Hello All,
I have the sport pack wheels and have been running Bridgestone Potenza RE-01Rs with great success as daily driver tires. However, as you probably know, this model tire is discontinued. For the heck of it, I just called the Tire Rack and they are completely sold out of the rear size I've been running (I missed the final clearance). I've been running these in the forum recommended sizes of Front 205/45-16 and Rear 245/40-17.
So, now the question is, what next? The Potenza RE-11s are the replacement model which I'd love to try, but it looks like these tire sizes have changed a bit with regards to their tolerance for rim size? Here are the specs I found on the Bridgestone website:
Sizes and Specifications
You can see that for the Front 205/45-16 size, the Approved Rims spec is now 7.5-9.0 (The RE-01R spec was 6.5-7.5). I guess this is now out of the range for the LSS 6.5x16 rim, eh?
And as for the Rear 245/40-17 size, the Approved Rims spec is now 8.0-9.5, which I guess is also out of the range for the LSS 7.5x17 rim?
The other overall dimensions such as overall diameter and width seem to be in line with the previous RE-01Rs...but I guess these new rim specs rule out these sizes and possibly this entire tire model overall?
I'm certainly no tire/wheel fitment expert, so I thought I'd post this out here to see if anybody has any thoughts and can clarify my understanding that I might be out of luck in trying the RE-11s with my sport pack wheels...
Thanks in advance!
I have the sport pack wheels and have been running Bridgestone Potenza RE-01Rs with great success as daily driver tires. However, as you probably know, this model tire is discontinued. For the heck of it, I just called the Tire Rack and they are completely sold out of the rear size I've been running (I missed the final clearance). I've been running these in the forum recommended sizes of Front 205/45-16 and Rear 245/40-17.
So, now the question is, what next? The Potenza RE-11s are the replacement model which I'd love to try, but it looks like these tire sizes have changed a bit with regards to their tolerance for rim size? Here are the specs I found on the Bridgestone website:
Sizes and Specifications
You can see that for the Front 205/45-16 size, the Approved Rims spec is now 7.5-9.0 (The RE-01R spec was 6.5-7.5). I guess this is now out of the range for the LSS 6.5x16 rim, eh?
And as for the Rear 245/40-17 size, the Approved Rims spec is now 8.0-9.5, which I guess is also out of the range for the LSS 7.5x17 rim?
The other overall dimensions such as overall diameter and width seem to be in line with the previous RE-01Rs...but I guess these new rim specs rule out these sizes and possibly this entire tire model overall?
I'm certainly no tire/wheel fitment expert, so I thought I'd post this out here to see if anybody has any thoughts and can clarify my understanding that I might be out of luck in trying the RE-11s with my sport pack wheels...
Thanks in advance!