It also had 17-inch wheels and low-profile tires. Off the coast, I ran over what seemed to be an innocuous small rock in the road. I knew something was wrong in about the next 10 seconds.

Low-profile tires give you a harder and noisier ride. ... That's already got the smallest wheels and highest-profile tires available on that car (17-inch wheels, 55 aspect ratio).

Low-profile tires give you a harder and noisier ride. ... That’s already got the smallest wheels and highest-profile tires available on that car (17-inch wheels, 55 aspect ratio).

The problem is the tires. I knew nothing about “low profile” tires until after I bought the car, and now that they have been brought to my attention, I have done a little research.

Pirelli testing low-profile tires for 18-inch Formula One wheels. Detractors look at a modern Formula One car and wonder what relevance they could possibly have to the cars we drive.

Here we have one such example of a mid-spec 2021 Swift being modified with 17-inch aftermarket wheels with low profile tires. We will admit that these dual-tone, five-spoke 17-inchers really up ...

The problem is the tires. I knew nothing about "low profile" tires until after I bought the car and, ... TOM: You could experiment with a higher-aspect-ratio tire on your 17-inch wheels, ...

They suggest using snow tires in the winter instead. Bob and Ray say it’s not a good idea for a reader to replace her factory tires with higher-profile ones. Skip to Main Content Skip to footer ...

Low-profile tires are ruining modern cars, ... The 20-inch tires did stop slightly shorter than the 18-inch wheels in Fenske's testing, besting them by a couple feet from 60 mph.

Next year's move to much more road-relevant 18-inch low-profile tires should help that technology-transfer process. But mostly, let's hope the switch makes for good racing. Listing image: Steven ...

Formula 1 will change from running on 13-inch tires to 18-inch low-profile tires in 2021, while feeder series F2 will move the new design in 2020. In a move that has long been talked about, F1 ...

T he handsome 20-inch AMG wheels and low-profile tires that adorned my 2021 Mercedes-Benz E220d wagon are gone. In their ...