Upsizing tires

[JoseO]

Hello I own a Legacy 2.5 preium 2011

 

I feel that the car is too low, tires are 205/60r16, and I want to raise the car a bit, so I need to know whats the max size tires I can put on that do no rub on fenders or struts, without major issues keeping the current rims.

 

Regards!

[Becks1818]

Hello I own a Legacy 2.5 preium 2011

 

I feel that the car is too low, tires are 205/60r16, and I want to raise the car a bit, so I need to know whats the max size tires I can put on that do no rub on fenders or struts, without major issues keeping the current rims.

 

Regards!

Anything other than factory size tires or equivalent will throw off your speedometer. If you want to raise your car you should be exploring raising the suspention.

 

 

 

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[Boise2.5i]

For about the price of a set of new tires, you can get a set of 1" strut spacers, would give you more of a lift than bigger tires. I'm running 205/65/16 snow tires on mine right now, gives me about a .25" higher ride.

[FLlegacy]

I would say you would be safe going up to a 215/65/16 which is just a hair larger than my 225/50/18, like 3mm in diameter more, which leaves plenty of room for error. Also if you add the strut spacer you will gain something like 1.5 to 2 inches total lift. As for the speedo error, chances are it reads too fast anyway, mine is more accurate with the taller tire than it was with the stock size.

[dgoodhue]

The 16" premium were on the smaller side for diameter diameter for the factory 5th Gen tire sizes. They are 25.63". The GT & Sports had a 26.02" diameter tires. Going one size wider (215) or one profile higher (65) would probably correct the speedometer as well.