I use to do stuff like this, and it has never made a positive difference, that I could notice. But on occasion, it has caused problems with handling, and reduced gas mileage, from dragging around a bigger tire.
Car manufactures have teams of engineers who design the car for specific tire size, for the best performance, handling, and value package.Then somebody come's along, and says, " Gee, I have a better idea, lets stick really big tires on it! :)
Those stock Bridgestones are a great soft compound tire with a great ride. I would stick with them. You are just going to spend extra money for something you will have to convince your self is there, and was worth the extra cost.
At 12:39 PM 5/8/2005, you wrote:
I have a car (Maxima) that needs it's tires replaced. I am going to change all 4 tires.
The current tires are bridgestones ER44's and are 215 55 R 17's.
I am considering doing upsizing so I can get more wider tires.
Since I am not a tire expert, can someone fill me in on exactly how to upsize? if I am not mistaken then 215 is the width of the tire in mm's the 55 means that the sidewall is 55% of 215, the R is the speed rating and the 17 is the rim size.
So does this mean that if I want to get wider tires I go for something like 220 or 225 55 R 17's?
Regards,
