Good morning all,
I've searched the forum, but can't find an answer to this question, so hopefully someone can help - my car currently has 225 width tyres fitted (which seem to be standard). Having a look at tyre options online (I intend changing all 4 at once), I'm often being asked if I have 225 or 235 tyres. So the question is, how do I check if my particular wheels can take 235 tyres? (I've seen a few wheel size websites linked in other threads, but they don't give the detail of the actual wheel size for my car) - short of removing the tyre and measuring the wheel, I don't know what width my wheels are, so I can't check if they can take the wider tyre or not.
The other question is, what do people think about getting a wider tyre (if I can (without changing the wheel)) - is it worth doing - i.e. what is the advantage - will it actually give better grip?? Will it have a negative affect on acceleration/speed/fuel consumption?
I'd be interested to hear what people think about this.
Thanks all!
I've searched the forum, but can't find an answer to this question, so hopefully someone can help - my car currently has 225 width tyres fitted (which seem to be standard). Having a look at tyre options online (I intend changing all 4 at once), I'm often being asked if I have 225 or 235 tyres. So the question is, how do I check if my particular wheels can take 235 tyres? (I've seen a few wheel size websites linked in other threads, but they don't give the detail of the actual wheel size for my car) - short of removing the tyre and measuring the wheel, I don't know what width my wheels are, so I can't check if they can take the wider tyre or not.
The other question is, what do people think about getting a wider tyre (if I can (without changing the wheel)) - is it worth doing - i.e. what is the advantage - will it actually give better grip?? Will it have a negative affect on acceleration/speed/fuel consumption?
I'd be interested to hear what people think about this.
Thanks all!