I picked up a set of 16"x7" Sacchi wheels today. They have a 40mm offset. Anyway we test fitted a set of these with mounted 205/40/16 tires on them. All clearances were ok with this combo. Anyway I've got the wheels, but I'm looking at tires. Nothing too expensive, but reasonable.

I've narrowed it down to 3 tires. The Nexen N3000 summers, the BF Goodrich Geforce Sport, and the Federal 595. All are close in price, so if you had a choice between the 3- which one would you go with and why? The Nexen and BFG tires have reinforced sidewall support for better cornering. Not sure on the Federals. Any comments?

 

Well I decided to go with the 16" BFG KDW2 tires. But I also got a set of 14" winters to put on my car with a set of Honda rims. See pics.

I got the General Altimax Arctic tires put on. I drive a small Mazda and its amazing how much more effort the 195 series I had on was to steer then the 175s I have on now. Its like I got power steering back- light to the touch. Anyway they roll real nice on the road. Handling doesn't feel too squishy so far. I had to get shorter lug nuts due to the hubcap hitting the taller Honda lugnuts. These tires were put on a set of 14" Honda rims, so I had to get ball seat lugnuts for this setup. And yes my car is old- but still going well after 20.5 years.