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lower profile tires #284918 05/10/02 07:54 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 17 bloomfield hills B Ben_dup2 OP Junior Member
OP Ben_dup2 Junior Member B Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 17 bloomfield hills	Hi everyone. It's come time for me to buy some new tires for my car, only this time, i dont want the big standard bulky tire. Is there a tire that is all season but lower in profile that will fit my stock 16" SE rims? Any help would be appreciated, since i know nothing on this subject. Thanks a lot "When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it's not, mmmboy!"

Re: lower profile tires #284919 05/10/02 08:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,143 SOI Armory, Camp Lejeune S smoothy Member
smoothy Member S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,143 SOI Armory, Camp Lejeune	Well your kinda stuck , cause you can only get lower pro tires if you have a bigger diameter tire!! your 16" calls for a 55 series tire, its computed to have that diameter , and you speedo will be altered if you go lower pro on that 16" trust me, i had 16" mille miglia mm11-2s on my tour with a 40 series tire, and when my speedo said i was doing 65 i was really doing 59!! 6mph difference. So it may keep you from getting a ticket and help you on the lower end of a race, but that is the only plusses. it will kill you on top speed and overall engine performance! sorry, but you are stuck my friend. '95 Tour LX ZETEC MTX TOO MANY MODS TO LIST ANYMORE!! http://www.geocities.com/marine113 Best mod ever to my tour: A Beautiful passenger seat filler, that is my Beautiful Girl!!

Re: lower profile tires #284920 05/10/02 10:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 17 bloomfield hills B Ben_dup2 OP Junior Member
OP Ben_dup2 Junior Member B Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 17 bloomfield hills	thanks for filling me in. But...would it be possible to get the speedo modified to display the correct numbers? Did you end up getting new rims or did you stick with the low-pro tires? And also, how did it look and perform? "When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it's not, mmmboy!"

Re: lower profile tires #284921 05/11/02 08:08 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,444 Waterbury,CT H hmouta Member
hmouta Member H Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,444 Waterbury,CT	get the svt sized tires. you'll be fine. speedo will be off by so little. get 215/50/16 ...and yes, I did SEARCH first before asking. AIM:omegazodiac 95 gl 99 contour svt #1750/2760 built 4/6/99 black/tan plates, not personalized (###-REV) amsoil series 2000 oil & filter~amsoil tranny fluid cocktail~tint: 35% windshield/front doors,20% rear window/rear doors~black oval/rear strip~nyceboi rear emblem~aussie grills~hella led sidemarkers~piaa superwhite low's~piaa extreme reverse lights~door dingless (knauberized)~hood liner removed~black '95 sail panels~trunk cargo net~mondeo hood struts~ford racing red 9mm wires~autolite double plat plugs~jensen hu~recontented dash clock(it rocks)~clifford ag4 security

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