Will the rims fit?

CarMx3 · Post by **CarMx3** » March 23rd, 2006, 10:13 am

I whant to buy a 16 inc rims with 205 / 55 tires on my Mx-3 94a.
Can I buy them with no worries they will not fit in arch?

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » March 23rd, 2006, 3:42 pm

Is the a bolt pat. of 4x100 because thats the big thing is to match that.

precidian · Post by **precidian** » March 23rd, 2006, 4:41 pm

also make sure the offset of the rims you are looking at are similar to the stock offset of 42mm.
Plus the tire would would need on 16s are 205/50 -16s. That is 0.8% slow compared to stock. If your speedo reads 60mph, then you are travelling at 60.5mph.

if you want to see the results, try the tire calculator here.. http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

CarMx3 · Post by **CarMx3** » March 24th, 2006, 10:39 am

Thanks for the reply

2 Legato626
Yeah bolt pat is 4x100

Right now I have winter rims/tires 185/65-15(radius 311mm or 12.2in) so I think 205/55-16(radius 316mm or 12.4in) will be ok.

Actually I have 2 buy choice’s

205/55-15 with http://www.drewsauto.ee/img/veljed/thunder_20278.jpg
205/55-16 with http://www.drewsauto.ee/img/veljed/tech5.jpg

mxmaz · Post by **mxmaz** » March 24th, 2006, 11:14 am

I am sure you could fit them on a drive around fine with them, but it would look ghay. Those tires are way to big for that size rim on an mx-3.

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » March 24th, 2006, 2:01 pm

Well if you want go to http://www.tirerack.com and it will tell you waht size would best work for a 16in rim on your car.

precidian · Post by **precidian** » March 24th, 2006, 2:45 pm

or check the tire calculator I posted above...

If you are concerened about the speedo being correct, then I would go with the below specs..

the 205/50-16s are the best fit compared to stock if you have the GS.

the 205/45-16s are the best fit compared to stock if you have the RS.

Macen · Post by **Macen** » March 24th, 2006, 8:16 pm

205/45R16 will be 2.6% too fast on the speedo (GS).
I will go for that on my Rota Sub-Zeros.