Technical Help with tyre size

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Technical Help with tyre size

simtech76

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Hello and happy new year :)

Wonder if someone could help, my car came with alloys which the previous owner purchased to replace origanals. They are 16" 205/50 zr16 87w, question is are these correct size i.e should they be 50 or 55 and 2nd question can I put 55 onto the existing wheel if it currently is using 50's or will these not fit ??

Fiat Stilo 16v Dynamic 1.6 5 door (52)

Thanks, Simon
 
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Hello and happy new year :)

Wonder if someone could help, my car came with alloys which the previous owner purchased to replace origanals. They are 16" 205/50 zr16 87w, question is are these correct size i.e should they be 50 or 55 and 2nd question can I put 55 onto the existing wheel if it currently is using 50's or will these not fit ??

Fiat Stilo 16v Dynamic 1.6 5 door (52)

Thanks, Simon

Simon, the factory tyre fitment for your car is 205/55R16 and the tyres you have are the wrong size for this car (too low profile). Your speed will be 4.1% less than that indicated on the speedo. Without knowing the spec of your replacement alloys, I can't say if the 55s will fit, but I would guess yes.
 
Ok so will go for the 55's, unsure on what make to get as looking for all round tyre. Been looking at getting 4 of these 205/55-16 Avon ZV5 Tyres. Unsure if this would be good idea for the car ? if anyone had any suggestions, these come to about 240 quid which I though was a good price.
 
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