Seeking Advice - 17" Alloys

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by thebarber

looks good, are you doing something more interesting than silver?

i've run most of the wheel/tire sizes. actually, we were in fredericton, nb when we bought our 2007 CE. came with factory 14's. "crandall" also lived in freddy beach and he ran 17's. HUGE difference in acceleration and braking between 14's and 17's (17's made the car accelerate slower and you had to press the brake pedal harder to stop (never did a true "versus" brake test, just me driving his car))

I eventually stayed with a 15x7 and a 205-50-15 on my yaris...comfort and handling.

205-50-16 are a bit tall vs your OEM tire, no?

Thanks. I'm going to stick with silver, not being very adventurous. I actually have a pint of Toyota silver wheel paint in my shop. What color would you paint them?

Initially, I upsized from 185/60R15 to a 195/60R15 on my stock wheels which are, I believe, 5.5" wide. Part of the reason for upsizing the wheels was to be able to use a slightly wider tire. I wanted a 16" wheel and one that resembled the stock rim as much as possible. Enter, the Accent wheels. Since I have lots of additional power and torque, upsizing isn't an issue, but yes, I noticed a big difference just between the 14" tiny winter rims and tires (175/65R14) vs the 185/60R15s on my stock 2008 LE.

Since I love visuals - and playing with the tire comparison tool - here are a couple pics to illustrate the discussed tire sizes.

Stock RS tire vs Current 205/50R16





My 195/60R15 vs 205/50R16