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Asked: Jan 16, 2008 - 09:15 AM

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will tires 215 70 r15 fit on rims and work for a 95 ford taurus?the rims that are on it now are 205 65 r15.thx

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mr_shiftright

Date: Jan 16, 2008
Time: 01:44 PM

Not recommended. This size change exceeds the 3% recommended change in size. You'll get almost a 4mph speedo error so when you think you are doing 60 you are really doing about 63.5. It's also a taller tire (not much wider) and so we'd worry about it hitting something on bumps. You could try it and fit them on two wheels I guess.

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sandman235

Date: Jan 16, 2008
Time: 02:20 PM

I found a web sight with a cool tire size calculator, when I entered your tire information it came up with:
Speedometer reading with new tire is 5.33% too slow.
When your speedometer is reading 60mph you are actually traveling 63.04mph.

web page is: http://www.tiresizecalculator.info/

to answer your question, if the difference in speedo is ok, there is a 5/8 " taller radius so clearence shouldn't be an issue and the new tire is 5/8 " wider, should be ok as well.

hope this helps

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kiawah

Date: Jan 21, 2008
Time: 02:38 PM

can also look at www.tirerack.com for suggestions

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