on my 2000 plymouth neon?? They have 185/65/14 but it has absolutely no clearance and bottoms out often. Can I put a taller tire on the rims and not worry about the gears messing up?
2006-08-10 16:15:33 · 5 answers · asked by Amangela 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
my girlfriend has a plymouth neon, she put 195/60/14 on it and the front end still bottoms out on driveways and such. you just have to slow down and take it easy. It has no other problems on the road at all.
The front end is made a little lower, the back is made a little higher.
2006-08-10 16:28:46 · answer #1 · answered by ladyw0llf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you do need shocks and struts,unless some one put larger tires on it. Different size tires do NOT mess up the gears it changes the speedometer readings. A smaller tire will show you are going faster than you really are,and the larger tire will show you going slower. Check for the tire size for your car and run that size. I run three size larger tires on the rear of my 65 Ford Galaxy,but had to take it to a speedometer shop to have them match gears for tire size.
2006-08-10 23:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by fairlane66gta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to stay at the same tire size the wrong size will fail at high speeds . if your car is bottoming out a lot you should get better shocks and struts .this will help also a small lift kit of maybe 2 inch's of lift will also help happy motoring
2006-08-10 23:27:17 · answer #3 · answered by chotpeper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No clearance with stock tires? Has it been slammed?
You can go to a higher profile tire/larger wheel diameter, but it'll throw your speedomter off.
2006-08-10 23:21:43 · answer #4 · answered by yo_momma_is_sweet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can put 36/15.50/14 super swampers on it i have them on mine and the ride quality has really improved. Glad i could help good luck
2006-08-10 23:29:11 · answer #5 · answered by briggsfan8 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋