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any pics of 15's with 195/60 or 195/55 series tires on a coupe? thanks

 
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195/60-15:




195/60-15 looks FAR better than the stock size.

Right now I'm on 205/55-15.

 
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cool man, thanks for the pics. how is the ride with the 205's? got any other pics with the 205s? thanks

 
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205/55 is a little louder, but it's probably not a fair comparison considering the tires I had on that were 195/60s were all-season performance tires. The ones I have now are Ultra Max Performance Top Gun Grade Line whatever kind of tire. I'd expect a 55 to be louder. It's noticably wider - probably good for preventing the wheels from being curbed.

Steering response is a bit easier and overall traction is just better since there's more tread on the ground. I suppose if you're planning to get larger wheels you're gonna have road noise either way but if you're sticking to 15s and you like a silent ride I'd stay with the 60 profile.

The more performance you get the more you put comfort on the line.

This is a shot of the car.

 
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i saw from your other thread that you have GC"s. any probs with them? like noisewise?

 
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The rear right spring creaks like most people with GCs. I can't really hear it unless I'm in the backseat of my car so it's not much of a problem now (at first it did it pretty loudly but not now). The only thing you can do with it is lube the spring and/or try to reposition it a different way but it's only a temporary fix. You get what you pay for.

 
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not to bash on you slammedblueEM2, but your car isnt even slammed. not bashing or anything. but if you slam your car those si's would look hootttt!IMHO

 
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LOL, I know.

Actually because I'm lowered on GCs right now I'm as low as I could go in the front (not shown in the pics). However, next week I should have the car lowered even more after I chop some of the perch off.

Don't worry, slammed status is coming. But I expected someone to eventually say that.

 
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just wait till me and zell cut the lowe sprng perch, zell slammed your car lower than mind? hopefully u will

i dont have 195/55 but i got 195/50 on my car

 
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If I ain't scrapin, I ain't low enough.

 
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damn slammed ... looks like you got a curb rash on those si rims ... ;(

 
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They were used and were originally on a 99 or 00 Si so they're older than my ride. I've had them on now for about 3 weeks and haven't messed them up (my tire's too wide for curbage anyway). It's okay - it's still better looking than EX hubbies any day and you really wouldn't notice unless I took pics of my wheels that close, so it suits me just fine.

 
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If you get 205 width tires, you should go with a 60% sidewall, not 55. That is what I have on my 15" Rota's. Check my member's ride's pics thingy for all the pics.

 
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Why? 205/60 looks fat and looks exactly like the stock size tire. I guess it's just a matter of taste but no matter what size the wheel, a low profile tire is the more attractive size. 205/60 and 185/65 steals the look of the wheel as it looks like a fat donut. 195/60, 205/55 and 205/50 bring out the wheels more.

 
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205/60 looks STOCK, which looks NORMAL. On a 15 or 16" rim you should not get low profile, thats just plain stupid. I guess you don't care about your guages being correct.

 
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Actually I do care. But the fact still remains that the speedo should not exceed 4% too fast/slow. You can barely tell the difference until it exceeds it but maybe you wouldn't know that.

205/55 is not low-pro FYI. At least I wouldn't consider it... maybe in between.

In terms of looks the stock tire is hideous especially when the car is lowered on it. It swallows up the wheel. There are no real performance tires in that size for 15s, and what do you mean it looks "normal"? Yeah it looks normal if your car looks normally and completely bone stock.

But hey, to his their own. It's all one's opinion when it comes to looks.