14" or 15" for winter tire ???
 

Hello

I need some help again, I need to know wase is the better for the Protege ES GT between 14 " or 15 ", Peaple told me that if i go with 15 " they will be not good for winter even if its winter tire and they told me to go with 14", and some people told me that if i go with 14" my car will feel alote different will im driving. But on the other side some other people told me that 15" or as good as 14" for winter because of the new winter tire.

Anybody could help me cause winter is comming very soon :(

Thanks for your support and by the way the furum is very nice :)

The big difference you will find between 15 and 14 is that the 14 will be narrower which is better for snow driving condition.

This is the only advantage to getting 14, otherwise they are basically the same.

For my part I have 15 on my car because they were on sale and thus cheaper than getting 14.

BTW did you pick up you car from Argus ?

Yes from Argus mazda

Thanks for the Info, i think i will go for 14" but I will call for price before cause I finaly found a place for 15" 750$ for 4 tire and rims so i will call then back to see the price for 14" cause i want to change my auto starter cause the one that a got with the car doen not work weel for me so if i can save money that will be good.

Thanks for the info

Check performance Mazda on the ontario side, I yhink they are selling Hakka 1 with 14 steelies for 700$

i'm sure you have read this as i have........but i heard that the 14" could possibly not fit on the ES GT.......I wanted to go with the 14", but from what i heard on this board......the 14" might not fit because the GT has 4 wheel discs verus the base model with the 14" having the drums in the back.....apparently in some situations the there might not be enough room for the calipers with 14" rims.........That's why I ordered some 15"

Not true, a LOT of P5 and ES/GT over here have 14 inches without any clearance problem.

I have 14" on my 2000 ES.

Thank to everybody for their help, I think I will go for 14" cause its better for the snow and its cheaper ($$$) its like around 600$ instead of 750$ for 15".

thank you

Hey black swift that good to hear that you found a good deal.

We organize meet in the region from time to time, send me your email address to me raptor_protege@hotmail.com and my executive assistant :D gogluette@hotmail.com and will let you know about future meets. You might also want to check out http://www.clubprotegequebec.com

See ya around

I've ordered some 14" steelies with 185/70's for my MP3 .. I hope they fit! Although if I can find a 14" alloy with 5-bolts for a good price I would consider going with those instead. (to minimize the ugly factor) :D