Tires 195/60/15 or 05/60/15 for Volvo 850 Topic is solved

alfredo · Post by **alfredo** » 19 Mar 2005, 04:59

I have A VOLVO 850 1994 , I have to chnage the tires and I would like to know if I can install tirs 205-60-15 ? is there any problem ? . Ilive in venezuela and I do not need snow tires and I can not use low profiile tires due the quality of roads we have. Please your comments.
Thanks and regards
Alfredo

Billy Honea · Post by **Billy Honea** » 22 Mar 2005, 17:55

Billy Honea · Post by **Billy Honea** » 23 Mar 2005, 17:34

VolvoFreak · Post by **VolvoFreak** » 23 Mar 2005, 18:54

If you want to run 205's, you should look at getting 55 series tires to keep the height of the tire close to original.

kenk · Post by **kenk** » 25 Mar 2005, 13:38

i am running 205/60/15's and they work fine, i ran the numbers through a calculator and the speedometer differnce was very minimal, i forget what it was off by though