tire size help
 

hi guys i know this is dumb as hell but search isnt helping worth a ---- looks like im going to turn to the wisdom and insight of hmt onece again
i live in CO and it snowed today and i relized my car sucks asss in the snow i have 17" rims with nice ass tiers that came with it anyway heres my question
my buddy hooked it up with two studded snow tiers they say p185/60r14 and 825mts anyway i know this wont fit my rims so imma hit the junk yard for some steelies do u guys know any car this tire will fit on, should i just look for any 4bolt that starts with p185 or what, itd be real cool if someone explains how to read the name


thanks

Re: tire size help
 

r14 means 14 inch rims. thats about all i know.

:P

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185 = width of tire
60 = height of tire
14 = size of rim

get a 14 inch honda steelie and put it on

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kool do the ek eg civics come with 185wide steelies or does the width not even matter, thanks man

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It does not matter what tire came on the car originally.You need some 14 inch steel wheels with the right bolt pattern for your car.If you have a Civic,CRX or Intergra and there is 4 lug nuts holding your wheels on then it is 4x100 bolt pattern.Any auto wrecker etc should have some of these.

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actually isnt the 60 the percent of the of the width of the tire that the sidewall is. ie the sidewall is 60% of the width.

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Yes, I believe it's called the aspect ratio. So therefore the wider the tire is, the taller it will be - even if the aspect ratio stays the same. Example: a 205/50/15 would be taller than a 185/50/15 I think.

I'm rocking 205/60/13's on my car.

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the honda steelies would work that's what mine are...:(

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P195/60R14..........The P stands for pmetric or passenger, the 195 represents the width in mm. The 60 is the aspect ratio (percent of the width equals the sidewall heighth) the R stands for radial and 14 is your rim diameter. There are some limitations as far as rim widths when trying to put a fatty wide tire on a skinny wheel, but just about any honda steelie should work for the tire size you got. Just put two on the front and use the e-brake ALOT!