| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | The old rule of thumb used to be to run a wheel width that was 75%-80% as wide as the tire footprint. On a metric radial that would make a 195/85R16 about the right size. A 215MM footprint would be 20MM (just under an inch) wider than optimum. That's not way off, but it might result in an oddball wear pattern of the tread. Jerry
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