bushdog

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Usually I wouldn't care to go down to a thinner more low pro tire than what comes factory on my stockies...but there's a local selling that 205 size in blizzack studded snows and I would love to save some cash on tires while living in the NE winter wonderland.

I guess my question is, should I waste the money on brand new sized right tires or should this work out?

frankiietc

205 sounds useless...

RS2_1823

I wouldnt wast time on those tires.theres less contact patch...

gmc_113

no point on stocks

aryana159

I have 205/40/17 on my front no problem

pinoyFMtC

The width sounds fine. They recommend that you go 10mm narrower than stock tires for snows, it will plow less than a wider tire. Therefore, 205 is perfect. More info:

http://www.tirerack.com/winter/tech/...jsp?techid=126

My worry is with the much shorter sidewall. 215/45 will have a much higher sidewall than a 205/40 so the overall wheel diameter will be much smaller. The tires should fit, just don't know if you want that small of an overall diameter. I used this calculator:

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCal...?action=submit

bushdog

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thanks pinoy, I actually did the research last night and was doing the calculations too...sadly the guy sold the tires :-/

pinoyFMtC

Ah, too bad

Syldrin

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just for your future knowledge in reference to snow tires wider is not better.

bushdog

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yeah...I was guessing that most people didn't read the actual thread details...

Syldrin

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whaaaat people on SL not read the whole post? surley you jest!

Yay Jaw Knee

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^^^ lmaooooooo