'97 E420 winter tire size?
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'97 E420 winter tire size?
We have winter tires mounted on rims that fit our '98SL500...They're 225/55-17's sold to us by a local tire store.
Will the rims fit on our E420?
Can we get away with this tire size? Michelin X-Ice...225/55-17's?
They're bought and paid for.
The car has 170,000 klicks (about 105,000 miles) and we bought it for winter use only.
The summer tires are extemely slippery in the wet. They would be extremely unsafe for winter use. They're good enough to safety the vehicle when wesell it in the spring.
Regards
Dave
Will the rims fit on our E420?
Can we get away with this tire size? Michelin X-Ice...225/55-17's?
They're bought and paid for.
The car has 170,000 klicks (about 105,000 miles) and we bought it for winter use only.
The summer tires are extemely slippery in the wet. They would be extremely unsafe for winter use. They're good enough to safety the vehicle when wesell it in the spring.
Regards
Dave
Last edited by dlynch; Nov 11, 2005 at 05:54 PM.
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Hi Luke, yes I'm sure. My wife did business with the tire store for years. We went in to get 16" snows/rims. They wouldn't fit over the caliper. Magically, they had 17" rims and tires that would. We never questioned them. They worked, with speedometer error that I never noticed until looking at the Miata tire size comparison program at www.miata.net just recently.
Now those tires and rims are bought and paid for. We have 4.
I guess you pays your money and takes your chances. At some tire stores anyway.
Dave L
Now those tires and rims are bought and paid for. We have 4.
I guess you pays your money and takes your chances. At some tire stores anyway.
Dave L
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Hi Luke,
We changed our tires today. We kidded each other about the "tractor tires". I know that the tires affect the speedometer and gearing.According to the program at the Miata forum 60 mph is about 64 mph. We'll live with that.
We've both driven a lot in snow. I've been a ski instructor for 35 years. Simply an economical decision; and the tires worked really well on the SL last year.
Dave
We changed our tires today. We kidded each other about the "tractor tires". I know that the tires affect the speedometer and gearing.According to the program at the Miata forum 60 mph is about 64 mph. We'll live with that.
We've both driven a lot in snow. I've been a ski instructor for 35 years. Simply an economical decision; and the tires worked really well on the SL last year.
Dave
