Many people opt for aftermarket alloy wheels to enhance the appearance of their vehicles
In this post, let us take a look at the details of the best methods to upsize your car tyre. Installing bigger tyres has become quite common in our market in recent times. People love to head to aftermarket car shops to get new alloy wheels with bigger tyres. In all honesty, they do lend the car a more sporty presence. However, there are a few pros and cons to upsizing a car tyre and a proper method to do it. One can’t simply install as big tyres on any car as he/she pleases.
How To Decide Best Method To Upsize Your Car Tyre?
There are a bunch of formulas to calculate the overall diameter of the tyre. Note that this is slightly different from the normal diameter of the wheel. Without going too much into the details of the formula, I would like to inform my readers that it is okay to upsize within a tolerance limit of 2% of the stock tyre. There are many tyre upsize calculators available online where you can input the details of your existing and new tyres. This will help you take the right decision of whether or not you should go for it.
How Do Bigger Tyres Affect Your Car?
You must understand that swapping tyres is not as simple or advisable as you might initially think. Carmakers perform hardcore R&D to come up with the right tyre size for any car. In essence, the aspects like steering weight, mileage, suspension, ABS, ESP, performance, stability, and bump absorption are balanced very precisely. Therefore, if you suddenly choose too big a tyre, there could be issues like heavy steering, decreased mileage, false odometer reading, compromised ride quality and comfort, etc. That is something you must research well before deciding to install bigger tyres.
On the positives, generally, bigger tyres enhance the appearance of a car, albeit it is a subjective matter. In addition, the wider tyres ensure more grip to the surface, which can be extremely helpful around the corners and braking. Hence, the driver feels much more confident, especially around the twisting roads of the mountains or long highway rides. These are some of the advantages and disadvantages of installing bigger tyres on cars.
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