225 tires?

Someone calls them out here:
2023 Prius XLE AWD Snow tire : r/prius (reddit.com)

"No they are great! The ride and road noise improved. Probably the softer tire. No rubbing. They look pretty good too."

You're basically worst of both worlds now, though: Large, 19" rim, and a wider tire. I personally downsized to a 17" rim on 215/55/17, which gave me a ton of options, but still "quasi maybe kinda sorta economical", from the 19" on my XSE.

I had to buy rims though, so it's clearly a cost vs benefit vs desire equation.

 

I'm on 225/55/17. A perfect fit-IMO

 

Pilot1 by Hotdog453 posted Aug 31, 2024 at 5:46 AM

There are *slightly* more options in 215. That was the main driver for me. But yeah, both 225 and 215 looks “fine”.

 

The 225/45R19 size suggested in the original post is not officially compatible with the original 19x6.5 wheels, per tyre standards - it needs 19x7.5 to 8.5. That's the sort of detail that could conceivably cause you some sort of legal/insurance bother.

(215/55R17 and 225/55R17 are fine for the original 17x6.5).

 

Does your wife plan to pay for the tires that she wants?

 

It's going to be 'slightly' wider than the 215s other people have run, and they have been referenced as being 'fine' over on Reddit as well, as I linked. *Most* people aren't going to be doing it, simply because it's effectively just <bigger and heavier than the already big and heavy 19>, but I think you'd be fine.

It might also be worth trying to find, locally, someone to trade your 19s with, for 17s. People like the 19s. Facebook/local groups might be able to align that. Then you'd at least be, ideally, making your MPG slightly better.

 

I'd say a decent chunk of people are in a shared financial model; I know we are. Her money is my money and all that jazz.