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Tyresizes for a '96 P11

Hi

I have a Primera P11-143 from 1996 and need to find some new tyres for my alloys, but I'm not sure if the tyres I want to buy actually will fit my car. It is currently running on 185/65-14 (standard size) but as the speedo shows about 10% too much, I really would like to go up to a size 205/55-16, but will they fit the wheel well? The 55-profile is also easier to find and cheeper, so all in all it seems like a good idea.

The alloys are 7x16" with +40mm offset and the car isn't lowered. Can anyone confirm that the tyres I'm looking for will fit the car without rubbing on anything?

Thomas

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Thomas Rasmussen
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If it's definitely a P11 (never heard of a P11-143) then it would be fine, a P10 may be a close fit. My early '97 P11 runs great on 195/55-15s (wolfrace alloys) by the way, quite a lot more grip/stability compared with

185/65 -14s, speedo reads about 4% fast by my estimation. That's real estimation with a stopwatch vs. motorway 1/10km markers.

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SteveB

Its definately a P11, the P11 comes as mkII (the 143) in 1996, and the mkIII (called 144) comes in late 1999. But anyway, then it shouldn't be any problem with putting the 205/55 tyres on when the weather gets a bit warmer (the 185/65 is winter tyres) in hopefully a week or two (currently we have about 2-5 degrees here in Denmark, with possibility of snow in the coming week).

I have mesured the speedo by comparing with my GPS, and it reads

110kmt when the speedo shows just over 120, and the difference gets bigger the faster I go. And from a tyre-calculator I have found the 205/55 to be about 6% larger than the current tyres (circumference) so it should be all good :-D

Thomas

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Thomas Rasmussen

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