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Tru2Chevy · 12-28-2007, 03:53 PM

A stock 245/50/16 is 25.6" tall, but the 255/55/16 is 27" tall. They will fit on a 16x8 wheel, but your speedometer will be 5.4% too slow unless you change the tire size in your tune using something like HP Tuners.

Tire Size Calculator: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

- Justin

12-28-2007, 03:53 PM	#2
Tru2Chevy Co-Founder / Site Admin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ewing, NJ Posts: 22,476 iTrader: (8) Social Networks:	A stock 245/50/16 is 25.6" tall, but the 255/55/16 is 27" tall. They will fit on a 16x8 wheel, but your speedometer will be 5.4% too slow unless you change the tire size in your tune using something like HP Tuners. Tire Size Calculator: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html - Justin __________________ 1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD 2002 Suburban - Wife's DD 2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?