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I agree with Edo, 215's on an 8" rim is too narrow. Go with the 225's. Then based on my calculations, you will have increased the diameter of the front tires by 2% over stock. If you want the least amount of negative effect on TCS & ABS, then you will want to make the change in the rear be as close as possible to the same as the front. Calculating your rear choices yields the 265's give you a 2.4% increase and the 275's give you 3.5% increase. Based on this, I would recommend the 265's.And now to answer a question, you didn't ask.I would recommend running the front tires 5% lower in air pressure and the rears 8% lower than what the owner's manual recommends. This will keep the length of the tire contact patch approximately the same while the contact patch will increase in width due to the wider tires. Running the tires at their max rated pressure is overinflated for the weight of the car and will have an adverse effect on the handling.Also, your speedometer will now read slower than actual speed and lower than actual miles driven (bigger diameters=fewer rotations per mile). I don't know if Acura/Honda makes replacement speedo gears to correct for this or not (When I replaced the stock 15/16's on my '92, I selected tires that kept my diameters stock), but if they do, you can correct speedo errors (or at least reduce the error), I did that on my Ford Bronco when I put 35" tires on it and changed by gear ratios, but I was correcting for an 11% error.Fritz
I agree with Edo, 215's on an 8" rim is too narrow. Go with the 225's. Then based on my calculations, you will have increased the diameter of the front tires by 2% over stock. If you want the least amount of negative effect on TCS & ABS, then you will want to make the change in the rear be as close as possible to the same as the front. Calculating your rear choices yields the 265's give you a 2.4% increase and the 275's give you 3.5% increase. Based on this, I would recommend the 265's.
And now to answer a question, you didn't ask.
I would recommend running the front tires 5% lower in air pressure and the rears 8% lower than what the owner's manual recommends. This will keep the length of the tire contact patch approximately the same while the contact patch will increase in width due to the wider tires. Running the tires at their max rated pressure is overinflated for the weight of the car and will have an adverse effect on the handling.
Also, your speedometer will now read slower than actual speed and lower than actual miles driven (bigger diameters=fewer rotations per mile). I don't know if Acura/Honda makes replacement speedo gears to correct for this or not (When I replaced the stock 15/16's on my '92, I selected tires that kept my diameters stock), but if they do, you can correct speedo errors (or at least reduce the error), I did that on my Ford Bronco when I put 35" tires on it and changed by gear ratios, but I was correcting for an 11% error.
Fritz
