Widest Tire?

[RetardedAWD]

Im looking at getting a set of ultra high perf all-season 16's for my Talon (it is my winter beater/daily) and I was wondering if anyone knew what the largest width was that could be fit in a 16.. I am looking at 225's Im thinking Im good with that but I wanted to make sure no one else has had trouble running that width.
Thanks!

 

[whitegst]

I was using 225/45or50/16, when i had stock rims. So 225s will definitely fit right.

 

[RetardedAWD]

I appreciate your response.

 

[snox135]

You are not going to find a Ultra High Performance All season tire that is good in the snow. Plus you want a norrower tire for the snow not wider.

 

[Redsand187]

Originally posted by snox135
You are not going to find a Ultra High Performance All season tire that is good in the snow. Plus you want a norrower tire for the snow not wider.

Damn straight. I bought ulta high performance summer tires, and have a set of studs sitting next to the car with a impact gun. I figure, most of the time, at least here, the snow is never really on the road, and if it is, I'm not going to make it far anyways. They spray de-icer here, so the road is either wet, or covered with 6 inches of snow, on top of a inch of ice. If you are actually going to drive in real snow, and want good performance, then you better off with 2 sets of tires. If you don't get much snow, but sometimes you have to drive in small amounts of it, get something like the toyo proxes fz4's, just don't expect to be driving over any heavily snowed mountain passes, or rural roads with these tires.

 

[Redsand187]

I should also tell you, wider tires on stock wheels aren't going to give you any better handling (it will actually hurt it), and if you are AWD, you aren't going to need the traction, unless of course, you are making 350 whp.

 

[RetardedAWD]

Yea I know that wider is not better for driving in winter conditions(I lived in NH for 15 years ..... but I figure wider would give me a better contact patch in the dry times (summer etc..) I do spin 1st and sometimes 2nd will spin the front tires when its chilly outside..
If I was to go with an all season I was thinking Dunlop Sp 5000's
Thanks guys!

 

[Church]

Ive been using pirelli p7000 supersports for the past 4 years and for an all season tire id say there the best ive used. Traction wise there great, they're no drag radial but i have tons of confidence in them wet, dry, or in snow.

 

[Defiant]

See if you can find anything here:

http://members.shaw.ca/costall/1000Q/answers-wheels.htm

When I got my '95, it had 225 Fuldas on it, worn-out. I replaced those with Yoko AVS 100s, in 205- the feel on the road was like magic, those "little" tires carved like a knife, steered much more lightly, and although not M+S, did well in snow. I'm now back to Dunlop Sports A-2s, which seem to be really reasonable tires for living with- excellent in the wet and snow, quiet in the dry, stable on the chassis but not harsh on the expansion joints.