etc. as well
as whether they'll basically fit.

RTFM'ing, as an earlier poster had suggested, might not be terribly
useful if he means the owner's manual or even a repair manual, except
in regard to the few combinations of size and aspect ratio that might
be factory options. Of course, if the manual in question is the big
book of allowable fitments that the tire store has, that's more useful.


http://www.4lo.com/ has some calculators that give an idea of what
different tire sizes might do to the speedometer accuracy, gear ratios,
etc.

Note also that the standard advice from the stores usually assumes a
stock vehicle. If the original poster has it in mind to lower or
otherwise modify the suspension, the tire size should be chosen with a
specific kit or at least some specific numbers aforethought -- no sense
buying new rims twice. "Slamming" sport compacts is outside the realm
of what I know much about -- one just wants to be sure whether a
tire/wheel upgrade is the only thing on the table, or part of a larger
project.

Cheers,
--Joe