# quick winter tire questions **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [October 5, 2009, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quick-winter-tire-questions/128543 "2009-10-05T09:27:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![sidewayz240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@sidewayz240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sidewayz240)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quick-winter-tire-questions/128543/17 "2009-10-06T12:12:51Z")
Blah, blah, blah. > [@Another reason to hate my ford](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-to-hate-my-ford/24236/18): > > S13’s with 205/60R15 O.E has a O.D of 24.7" > I went with 16" rims. Got the rims with 205/55R16. My O.D was over sized, not by much. In turn I wanted a fatter tire, and to bring my sidewall back to O.E specs. So I went with a 245/45R16. 24.7" O.D > > How would this not apply to his 17" wheels? This would apply to his 17’s! Our cars were designed to have a 24.7" diameter tire. When changing tires/rims you want to stay as close to that as possible for the many reasons i mentioned above. Theres no reason to go with a 55 or 60 series 17" tire just for the sake of “incase you hit a curb”. stick to stock (or as close as possible) sizes, that was my point in all of this (minus my rant). K? K. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quick-winter-tire-questions/128543)._