Wide tires on stock rims?

What are the widest tires I could put on my stock 16.5" rims. I was thinking that when I get some new tires I'd get like 275's or 285's. What do you think?

no way...i think the biggest "safest" tire would be a 255

First off, your stock rims are 16x8", not 16.5. The widest tire I've ever run on stock 16x8 rims was a 265 Kumho race tire, but for a street tire I don't think you'll find anything other than a 245 or 255 that has the proper (or even close to proper) size.

285's.............., with all this 315 talk you should try and stuff one of those on there :p

I've heard of ppl using 255's with no problems.



Brian

Originally posted by Hawk

I've heard of ppl using 255's with no problems.



Brian


Man...I wonder what happens when they do a power slide, umm..:confused:

I powerslide and spin donuts all the time with my 255's no problems : )

interesting...friend of mine power slide and scrapped his rim up. maybe his tires were gripping a little too much then, instead of spinning???

If the tire is too wide for the rim, it starts bowing in the middle and you end up with less of a contact patch.

Goodyear lists approved rim range and optimum size in their tire details.

http://www.goodyeartires.com/goodyeartireselector/size.jsp