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Originally Posted by CapriRacer
It's tread compound that makes the biggest difference. For practical purposes, deflection is pretty close to the same for all tires in a given size.
Also, the part of the mass that is important is the tread - and that doesn't vary a lot for new tires within a given size.
But the properties of the tread compound vary wildly.
And to put this in perspective, differences between sizes is small compared to the differences between makes and models of tires.
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Some of the larger size tires on tirerack are actually less expensive than my stock size. Would increasing the overall diameter of my tires by around an inch be dangerous? Would it likely touch any of the suspension components?
These are the sizes I'm looking at:
From:
205/55/16 (sidewall height of 113)
To:
205/60/16 (sidewall height of 123)
215/55/16 (sidewall height of 118)
215/60/16 (sidewall height of 129)
225/55/16 (sidewall height of 124)