Tyresizes for a '96 P11

Hi

I have a Primera P11-143 from 1996 and need to find some new tyres for
my alloys, but I'm not sure if the tyres I want to buy actually will
fit my car. It is currently running on 185/65-14 (standard size) but
as the speedo shows about 10% too much, I really would like to go up
to a size 205/55-16, but will they fit the wheel well? The 55-profile
is also easier to find and cheeper, so all in all it seems like a good
idea.

The alloys are 7x16" with +40mm offset and the car isn't lowered. Can
anyone confirm that the tyres I'm looking for will fit the car without
rubbing on anything?

Thomas

If it's definitely a P11 (never heard of a P11-143) then it would be fine, a
P10 may be a close fit. My early '97 P11 runs great on 195/55-15s
(wolfrace alloys) by the way, quite a lot more grip/stability compared with
185/65 -14s, speedo reads about 4% fast by my estimation. That's real
estimation with a stopwatch vs. motorway 1/10km markers.


"Thomas Rasmussen" <rasmussen.thomas (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Hi

I have a Primera P11-143 from 1996 and need to find some new tyres for
my alloys, but I'm not sure if the tyres I want to buy actually will
fit my car. It is currently running on 185/65-14 (standard size) but
as the speedo shows about 10% too much, I really would like to go up
to a size 205/55-16, but will they fit the wheel well? The 55-profile
is also easier to find and cheeper, so all in all it seems like a good
idea.

The alloys are 7x16" with +40mm offset and the car isn't lowered. Can
anyone confirm that the tyres I'm looking for will fit the car without
rubbing on anything?

Thomas

On Mar 18, 4:28 pm, "SteveB" <sbrads24^ukfsnDOTorg> wrote:

If it's definitely a P11 (never heard of a P11-143) then it would be fine, a
P10 may be a close fit. My early '97 P11 runs great on 195/55-15s
(wolfrace alloys) by the way, quite a lot more grip/stability compared with
185/65 -14s, speedo reads about 4% fast by my estimation. That's real
estimation with a stopwatch vs. motorway 1/10km markers.

Its definately a P11, the P11 comes as mkII (the 143) in 1996, and the
mkIII (called 144) comes in late 1999. But anyway, then it shouldn't
be any problem with putting the 205/55 tyres on when the weather gets
a bit warmer (the 185/65 is winter tyres) in hopefully a week or two
(currently we have about 2-5 degrees here in Denmark, with possibility
of snow in the coming week).

I have mesured the speedo by comparing with my GPS, and it reads
110kmt when the speedo shows just over 120, and the difference gets
bigger the faster I go. And from a tyre-calculator I have found the
205/55 to be about 6% larger than the current tyres (circumference) so
it should be all good :-D

Thomas