215/60R15 fit a 98?

[ShawnTRD]

I got some stock 15" 97 Steelies with 205/65 snows on it now. In the spring I want to pull them off and run All Season. Will 215/60R15 fit? Looks to be the same diameter, but I'm afraid I'm pushing the width. Figuring my stock was 195/70R14.

[uibalnme]

http://www.rimsntires.com/rt_specs.jsp

[ShawnTRD]

Ok let me ask it this way.
What size 15" tires have people run without a problem? And where you stock ride height, or lowered? And if lowered how much?

[ShawnTRD]

If that website is right looks like I can run 225/60 15. Anyone have that size?

[fenixus]

Solaras use stock 205/65/R15 (or 205/60/R16) so I think you're OK on camry with 215/60/R15 with no problems at all.

[heyitsdatguy]

Offset is everything. With the right offset you can fit any tire size and wheel width. Learn your offset and go lower if needed to fit wider tires and wheels.

[ShawnTRD]

I don't really want to go lower, but it's nice to know I could. I would most like to improve the cornering, but not loss the nice ride.

[fenixus]

as much as like the looks of lowered cars I simply cannot do it in my area!

this is how lowered Celicas look alike around my apartment complex (and there is a few of them, all have bumpers damaged in similar way):




also almost all of those lowered cars are sitting ducks when blizzard comes in ...

I can't lower my daily driver :crying:

[Silent Runner]

I've looked into that size/rim/profile question myself. Yes they will fit, but that is really too wide of a tire to put on a 6" wide stock wheel. It will not provide a good mounting base for the tire. The tire will "balloon", or bulge out from the rim too much, and will not make the car handle properly. You need at least a 15X7" rim to mount that tire properly. The clearances are also already tight between strut towers and other suspension components. Think about the diameter of your "pinky" finger, now add a wider bulging tire. My thoughts have been about giving the car a nice 215/60 footprint, on top of filling out the wheel wells with a set of rims (15X7) that push out the track width a full inch on both sides + fatten the tire profile from 65 to 60, for a little sharper handling. With a rim that keeps the same offset as stock but adds the 1" of width on the outside of the rim, you solve the bulging tire problem, keep your clearances, height/speedo numbers and ride close to stock, gain in footprint and track width, and keep the silly cheap price of 15" tires!