Bw00f

I've a set of Michelin X-Ice winter tires from another car I've sold. They are P215/45/R17. My '17 Civic Coupe uses P215/50/R17 tires. So the aspect ratio of the sidewall is different. As these tires are only 3 years old with 12,000 kM on them, I would like to use them as I leased the Civic for 3 years and don't really want to buy new winter tires.

And I know I'll have about a 3% difference in the speed and odometer readings. But for Winter driving, I'm okay with this.

Does anyone have any thoughts/comments about the slight difference in the tires? I believe that this should be a concern. But just checking.

Thanks in advance!

ezone

The middle number difference is gonna make it a shorter tire, you'll loose about 1/2 inch (13mm) of ground clearance

Bw00f

Thanks... I'm not worried about clearance. My last car was a Scion FRS... and that had about 103mm clearance (:

xRiCeBoYx

iTrader: (22)

Sounds like any potential issue is a non issue for you. Ride on, my friend

sdaidoji

iTrader: (1)

going larger will potentially cause clearance issues, but going smaller, as ezone mentioned, you lose some ride height (and slightly torque increase)

that's all. If you went smaller in rim size, that could cause clearance issues with suspension/brakes, but not your case

Bw00f

Thanks all... always good to have 2nd (and 3rd) opinions!
BruceF