After a not so awesome encounter with some relatively enormous pot holes my poor 08 Mazda 5 is sitting in my driveway all sad-like. I have some options. First spend way too much money on 2 Mazda5 rims and new tires (120 each!?!?!) and just keep going to super human lengths to avoid potholes for the next 30k miles... Or... I just happen to have a set of 16" protege5 rims sitting in the garage collecting dust. I did some searching and I'm pretty sure they would fit. But I can't quite figure out what size tires to put on them. Has anyone gone this route? We're the results good? Does it just look ridiculous? (boom03)
3 flat tires. 2 cracked rims. Really.
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foxhound1979
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- Mazda 5 GS
i have 205/55 16's on all year long,so i guess it would fit with prot5 rims.
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- 2008 Mazda5 GT
I would suggest having a good look over/inspection of the car. If rims cracked (not bent), I would make sure nothing else is damaged (U/L arms, axle, shocks).
Prices for 16” vs 17” tires are almost identical. The 16” would serve better DD duty. Go here http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html and input the “stock” 17” tire size and play with the number for 16” to see what comes closest to OE spec. You don’t have to follow OE specs if you know what you want.
Prices for 16” vs 17” tires are almost identical. The 16” would serve better DD duty. Go here http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html and input the “stock” 17” tire size and play with the number for 16” to see what comes closest to OE spec. You don’t have to follow OE specs if you know what you want.
I'm considering it after this winter. The freeze and thaw cycles and plowing have absolutely devastated the roads.
Won't be too hard to avoid at TireRack's cost: $185 a pop! lolz!
