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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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What is the Widest Tire That Will Fit on A Stock RX-7 Wheel

I currently have stock tires on my RX-7 225 / 50 / 16

What is the widest tire that will fit on a stock wheel of an RX-7.

If you have pics it would really help.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 03:42 PM
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The tire size you have is fine. Get better tires.
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Miata_mx5
The tire size you have is fine. Get better tires.
It sounds like you are telling me that I should stay with the stock tires????

225 / 50 / 16
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by MX3
It sounds like you are telling me that I should stay with the stock tires????

225 / 50 / 16
no he means keep stock width 225 / 50 /16 but get a differnt brand of tires the tires u have are probably not great. Go with a performance tire, thats made of a better tread compound. What the tires made out of is way more important about how big they are.

a 255 chinese tire isnt gona give u better grip than a 225 performance tire
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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pick up some falken rt-615's or dunlop star specs in stock size, should work well with your downforce lol
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