Prius C lifted, larger tires

I have been reading priuschat for a month. I just bought a 2018 Aqua with 155,000 km.


It came with 185/60R15 tires. I had it lifted about 1.5 inch. I drove about 2000 km. Mostly on asphalt. But 400 km on dirt and stone (kind of like gravel, but natural assortment so 2 or 3 inch diameter or bigger are mixed in.) Mostly unmaintained.
I bought some tires. Used but pretty good condition.
Front: 255/65R15 32 psi.
Rear: 195/65R15 30 psi.
Got an alignment.
Drives very nice. Very minor rubbing when turn right when parking. Normal driving no rubbing.
Speedometer was over by 8%. Now over by 1.5%.
Odometer was under by 1.5%. Now over by 8%.
I am using a GPS speedometer app to compare the speed and fistance.
GPS 191 km.
Trip meter 206.5 corrected by 8% = 191 km.
Asphalt 2 lane highway. Rolling hills. Half the trip East and the other half West on the same highway.
Fuel used (92 octane) 6.44 liters.
30 km/l = 70 mpg.
Trip meter showed 26.3 kml avg.
Drove in D all the way. Didn't need to use the brake to slow on any downhill dips.
I tried to stay close to 80 kmh. (+/-5).
The reduced engine speed was much quieter.

 

Note, in Mongolia 80 kmh is max speed on the highway.

 

Sorry. Typo
Front: 205/65R15

 

2018 Aqua
Front: 205/65R15
Rear: 195/65R15

The Aqua has 15 x 5.5 rims, so a 205 width tire will fit.

The Prius C has 15 x 5 rims, thus can't use a 205 width.

A 195/70R15 is about the same diameter as the 205/65.

The 16 inch rims on the Prius C is 16 x 6, so 205 width fits.


If you want wider tires, don't forget about tire chains.


The 205/65 tires rub just slightly when turned completely right or left

Just drove about 100 km on some dirt/rocky roads. No rubbing handles nice, feels better.

 

Stand corrected;
Both Toyo and Yokohama say 205 width on 5" width rims
"The 205/70R15 Yokohama AVID TOURING-S has a diameter of 26.4", a width of 8.2", mounts on a 15" rim and has 787 revolutions per mile. It weighs 22.4 lbs, has a max load of 1499 lbs, a maximum air pressure of 51 psi, a tread depth of 10/32" and should be used on a rim width of 5-7".

 

Just checked the rims. They are 15 x 5j on my 2018 Aqua.