Searching for a car model by the size of the tires?
We went to a local U-Pull-It parts yard. We needed a tire and wheel for a 1996 vehicle. Their website has their inventory and we had a list of three 1995's, five 1996, and five 1997. As we went from row to row to see these cars a pattern developed. All these cars, Honda Accords had 15 inch tires. Ours has 14 inch tires. I doubt the previous owner of our car scrapped 15 inch just to go to a smaller size.
The Accord we have was not their most expensive model in 1996. Ours has no power windows or door locks. Car after car and we only had 4 left to look at and finally one had a 14 inch tire same as ours. 195-60-R14. However even on this car that had our size the other three tires on that car were not 14's.
Since (13) 1995-1997 Honda Accords, with a total of 52 tires, only had one that we needed we'd like to know how to search for cars using tire sizes.
We can not search all makes of cars hoping to stumble onto the right tire.
I can use the make and model to locate what part we might need.
Any way to search tire size for the makes and models that have that size tire?
The Accord we have was not their most expensive model in 1996. Ours has no power windows or door locks. Car after car and we only had 4 left to look at and finally one had a 14 inch tire same as ours. 195-60-R14. However even on this car that had our size the other three tires on that car were not 14's.
Since (13) 1995-1997 Honda Accords, with a total of 52 tires, only had one that we needed we'd like to know how to search for cars using tire sizes.
We can not search all makes of cars hoping to stumble onto the right tire.
I can use the make and model to locate what part we might need.
Any way to search tire size for the makes and models that have that size tire?
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Yes so that is why I suggested getting the matching wheel first. Then get tires after
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I may have stated it incorrectly. The wheels we have do not need to be replaced. We wanted a 5th one as a spare. The rim is identical and the tire we got on that rim has excellent tread.
In the future we may need another tire or two from this parts yard.
I wanted a way to look up 195-60-R14 and see "what makes and models" use that tire size. To prevent me from having to walk down dozens and dozens of rows of import cars looking for that size tire. And there could be American cars like Ford that might use that size.
No matching of wheels is needed.
dbrunton: Interested in all make and models (Honda or otherwise) that came with the same size tire as we use when that car was sold off the showroom floor. We now have a 5th wheel that fits. We may want additional tires the same size and if only 1 out of 52 tires we looked at yesterday had our size, then surely 195-60-R14 is not so rare that other makes and models do not come built with that same tire.
In the future we may need another tire or two from this parts yard.
I wanted a way to look up 195-60-R14 and see "what makes and models" use that tire size. To prevent me from having to walk down dozens and dozens of rows of import cars looking for that size tire. And there could be American cars like Ford that might use that size.
No matching of wheels is needed.
dbrunton: Interested in all make and models (Honda or otherwise) that came with the same size tire as we use when that car was sold off the showroom floor. We now have a 5th wheel that fits. We may want additional tires the same size and if only 1 out of 52 tires we looked at yesterday had our size, then surely 195-60-R14 is not so rare that other makes and models do not come built with that same tire.
So get the wheel- you said you found one. Then get a tire for it . Easy to do
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My question was what other makes and models build their cars with the 195-60-14 tires so when I need one I go to row X and locate the car and get the tire.
Each row contains about 20 cars of all import makes and models and they have 100 rows of imports. Knowing if a 1997 Toyota Corolla has the tire says me from searching hundred's of cars.
I thought there might be a reverse lookup.
We can take a make and model and search for something.
Can we take the tire size and use that as a search term. Maybe not.
Each row contains about 20 cars of all import makes and models and they have 100 rows of imports. Knowing if a 1997 Toyota Corolla has the tire says me from searching hundred's of cars.
I thought there might be a reverse lookup.
We can take a make and model and search for something.
Can we take the tire size and use that as a search term. Maybe not.
Your vehicle is about 2 decades old. Why do you need all this information? Get a wheel that is the same and purchase a tire for. Easy to do so what am I missing?
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I want to find some source and in the search box and enter 195-60-R14 and see all the makes and models that came with that tire off the showroom floor. The make and model of the vehicle we have has nothing to do with it. We do not need to match rims because we have 5 matching rims. What we may need in the future are those sized tires, USED tires, and we'll just have to walk down all 100 rows of imports and search for the make and model other than what we have that has those sized tires.
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The link dbrunton gave appears to be the answer or the closest thing to a tire search by using the tire size and not the make and model. Quickly I found that 2000 Toyota Corolla can come with the same tire as we have.
If anyone has a better search by tire size to get "car" results please post it.
John: as your other 3 wheels.
We did not get one to be the 4th, we got it to be the 5th.
If anyone has a better search by tire size to get "car" results please post it.
John: as your other 3 wheels.
We did not get one to be the 4th, we got it to be the 5th.
The model of car has zero to do with the tire brand. I have used Goodyear, Michelin, Pirelli and Gslavid on the same cars. I wonder if this is part of your issue.
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Yes so that is why I suggested getting the matching wheel first. Then get tires after.........
Yes but the question was to find an enter tire size and search for matching vehicles search site.
Yes but the question was to find an enter tire size and search for matching vehicles search site.
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Question was not stated correctly. I want to locate all makes and models that use my tire size with some such search site.
I need no rims and we always use used tires. Income is about 10-12% below government poverty level.
I need no rims and we always use used tires. Income is about 10-12% below government poverty level.
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