factory tire size Options

[red_94gts]

does anyone know what the original tire size on a 94 gt would have been?
i need help.

[Batman722]

205/55/15 I believe

[Mike]

205/55/15 I believe
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^ yep
what he said

[red_94gts]

dammit. thats not what i wanted to hear

[DmVinny]

why?

[slim75]

im not sure about your car but on mine it has a label if you open the driver side door right there and it tells the tires size

[red_94gts]

why?
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well my car needs new tires, and i was hoping that the previous owner put on biggersize tire, so i could just buy the smaller factory size and save me some money, but i guess i already have the factory size. from what ive priced out locally my tires are going to be over 100 bucks a piece.

[jgreening]

why?
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well my car needs new tires, and i was hoping that the previous owner put on biggersize tire, so i could just buy the smaller factory size and save me some money, but i guess i already have the factory size. from what ive priced out locally my tires are going to be over 100 bucks a piece.
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tirerack.com and install at sam's club. Save $

[celicaboston1983]

^yea just bought a set of yokos for 330 shipped.

[bufferdan]

try 205/60/15...Just put those on my g/fs 96GT. Got some new Falken Ziex 512's off ebay for 240$ shipped

[94GT]

^^ Don't do that. It'll screw up your speedometer/odometer. Just use the correct tire size... Your handling would suffer as far as cornering, too.

[bufferdan]

HOLYCOWWPATTIES...when you have a 205/60/15 instead of STOCK 205/55/15 you will be going 62mph at 60mph!!! OMGSOHHHWWW... I will get tires twice as cheap and go a couple mph faster! Its also .4inch more sidewall so if your on stock suspension it looks alot better You wont notice any loss of handling...you will probably gain handling if you buy nice tires.

[94GT]

BS. The shorter the sidewall, the better the cornering assuming you don't buy POS tires. Anyways, if you just buy them from Tirerack, you CAN get them cheap and not worry about compromising your handling, speedometer, odometer, etc, no matter how slight.

[bufferdan]

Shorter sidewalls should give you better handling, yes! But thats if all things are equal...Every brand/model of tire is going to have a different sidewall stiffness which is going to effect handling in a way. All i said is going from a 205/55/15 to a 205/60/15 you probably will not notice any difference if you get a decent tire. That .4inch taller sidewalll also costs you about 20$ less PER TIRE from tirerack.

[bufferdan]

BS.  The shorter the sidewall, the better the cornering assuming you don't buy POS tires.  Anyways, if you just buy them from Tirerack, you CAN get them cheap and not worry about compromising your handling, speedometer, odometer, etc, no matter how slight.
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BTW: Putting 205/50/16's on your car has set it off alittle if your worried that much. I have the same size on my GTS rims Its as close as you can go to stock but like i said...If i could save 20$/tire and not really compromise much (its not like i professionally race my celica) i would go with a slightly different size tire that works just fine.

This post has been edited by bufferdan: May 24, 2005 - 2:28 PM

[red_94gts]

well i live in up in Canada so the tirerack.com idea probably wont work. ill probably have to pay duties and more for shipping.

[celicaboston1983]

do I get better performance if my tires were slighty thiner like
205/50/15

[Galcobar]

Go to 1010tires.com and read their tire tech section. It will answer this question and all the ones that will inevitably follow.

Short answer: no and yes.

[xRaveNx]

anyone know what tire size would be best for the 94 gt, mine came stock with 205-55-15 and with the Falken Ziex, now i just bought new rims and tires, i wanna know what size would be best to put on there, cause all the numbers i see you guys putting in here, arent what i got, now im afraid lol, i see alot of ppl also putting in numbers like 235 or 225 to my 205 and i see people putting in 55 or 65 or 50 on here compared to my 40 and then the 17. anyone help me out if i bought a good size?? 205/40/17 with the Kumho Ecsta ASX tire??

[Galcobar]

See the post above your question...it'll take less time for you to read than for somebody to explain tire sizing and fitment to you.