Thread: Used 16" tires?
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Old 2007-05-31, 04:21 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by cody View Post
I have some 225/50/16 Toyo Proxes 4's on my stock rims. These tires are wide for the stock rims but P4's are "designed for plus fitment applications" so they don't squirm too bad and they're the right outside diameter.

They probably have 25% tread left and they wear like iron and have excellent grip. I'd trade for snows or sell them for $100 for all 4.
I thought "plus fitment" basically meant "low profile", 'cause "plus sizing" a wheel means going up to larger diameter wheels, while maintaining the same over-all tire diameter.

For example, a stock WRX is 205/50/16, so a +1 fitment for would include 225/45/17.

225/50/16 sounds like a +2 fitment for something like a 195/65/14, i.e. a tire for someone putting some 16's on a Honda Civic, hence the comment that they're designed for "plus fitment".
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