Sid's on 4th street will do it for about $60, and no drive over Mt. Rose highway.

I bought my tires from Tire Rack and have them install it. All 3 of my cars.

I went to the one in Reno.

Is this before or after they moved locations? or is this online?

^He meant that he bought the tires at tire rack and then had them installed at COSTCO.

I'm also thinking about tires for summer. I plan on running my 16x7 RS wheels, and getting some nice tires for them. 17's just seem to be too large on my cars.

The stock size is 205/55/16, and I would like wider/stiffer without adding much (if any) weight. However, there is not likely to be much in the way of selection for 215/50/16 (wider/shorter), so I was thinking about 205/50/16. I imagine 225s to be too wide for 16x7.

Anybody with experience with 16's want to chime in?

I ran 225/50/16 Toyo Proxes 4's on my stock 16X6.5" rims and they may have squirmed a tad, but were awesome in every other way. They also won't screw with your speedo like 205/50's will. They're sitting in my backyard if you want to try them.

Actually, I don't care about the speedo too much, as long as I'm within 5% or so.

If what you say is true, then 225/45s might actually work, and give me a little better acceleration.

The only issue may be fender clearance. I *think* most people fit the 225's on the older body styles w/o rolling the rear fenders... but I honestly don't know for sure what fits.

Yeah, I'm not concerned with the fenders - if I lower the car and they don't fit I'll roll the suckers. Probably should roll anyway.

I'm more concerned with the performance of a tire that is possibly too wide for the rim, if the sidewall performance goes to hell or something. I don't want to handicap myself with a heavier, poorer-performing tire size.

If I can jam 255 Falkens on 8" wide wheels w/o any issues, some 225's on a 7" wide rim should be fine.

I don't think your 7" wide rim will be too narrow for 225's. As I said, 225's on my 6.5" rim were fine.

Just for the hell of it, I pulled up Direzza Sport Z1 Star Specs in 225/50R16 on Tire Rack and it says they fit rims from 7-9" wide.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.j...um%3D25VR6Z1SS

I have a set of 225/45R16 Hankook RS2s you can have for cheap. nothing wrong with them,except that they're not 255s. ;) 225 fits with no issues under Imprezas on RS wheels,so they shouldn't be a big deal on the Legacy either. They're a tad short, but that just makes your speedo read a touch high and shortens your gearing slightly. They are also stock L diameter, if you ever wanted to toss them on the green wagon or whatever.

I'd like to take a look at those, Kevin. PM sent.

Does anyone have some 18"s with 245's on them? I would like to fit them on my car to test clearance.

18s only fit if they are teh spinnars! Don't do it... :D

Dean, you know my story.. I'm too poor to buy some 17s.

18s cheaper than 17s?

Heh, I just picked up Kevin's 16's, so I will be getting rid of my 17" Lightstars for sure, they are just too big for my cars. They will be most affordable, and still have 615s on them.

18s are always cheaper than 17s.

:?:

I currently have 18s on my car. I am stating that to buy another set of tires would be too financially challenging for me.

Oic I thought you were looking at buying 18s in stead of 17s and that 18s would be cheaper... I'll mind my own business now:oops:

want to trade your 5 spokes for my 6 spokes?

Ooooooooh.