New Wheels 15” or 16”?

[Alex Knight]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of changing my wheels soonish (going for some Enkei RPF1), and I'm stuck on deciding between 15" or 16" (I don't want staggered figment front to rear, so don't say both!).

15" are cheaper, lighter, and tyres are cheaper.

16" have a better tyre selection if I want to go for a 225 tyre, and look better IMHO.

Would be interested to hear your thoughts.

[pistol pete]

Hi Alex..
I am in the same predicament at the moment.
I have 15s at the moment, 2 sets one with R888rs, the other with A052s.
But with making it more road going, tyres at 225 is a nightmare, basically all i can have is the new Toyo proxies..

Track, stick with 15s and get some A052s

I'd like 16s but again the tyre choice isnt great now untill you get up to 17s at 225, because new car all have huge wheels!!!

[pistol pete]

must admit even 225 16 choices are pretty limited for anything decent, you can get some pilot sport 4s but then you can't get them in a 205 for up front

[JB21]

15s for go, 16s for show 👍

[1979scotte]

On road wider tyres don't make it more fun.
I have driven pfl and fl with different sized tyres and prefer 15s with pfl sizes.

On track I think I'd still prefer 15 if you can get the right rubber.
At the end of the day the wheels will be lighter as will the tyres and they'll be cheaper.

[Gaz mr-s]

But with making it more road going, tyres at 225 is a nightmare, basically all i can have is the new Toyo proxies..

Hankook K125 & Falken ZE310 are available in 225/50/16.  45% aspect ratio availability very low.

[tets]

I swore I was sticking with 15's all round with R888's / Nankangs etc for dry and rainsports for wet - Got the rainsports in PFL sizes and also got a set of conti premium 2's on 15's but 205 all round.
Then started reading about the Extreme VR2's in soft compound for the hills and got a set of FL rears as the 205's are only available in 16"
Still can't really decide so good luck with your choice as mine seems to be based on available tyres regardless of wanting to stick with 15's!

[Alex Knight]

Thanks everyone for your replies.

I've had a good old poke around on the camskill website, and it seems that 16" tyre choice is in fact extremely limited, so I'm going to stick with 15s.

[Topdownman]

I like the sound of these tyres as they get good reviews from what I can see;

https://www.zestino.eu/en/gredge-07rs/?mode=grid&limit=24&sort=popular&max=250&min=0&sort=popular&brand=0&filter%5B%5D=276812&filter%5B%5D=276815

Someone on here also has a set and rates them highly. Only one option though, 195 front and 205 rear or square in either I suppose. I am hoping they would be similar performance as the old AD08R as the replacement RS are a disappointment to me as they dont have the same grip.

[pistol pete]

Thanks everyone for your replies.

I've had a good old poke around on the camskill website, and it seems that 16" tyre choice is in fact extremely limited, so I'm going to stick with 15s.

This is exactly what I found, even 225 15 is hard to find in track tires, I run 8 inch wide rears, and dailying track tires isn't ideal!

[Beachbum957]

We have run 16" all around for many years.  At one time tire choices were pretty good, but now are very limited, especially in the US where we are.  We may have to go back to 15" or up to 17" in the rear.  If you are buying all new wheels, go with the 15"

[McMr2]

I'll add to that. Tyre choice very limited in 16, especially if you're trying to keep the same brand and some stagger.

I'm planning to go back to the stock 15&16 once I get the wheels refurbished, much preferred how the car drove.

[JB21]

Nankang AR1 and Yokohama A050 are in staggered sizes 15/16, 195/205 15" - 225 16"

[pistol pete]

I think these sizes have dried up due to amount of cars now days coming with silly size wheels..
Sell old cars out there with small wide fat wheels

[Ardent]

edit
wrong thread

[McMr2]

Nankang AR1 and Yokohama A050 are in staggered sizes 15/16, 195/205 15" - 225 16"

Sorry, meant if you're on 16s all round.

[m1tch]

I am running 15x7 all round, 195 front, 225 rear.

[Alex Knight]

I am running 15x7 all round, 195 front, 225 rear.

Presume no clearance issues with the 225s?

What profile front and rear and which tyres do you run?

[JB21]

I am running 15x7 all round, 195 front, 225 rear.

Same here. 195/50/15 - 225/45/15