Rims for my Hyundai Sonata 06'..im 16?
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Which rims would look better on my car? (Pictures) They'd be going on a 2002 mustang v6 convertible.?
You're 16 in college? Smart kid. Since you are smart, take some wise advice from an older guy. The reasons that older people look down on huge, ghetto fabulous wheels, aren't entirely because we are old and out of touch with reality. Part of the reason we don't like oversized blingy looking wheels, is because we are more practical. A 16 year old college kid, should be smart enough to understand my reasons not to buy big ugly wheels. 1. Your car was designed with specific wheel and tire sizes in mind. Bigger,heavier wheels and tires equals more stress and strain on the suspension, axle, wheel bearings etc.. There are specific limits on wheel offsets to be considered. Many young people just slap on a set of adapters and don't consider how the larger wheels are affecting things like wear and tear, efficiency, performance and safety. Staying closer to wheel sizes, offsets and dimensions that were optional for your specific car, from the factory, insures that you are closer to the design limits of your car. Do these particular rims and wheel offsets match those recommended for your car? I don't know. You should research the various wheel offsets and sizes recommended for your car and buy your wheels accordingly 2. Most larger, non performance oriented wheel and tire packages are heavier. This will make your car accelerate more sluggishly and it will burn more gas. Your so called, slow V6, will become slower, if your new wheel package adds another 10 or 15 pounds per wheel. A commuter would want something that looks good but is not much heavier than the stock/optional wheel packages. Larger, heavier, wider tires use up more gas. 3. Larger wheels usually means more expensive tires. If you compare the same tires, from the same manufacturer, in different sizes, the will larger tires almost always cost more to replace. You would be surprised at the difference between 16 and 18 inch tires. When people have buy new 20s or 22s, they are paying big bucks, just to look better than the stock 17 inch tires that came with their car.
Is it safe to replace 16" rims with 20" rims?
If you can buy and fit smaller tyres then you would be fine. You want to try and keep the overall diameter of rim and tyre as similar as possible as original. Usually a couple cm's difference is not a problem just remember the speedo will be slightly out, but any more than that your speedo will be well out and obviously the extra strain the the engine, the acceleration power decrease and slight braking increases will eventually cost you alot of money. Handling answer is actually wrong, the pressurised air in the tyres weighs more than the bigger rim, so smaller tyres and bigger rims are lighter and handle better. (Why race cars have them) Hope this Helps
Tyre Size is divided into three parts;165 Tread Width80 Aspect ratio or profile14 Rim DiametreWhen you put 155/65–14 in place of 165/80–14, it will reduce the width and profile of the tyre of your vehicle, thou it can fit but not advisable as lower the size is not good. It will impact on the Ground clearance of the vehicle as well.
Can you put a 175/65/r14 tire on a rim that has a 185/65/r14 already on it?
You are talking about roughly half an inch difference in size, so there should not be a problem. Width of tire is the same, the only difference would be the tire height. The 185 is half an inch higher totally. About 12.7 mm difference in metric.
My rims hit the curb hard enough to lift the car up alittle bit. my car then felt weird and wobbly?
First have a mechanic check the bent rim and see if it can be fixed. If they can fix it, get it fixed. If they can't fix it get another rim and get the tire changed out to the new rim, After the rim is fixed or replaced drive around and see if the wobble is gone. If the wobble is gone you fixed the problem. If the wobble still occurs, your suspension got damaged and some parts need to be fixed and you need an alignment after its fixed. No matter what you do, you have to get the bent rim fixed anyway. Good Luck.
Do I need to buy new tires when I buy new rims?
If the rims are different diameter, you'll need to purchase new (or different) tires without a doubt. If you get the same diameter rims, but they are too wide (or too skinny) for your tires, you will need to get different tires here as well. As far as where to purchase rims at, you can go to www.tirerack.com as they have good prices and a very large selection. They can also mount/balance your new tires on your new rims if you go that route. Road hazard warranty can be purchased as well.
The short answer is no you cannot put a 14 inch tire on a 15 inch rim, because the hole in the middle of the tire would be too small.You can put a tire that is wider/narrower or taller/shorter on a properly sized rim.Tire sizes are (width/radio and rim size) so a tire marked 195/65 R15 would be 195mm wide, with the tire height being 65% of the 195mm and the tire is designed to fit a 15 inch rim. So a 205/65 R15 tire would be both wider and taller than the 195/65 R15, due to the ratio of width to height.You can often put on wider and/or taller tires on a car to “fill” the tire well, or you can put on wider and shorter tires on a car to make it look more “aggressive”.There is always a limit to how wide or tall a tire can get, because eventually it will end up rubbing or touching other parts of the car, pay particular attention to the front wheels (turn them fully right and left to make sure they clear everything) and the up and down travel of all the tires (don’t want them to hit the inside of the tire well(s) when you hit a bump.I personally tend to want wider tires on my cars (than factory) so I usually end up going up a width or two, and then I reduce the height ratio accordingly to make sure that the tires are about the same overall size (diameter).To recap you cannot put a 14 inch tire on a 15 inch rim, because the hole in the center of the time is too small… Well, I guess there is a small chance you could force it, however, it is likely that you would end up damaging the tire during the mounting process. If you tried to do the reverse, it would be dangerous because the tire bead (the part that attaches the tire to the rim) would have a really weak hold if any at all…People do put different sized tires on autos, but they do stick to the proper rim size…I hope that you found this answer to be helpful…
Are tires that are 14 years old still safe to use?
Tires do break down over time. The rubber embrittles and the chances of catastrophic failure increase over time. http://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle+Shoppers... Between 6 and 10 years is the recommended maximum from tire manufacturers. 14 year old tires should be discarded and whomever is selling them should be told to discard them and in the USA would face lawsuit in any accident. They at least need to disclose it, and if a dealership is supposed to know better. http://www.avvo.com/legal-guides/ugc/iss... Certainly, this is a automobile safety issue. I would not be stupid enough to buy tires known to be over 6 years old, and you are talking 14 years old. You can attempt to look for tiny cracking in the sidewall and if any exists, they are a disaster waiting to happen. Add: BTW, sitting on the shelf in a shop is not under environmental and load stress. Install them on a car, and you get both load stress and heating and environmental factors. They may appear to be perfectly fine. Put them on a car and the ride is not as smooth and they can wear out extremely fast, sometimes getting a blowout or tread just ripping off the tire in driving. You would have to be very stupid to buy the tires once you know they are over 6 years old. It is bad enough when people buy them without knowing it. The tires can kill you. It is worth saving a little money for that?
I have had Michelins on my cars for a long time. Good tires. And one thing I have noticed is Michelins typically need less weight to balance them. This is a rough measure of the tire’s uniformity. But, the Michelin Symmetry tires I currently have on the front of my car right now are NOISY. So noisy I thought my wheel bearings were failing. I have also run Yokohama Avid tires, and they work fine as well. For normal driving, either should be fine.