# Tire gurus plz chime in!

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tire-gurus-plz-chime-in/247463
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [October 10, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tire-gurus-plz-chime-in/247463 "2009-10-10T08:40:15Z")
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### Author: ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tire-gurus-plz-chime-in/247463/12 "2009-10-10T16:37:02Z")

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> [@GT-R Spotted in New Mexico](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gt-r-spotted-in-new-mexico/24256/16):
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> 1. Your current stock wheel is likely to be heavy and increasing tire width may exceed the recommended 225 tire’s profile due to the stock rim that could be too narrow. Furthermore, putting the wider tire on will increase your unsprung due to a heavier tire than the 205.

My stock wheels weigh 20.2 lbs each, and according to the tire manufacturers “safe” recommendations i should fit just fine. The new, wider tires i have been looking at are roughly 3-4lbs heavier per tire than my stock tires.

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