RF Overlord
12-22-2009, 05:14 PM
The winter tire/wheel setup that came with Phoebe is a set of 225/60-17s on some sort of Lincoln rim. They seem to work *alright*...definitely better than the factory tires would be, I'm sure, but the traction control obviously doesn't like the same-size-all-around thing.
I want to get a set of real proper SNOW tires for the rear and would like to size them so Bunny doesn't have to remember to switch off the T/C every time she starts the car all winter. It seems that 235/65-17 is really close to, but slightly more than, the factory offset. I calculate it's about 5.4% versus the stock offset of 4.8%.
Here are the numbers:
Stock tires: Front- 27.2" Rear- 28.5" difference= 4.78%
Winter tires: 27.6" all around. The tires I'm looking at are 29.1" difference= 5.4%. This is as close as I can reasonably find.
Does anyone know how forgiving the T/C is? Will this work properly?
(Please, no recommendations as to brand of tire...I already know which ones I want, I just want to know how to size them.)
I want to get a set of real proper SNOW tires for the rear and would like to size them so Bunny doesn't have to remember to switch off the T/C every time she starts the car all winter. It seems that 235/65-17 is really close to, but slightly more than, the factory offset. I calculate it's about 5.4% versus the stock offset of 4.8%.
Here are the numbers:
Stock tires: Front- 27.2" Rear- 28.5" difference= 4.78%
Winter tires: 27.6" all around. The tires I'm looking at are 29.1" difference= 5.4%. This is as close as I can reasonably find.
Does anyone know how forgiving the T/C is? Will this work properly?
(Please, no recommendations as to brand of tire...I already know which ones I want, I just want to know how to size them.)