Official YARIS Wheel & Tire Guide

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Originally Posted by Calrenman

Hello

I am looking at all season tires Yokohama YK-GTX
I would prefer the tallness (ground clearance, I drive on dirt roads) of the tire. I am not sure if the taller tire will wreck the acceleration and or the milage.

Anybody have any experience with this?

195 60's will make you VERY happy, that 1 inch makes a MASSIVE differance...the car will feel more connected to the road, the 65 is a tad tall and you will suffer on torque..which these cars allready suffer at.....i know when i was running my taller old snow tires i HATED it...205/60/15....fwiw i also tested 185s for a couple years and it too was a solid improvement but still felt like it was lacking...195/60s seem to be perfection

i belive my 195/60s are on a 5.5 as well, tho it might be a 6 but i know its not bigger..id have to pull them to verify and im not going to LOL

i have no experiance with the gtx's but i can tell you the verdistain quatrac5 are AMAZING and easily in the top 3 tires ive owned over 30 years
in what id call a 3way tie
bridgstone potenzas
killer in the summer good in the rain worthless in the snow best "muscle car" tire i know of

falken azenis
uber badass n the summer, suprisingly great in the wet, and even more strange finds stable traction on black ice and ice pack..not so good in the snow tho..my goto for anything "light" that wont see snow

verdistain quatrac5
flat out STICKY in the summer, breaking them loose is neerly impossible, in the wet they grab like a rain tire and its still VERY hard to break them loose even under hard g forces, in the snow and ice they are about as good as a blizak snow tire....somehow this tire just WORKS like it was made for the light weight of a yaris
these also grab in gravel and dirt like a rally tire!!!!!

i dont know how these will "wear" on a "heavy" car but i can tell you on the "lack of weight" that a yaris is..these tires blew my mind..and continue to do so