Different profile tire

by Paul
(Burlington, Ontario, Canada)

I had 225/55/R16 winter tires on my 2003 Mustang. I traded in my Mustang and still have the winter tires. Can I put them on my 2010 Dodge Caravan? The All Season tires on the Caravan are 225/65/R16.

From my understanding, the only difference is the profile height of the tires, but the diameter and width are the same.

The winter tires have about 30,000km's on them and still have deep treads.

I'd like to use them on the van, or otherwise, I will sell them.

Comment:

If you'll check out the two tires using our Tire Size Calculator you'll see that there is a difference in tire diameter (not rim diameter), too. The 225/65 tires are larger by 10% of 225, or 22.5mm. This is almost 1 inch and that much difference might cause a clearance issue in vehicles where there isn't a great amount of excess space in the wheel well.

Try a test fitting and consider the other differences which the calculator shows you to see if this is OK for you.

TG