My 98 'Tour is a base model that comes with the 14" steel wheels and plastic wheel covers. I picked up a nice set of Ford OEM 15" alloy wheels from eBay in the spring. These...

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Now I've got the opportunity to pick up a very low mileage set of Toyo Proxes T1-S tires at a great price from a fellow NECOer. I've got the same Toyos on my Cougar for summer tires and they are fantastic. I want to use them for summer tires on the 'Tour and use the steelies for winter.

Is that wheel the stock SE wheel that came with 205/60-15 tires?

The tires I have a line on are 195/55-16. Is this an acceptable size? Not too narrow? I checked the tire size calculator, but don't have enough experience to decide if that size is close enough. Any thoughts on using 195/55-16 tires on those wheels?

Thanks.


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