The OE is 235/65R 16. What other sizes would be acceptable for this vehicle? I do live in a snowy area and any recs on good snow/slush and ice worthy tires is appreciated.
So a plus zero is a narrower tire? I have two children and safety is my number one concern.
Country Boy
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The largest choice with individual tire testing is from: tirerack.com. Enter the year, make and model of your car then click on: Tires. Up will pop every OEM (original equipment manufacturers) tire properly sized for your car. Click on the pictures of the tires and click on the word: Survey under the pictures of th individual tires. *check-out the Survey tire test on the Hankook 727.
I can vouch for the driving ability of these tires from experiance in Up State NY winter driving in snow, slop and rain.. They also have a high UTQG (wear) rating and should last at least 80,000 miles.
stiks87
you need to use 235-65-16; if there is a reason to change the size you can go up 1 size, called "plus Zero"
and that would be 245-60-16. No other tire size is safe for your car regardless of what others may say.
As far as snow driving... big tires are a drawback. A small narrow tire goes much better in the snow. Big tires may look better in the summer months but in the snow function takes place over looks.
If you live in a snow belt area, consider dedicated snow tires (all 4); any premium brand will do. "Studless" winter tires are the best overall choice.
Hope this helps
Naughtums
Why would you want another size tire? Do you think the room full of guys with automotive engineering degrees who designed your car got it wrong somehow, but some stranger on the internet will get it right? They chose the tire size that is on your vehilce after spending millions of dollars and years of testing precisely because that is the safest tire size for it. After that it is merely a matter of picking out the tire that best suits your needs and budget.
If you live in an area that sees real winters I always recommend owning 2 sets of tires: one specifically designed only for winter use (what we used to call "snow tires") and another set for the rest of the year. So-called "all-season" tires are not meant for real winter. They provide adequate traction only when new and only in light snow and above-freezing temperatures. Dedicated winter-only tires are optimized to give the best traction at below-freezing teperatures and the tread patterns are better suited to gripping on snow and ice. There are several models of winter tire available for your vehicle of which even the worst/cheapest one will be much better in winter than the best all-season tire you can get. The best ones though would be the Bridgestone Blizzak WS-70, the class leader in winter tires for more than 20 years.
For the rest of the year I would consider if it were my vehicle something like the Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 or the Continental ProContact EcoPlus which offer excellent dry pavement and rain traction, a good mileage warranty, a very reasonable price and low rolling resistance for better fuel economy.
Anonymous
Many factors are taken into consideration when designing the tire size for a specific vehicle.
Want more control in winter?
225/70/16 may give better traction in winter due to the slightly narrower tread width, allowing more PSI, (pounds per square inch), due to less road contact.
Onnied
stay with the size it came with,your car is factory set up for this size,unless your a redneck then put the biggest tires on the back you can find,Ha HA I jest,any size larger you could cut fuel mileage,and could cause your car to hydra plain in the rain,be safe my friend