Help! 175/65R15?

[poleshift]

So someone decided to slash my tire last night, where I had parked on the street. I inspected it thoroughly and found a slit mark that is consistent with a blade piercing, so then, after mounting on a spare and having gone to work, I went to a local tire joint -- with can't beat deals -- to get a price, they told me me 123$ lowest and that the size is odd.

I purchased my yaris about two weeks ago, so I haven't had the opportunity to review common dimensions for these cars, but mine turned out to be 175/R65/15, the manual says that two sizes are 185/60R15 and 175/65/R14.

I don't know how this car ended up with such odd size, I had purchased it from a used dealer, clean record, one hub-cup was missing, so they bought me a new aftermarket replica set without the logo.

I might as well just buy a set of 15" alloys for about 500-600, rather than pay premium for the size that I have.

Still in disbelief, I started measuring the wheel diameter, and the hub cap, they both came to a little bit over 16" how is this possible, am I not measuring correctly by measuring the outer most edge diameter on the wheel and the hub cap?

The tire clearly says 15.

Help!
:iono:

[poleshift]

A set of 15" alloys with tires of course!

[kimona]

Used car dealer probably had that oddball set of tyres hanging around, or got them for a song.

Check out discounttiredirect.com for some pretty good deals and great customer service.

[33OH]

If you already have 15" steel wheels, you don't need to buy new rims to put the proper sized tire on. Although if you wanted to upgrade wheels, it would be a good time to do so.

175/65/15 is a very oddball size, I would go for a 185/60/15, 195/55/15, or 205/50/15.

[poleshift]

That's the thing, would I be able to mount 185/60/15 or 185/65/15 on wheels that have 175/65/15 tires on ?

The main dilemma is that 17565r15 tires cost almost twice as much as the regular 185, or 175r14, so if I wanted t replace tires I would pay at least 500$ just for tires.

I drove on flat for a good 1/4 mile, I hope it didn't damage the TPMsensor along the way =/

[kimona]

Just get some new tyres. OEM size is 185/60/15. Of course, they'll fit on your steel wheels without issues.

For example, get these: http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findTireDetail.do?pc=11275&counter=1&ar=60&rd=15&sw=false&cs=185

Just $288 delivered to your door. Then get them mounted/balanced for about $40.