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Originally Posted by Ecobalt
I want to replace my tires quickly: one just got destroyed by a hole in the road.
My car came with 195/60R15 tires. Were there any problems with the 195/65R15 tires in a bigger diameter? The authority at the Sears Auto Center refused to sell me 65 aspect ratio tires because they were not original equipment.
Of course, my incentive for the bigger tire is to get a 3% higher gear and lower engine RPMs, rather like the XFE transmission upgrade of a higher fifth gear to get lower engine RPMs.
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I just put on a pair of Bridgestone EP422's in the 185/65r15 size on my balt at the firestone dealer $80 out the door installed.
They will install any size you want if you sign a waiver, best way to handle this is to either
1. Mount your own tire
2. Take the wheels off and bring to an independant and have them mounted that way.
The sad part of this is the 2010 cobalts came STOCK with 195/65r15's to fix a speedo error, I would use that arguement with the ideots at sears (who also seem to be at wallland and fleet)
These 185/65''s actually are only 1.3% different in size than the cheap integrities that came on the car (strange)
Ah well.