Tire Sizes

Asked by hnmiller Apr 06, 2010 at 07:52 PM about the 2001 Mazda MX-5 Miata SE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2001 Special Edition

Original Tire size 16 / 205/ 45....  I want to replace with GY-Eagle-1,  16 / 225/ 50...

I'm concerned about clearance...What do you think ?

Henry Miller; Mt.Holly, NJ
hnmiller@verizon.net

2 Answers
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Larry answered 14 years ago

If you are concerned then do some measuring. See if you have 20mm of extra space to account for added width and 20.25mm of added height

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Nick answered 13 years ago

you should be ok http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html <- really useful tool for these kinds of questions

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