195/50/16 snow tires? Who? Where?

Like the title says, does anyone make these? It sure seems NOT. The closest thing I could find was Kumho Ecsta 4X K22. Am I Scrooged or am I missing something?

For what car? Seems like an odd size.

In reply to Ian F:

My 2002 Mazda Protge5. Every site I see says thats what I need. I tried a few other sizes close but still nothing.

I keep bragging about the Winterforces on my wifes Caravan, Im really looking for these but Ill look into other options of course.

Time for a 205/50-16.

For the Protge5 Tirerack lists 4 different winter tires in 195/55/15 which would fit your wheels. But the speedo would be off by 3.4% (indicated 60mph = actual 62mph).

You could also get 195/50/16's or 205/50/16's but they would have an even larger speedo error.

Blizzaks come in 185/55-16, near equal height and narrow tires dig through snow better.

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Time for a 205/50-16.

That's taller and wider. Not exactly what you want for a snow tire.

Not to mention another dieing tire size...

Kenny_McCormic wrote: Blizzaks come in 185/55-16, near equal height and narrow tires dig through snow better.

That's what I'd run.

Ian F wrote:

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Time for a 205/50-16.

That's taller and wider. Not exactly what you want for a snow tire. Not to mention another dieing tire size...

Kenny_McCormic wrote: Blizzaks come in 185/55-16, near equal height and narrow tires dig through snow better.

That's what I'd run.

Not much difference, really.... and a 205 is hardly wide.

i like the 185/55-16 idea if it's easily found, though.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: Blizzaks come in 185/55-16, near equal height and narrow tires dig through snow better.

Those would be worse than the 195/55/15's

195/55/15 = 3.4% error - 60 indicated = 62 actual
185/55/16 = 5.9% error - 60 indicated = 63.5 actual

I looked at Bridgestone and Michelin and neither one list any tire for the Protge5. 195/50/15 must be a real unpopular size!

Yeah. They don't exist anymore, in any style of tire. I had a car here with 3 good ones, one junk...nobody home.

This is close P205/55R16 in a Winterforce.

ebonyandivory wrote: This is close P205/55R16 in a Winterforce.

Nope, even worse on speedo error

195/55/15 = 3.4% error - 60 indicated = 62 actual
205/55/16 = 9.7% error - 60 indicated = 65.8 actual

I use the Miatanet Tire Calculator to check tire sizes. Works very well

In reply to Hal:

Keep in mind I'm used to going up several inches in tire size on my 4x4's and the speedometer error is not an issue with me.

I found 4 215/55r16s. Too tall to fit I wonder? They're like new for $100.00.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/tires/yokohama/product/submitProductSize.do;jsessionid=D707455671FDAE4FA71E4EA7523A37CB.dtd401?pc=44383&tmn=Ice+Guard+IG20&typ=Passenger%2FPerformance

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/195-50r16-84q-bsw-dunlop-graspic-ds-2/115512.ip

Hal wrote:

Kenny_McCormic wrote: Blizzaks come in 185/55-16, near equal height and narrow tires dig through snow better.

Those would be worse than the 195/55/15's 195/55/15 = 3.4% error - 60 indicated = 62 actual 185/55/16 = 5.9% error - 60 indicated = 63.5 actual I looked at Bridgestone and Michelin and neither one list any tire for the Protge5. 195/50/15 must be a real unpopular size!

OP said his wheels were 16" so the speedo with 185/55/16 would only be 1.8% slower than the 195/50/16 (Car would be doing 60.8 mph when speedo is at 60mph).

In reply to ebonyandivory:

With 215/55/16, your speedo will be 6.9% too slow (Car would be doing 64.1 mph when speedo is at 60mph) and the tire will be about 1.6" bigger in diameter.

I used the Miata.net calculator as well.

I've been using the miata.net calculator for over 10 years. Someone needs to make that thing into a phone app.

Ther is a plethora of tires sizes that are close to the same diameter, so speedometer error should not be a problem.

Really? People actually care about speedometer variance of single digits? I don't think that I have ever owned a vehicle with an accurate speedometer, even with oem tires.

The closest that I've ever had to accurate was my old sprinter van. It always and consistantly read 2 mph above the speed reading on my gps. All other vehicles that I've tested aganst the gps had errors of 4 to 5 mph, or were inconsistent.

Sorry for the thread jack. Find whatever tire someone keeps in stock that has a close OD to the oem size and isn't to wide for the rims. 205s aren't exactly steam rollers.