s84kam

I need new all season tires and I want a more comfy ride on my lancer sportback. My sportback trim is the GTS with the 18" rims and I was wondering if the Outlander sport's tires will fit my Rims and will not rub. I'm aiming for towards comfort rather than too much style. I do a tone of driving on the high way and the stock GTS tires are just way too noisy and bumpy. Especially after winter when the roads get warm and crack, just awfully bumpy.

The specs
Outlander sport 18" tires - P225/55R18
Lancer Sportback GTS tires - 215/45R18

gik0geck0

With such a change in tire size, rubbing could become a serious issue, but I can neither confirm nor deny.
Also, however, even if they fit with no rubbing, your speedo will be off by about 5 mph.

Lost Viking

+1

I think running a tire that much different in size is far from ideal and I wouldn't recommend it.
A better option is to choose a higher quality tire. The stock Dunlops are pretty terrible tires, in my humble opinion. If the survery results from Tire Rack are any indication, they are dead last in their category and ride quality is definitely not all that great when compared to the rest of the tires. My brother has a set of Continental ExtremeContact DWS (#1 on the same survey)and he's pretty happy with them. They're superior to the OEM tires in every way and the added bonus is they are relatively good in the snow. Ride quality and noise are both at the top of their category.

Another alternative is to change to a smaller diameter wheel, which would give you a bigger sidewall and a more comfortable ride. You could easily switch to a 16" or 17" package (refer to winter packages on Tirerack.com for appropriate sizes). Going new, this will probably be more expensive than just tires. However, you may be able to find a used set for much cheaper.

Smike

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Get touring tires.

.6 taller sidewall, likely will rub.

s84kam

yea, you know what I've been hearing good things about - Continental ExtremeContact DWS I think i will give them a shot

Lost Viking

Good choice. I think you'll be alot happier.

newemi

I'm running 225/45 on my car. And they fit fine. Ride improved somewhat, but I'm lowered on Tenabe (use to be on Teins, but I couldn't take it anymore in the MN winter) springs.

Personally 225/55 would be pretty huge and probably make the sportback look as ugly as a outback sedan. As long as your not lowered the biggest I'd recommend going is 225/50.

mexfizzle

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nice man .. im running 245-45 r17 and its running goood

Lost Viking

Did you ever get the Contis?

s84kam

Yeah. I got the conti's. Honestly.... It rides and feels the same as my dunlops. Slightly louder though. All I want out of these are to last longer!!

Lost Viking

Well, that stinks that your ride didn't improve. However, Continental warranties these tires to last at least 50k miles, as long as you document tire rotations and you've had them for less than 72 months. So that should give you some confidence that they'll last longer than the Dunlops.

http://continentaltire.custhelp.com/...tach/get/3949/

Boston_eagle

Related issue: my wife and I need new tires on our Outlander sport, and want to run the continental dws (what I run on my EVO and love).

They only come in 225/50/18, not the stock oem size 225/55/18.

Would it be worth the smaller side wall? According to tire rack, the stock size Dunlaps are 29 lbs each, the above 50 side walls would be 25 lbs each, saving four lbs.

Would it be worth it? With yer commute in snow, we would prefer the DWS over everything, but is going down 5 centimeters have any adverse effects?

Lost Viking

The outside diameter is going to be your problem with those two sizes. 225/55 has an OD around 27.8 in while the 225/50 has an OD around 26.9 in. If you're within 0.3 in or so, you'd be okay, but nearly an inch will throw off your speedo something fierce. 235/55 would work better, but is a little too big at 28.2 in.

Btw... 55 is the sidewall height as a percentage of the width. So the stock size has a sidewall that's 55% of the 225 mm width, but the size you're looking at is only 50%. To get the same outside diameter you have to increase width and decrease the sidewall (or vice versa).