185/65r15??

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  1. Maikan

    Maikan Junior Member

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    Hi! Can I put 185/65r15 winter tires instead of the 175/65r15 that comes with the Prius C?? I know that it will change the speedo but does it make anything else? I have perfectly good nokian tires of that size and I don't want to lose them.. They're pretty pricy! ;)

    Thanks a lot!!
     
    #1 Maikan, Oct 22, 2014
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    ztanos All-around Geek!

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    They will fit.
     
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    A tire dealer told me that it was possibly not good for the hybrid system to put another size of tire.. I really don't see why it would???
    Maybe he just wanted me to buy some from him ;)
     
    #3 Maikan, Oct 22, 2014
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    Take out the 'maybe' and you have it right

    The car WILL care if the tires are not all the same size.
     
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    Don't you forget to add a NOT between will and care? ;)
     
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    No, he didn't. Significantly mismatched tires will confuse the ABS and VSC.
     
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    I will not use mismatched tires.. I will use four 185/65r15 tires and I just wanted to know if they will fit and what kind of effect it would have on the car..I don't know where you guys got this idea...
     
    #7 Maikan, Oct 22, 2014
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    They didn't say you were going to do it. Just mentioning it in case someone was thinking about only changing two tires. It'll work, but the car won't be happy.
     
    #8 ztanos, Oct 23, 2014
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    Hi greetings from OZ.
    in oz the 185/60/15R are fitted as standard.
    It would be all OK.
    I will upgrade to 195/55/15R when my 185/55/15R ware
    Out.I have fitted 16.5" rims.
     
    #9 Manfred Melloh, Nov 28, 2014
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    16.5 rims????? Good luck with stretching the 15 inch tires to fit.
     
    #10 xpcman, Nov 29, 2014
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    I run 185-65-15 Continental True Contact during spring/summer/fall and 185-65-15 Bridgestone Blizzak tires in the winter on my C4. There is no problem in doing this.
     
    #11 dick_larimore, Dec 1, 2014
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