Hi all, Once the never ending stop sale ends, I'm picking up a 2024 Prius Prime. It's sitting in a lot now, just waiting for the part I already have 17" OEM (Toyota) rims to put on them, since I don't like the 19". No, it's not a logical financial thing. But being 'stuck' on the weird 19" rim size, with weird tire options, just bothers me long term, and I used the 'multiple month delay' to just burn money. Sizzling dollar bills; I know it's not a logical, financial choice, but hey, you only live once The 17" option is the 195/60/17; however, as you're all aware, there's basically two options in this size too: there's Bridgestone's EP422, and then Toyo Extensa. Using tiresize's calculator, I can see 205/55/17 and 215/55/17 are super close in size to the original, in terms of variance. Selection wise, I can see the 205/55/17 and the 215/55/17 have a ton more options, for obvious reasons. Especially the 215/55/17. Literally 'everything' is available. Does anyone have any experience running either of these sizes on the stock, 2023/2024 Prius rims? I've seen commentary from Prius owners all over the web in a variety of forms and fashions on 'tire size', but I never really saw anything specific to this rim, the "stock" 17" OEM rim, with an alternative size. I am also looking for commentary like "Yeah, the 215 work, but they look stupid..." which is 100% what I'm trying to avoid, too. I do not want a 'fat' tire to stick out/look goofy, and am well aware that can happen... Also, any commentary/'here is what happened to me' in 195->205->215, in terms of fuel mileage. Again, tons of 'comments' online, but hard to really nail down this specific question. My thought process is, for the 205/215 options, 100% choose an "economy minded tire" (Ecopia, PureContact, etc); I am not going to be buying 'summer, performance tires'; I am doing this more for 19->17 ride quality, and then "making it so I can get tires easily in the future", and not have to do a song and dance of a single tire available. This will be my wife's car, and if she ever gets a flat somewhere, I do not want to struggle to find tires; that defeats the purpose of a reliable, sturdy car.
Many other posts about this. Im ditching the OEM 19’s for 17’s w/225/55/17 Conti’s Already bought 16’ for my dedicated winters
Well, there's a lot of posts about tire sizes in general, but I couldn't find a whole lot about specific rubbing/look of the tire, and/or MPG drop. 225/55; would that fit on the stock, OEM 17" rim? That's a good 30mm wider; does it look wide/wonky at that size? Did you have a discernable MPG hit? And, yeah, I know there's a bunch of threads on tire size, but 'less' specifically on moving from the 19->17 inch option, and 'differences' in MPG/look from 205->225 sort of thing.
Recommendation - Return the OEM 17s and then (for much less money) buy a 17 inch rim that is 7 inches wide with a +40mm offset. At that point you can fit a tire that, in combination with the new wheel, will have the exact same diameter and circumference of the OEM 19” wheel. The tire size will be 225/55r-17 with many brands to choose from. It does not rub and fits well. I just did it and the ride is much improved by adding an inch more of air over the low profile OEM wheels. If you keep the narrow OEM wheel you will need some other tire size, the 225 tire will not work and any other tire size will throw off your speedometer and odometer. Even with the 7 inch wide wheel, 225 is the max you can use on it.
I think I saw your post on Reddit too! I do personally like that look. this is my wife’s car though, and I want to retain the OEM look. For her, the aftermarket rim “look” is a thing; one of my largest regrets was having her Mini be on aftermarket rims. so while I 100% agree the OEM look is 100% desired. I ended up buying two sets of rims; the stock 17 inchers that the Prius comes with. And Christ yes, they were expensive lmao. But yeah… we’ll see how it goes! I’ll post up photos once I have the tires and such installed. The 215 size I bought is within the same slim margin of size difference as the rest, so I’m curious to see how it looks on the car.
