Tires For My Car Go too a different tire size?

[Earl Palmer]

I have a 96 Mercury Sable with 205 65r 15 tires.
Can i go too a 205 70r 15?

 

[jordanm]

Yes, that should be find. The wheel gaps are pretty large in those cars so it should be ok. You can also get away with 215 65 on that car as well. The only problem you can possibly come across is that when your car is under suspension load that the tires could possibly run the inner fender, but since you are only going up one size, the height difference would be nominal at best (maybe 1/8th to 1/4 of a inch) so you should be ok.

 

[Hair Lover]

Yes but your speedometer is gonna be off

 

[PAUL L]

The 65 and 70 numbers are a percentage. The sidewall heights would be either 65% or 70% of the 205mm tread width. The 205/65/15 will have an overall height of about 25.5 inches but the 205/70/15 will be 26.3 inches so you will have a larger tire which will throw your speedometer off a little but not a big problem to get them to fit.

 

[c c]

yes. they'll be slightly smaller and thinner but will work fine.