wheel sizes

[jared]

hey just wondering wat some 3g prelude owners have for wheel sizes on their cars, im going to get some 16 or 17inch mags but the rta state that i can only go 6.5inch wide, has anyone else has this problem, getting hard to find a wide variety of wheels measurin this width as wheel shops have just started producing these sizes
cheers

[jared]

noone at all bugger

[azjs]

Speak to the fellas at preludeaustralia - they run a varying range of sizes, some take the risk and run 'unengineered'...

-az

[racinghonda]

For 16" run 205/45R16 (87 load rating). For 17" run 215/40R17 (87 load rating). With 17" you cannot run 205/40R17 because it won't meet the required load rating of 85.

For more detailed info, as Azjs suggested, go to the preludeaustralia.com site.

[mattsama]

i have 17" 205/40R17's nothing wrong with em. What is this "required load rating" you speak of?

[racinghonda]

i have 17" 205/40R17's nothing wrong with em. What is this "required load rating" you speak of?

The 3rd Gen prelude has a required load rating of 85. It is on the tyre plackard on the driver's side door jam where it states the tyre information. If you have a tyre that has a load rating of less than 85 it could present a safety issue. A load rating of 85 means that the tyre is rated to a load of 515kg. Well at first you may think, it doesn't need all that load since all 4 tyres share the load, but you have to factor in weight transfer when braking, cornering, braking while cornering, hitting bump.

Also if you have a crash where the tyre has deflated and the insurance assesor is on the ball and checks the load rating on the tyre. You could be in trouble with getting any money out of them. Plus, it is a defectable item.