Will these fit without any problems?

Dunlop Winter Sport M3 (Performance Winter)

215/55-16


and i'm thinking about getting 4 steel wheels..

will those tires fit without any problems.. or issues with the odometer?

 

Tis a wierd size... 205/55/16 is common. Nice choice on the snows, though. Great tire I hear.

 

yeah, it was either those or the Billzacks... and these are cheaper.

but... do you have steel wheels on yours?

i'm just curious how they fit or if i will have issues.
i don't want to buy a whole new set of rims.... but i also don't want to mess my current rims up

 

I"m in the same scenario...the Dunlop M3's or according to Consumer Reports.....the Michelin Alpin PA2's. The X-Ice is the best Michelin but it's Q rated (max 99 mph), the PA2's HR (max 130). A little better performance, giving up a little in snow/ice...but its an Audi!!!

 

Well you'll need to buy new wheels... as your current ones are 17's, and you'd need a 17" snow tire.
So to use those 16's, you'd need to buy some new wheels.
I do use steel wheels in winter, yes. But if you watch the various forums classifieds sections, you see 16" alloys sell for cheap all the time! Often for the same price you'd pay for new steels. So you might want to do that.

I prefer to have a dedicated set of winter wheels, and summer wheels... saves you taking tires on and off the rim twice a year... which as you mentioned, can damage your wheels over time, and it costs money/time.

 

I'll sell you my sport 16s. They have snow tires that will probably be good for this season before you have to replace them.

To answer your question, I think you want 215/50R-16 tires to most closely match stock rotating diameter, or 225/45, or 205/55.

The way tire sizes work is this: The first three numbers, 215 for example, is the width in millimeters of the tire. The second two numbers is the sidewall height as a ratio of the width, so 215/50R tires have a cumulative sidewall height of 107.5 mm. The last number, 16, is the diameter in inches of the wheel the tires will fit.

 

would you go with the 16' tire and steel wheel?

or the 17' tire and existing rims?

 

I'd do the sixteen" tires for the simiple fact that they cost less. If you play your cards right, you could probably get nice snow tires and smaller wheels for the same amount as buying 225 section snow tires.
Also, if you get new wheels you don't have to pay for mounting winter and summer tires twice a year.

It's also been siad that you want a smaller footprint for winter, for the immutable law of physics that says pressure=force (which could also be weight) /area. If you decrease the area, you exert more pressure on the ground, which effectively means that you dig into snow and ice better and you get more traction. So the 16x7 with smaller tires is better than a 17x7.5 or 17x8 with wider tires.

 

headshok2002, do you have a pic of your car with the steel wheel rims on?
i'm n ot concerned about how they look really... but i'd like to see them ON a car