Wheel Alignment Specifications & Adjustment Procedures: Tires/Wheels: Description
There are two matching ways about the wheel & tire and front suspension on this vehicle. It follows,
- Standard equipment with 2.0L/2.7L engines :
Normal (Soft) suspension and 16"wheel & tire
- Optional equipment with 2.0L/2.7L engines :
Sports (Hard) suspension and 17"wheel & tire
NOTE:
- The front suspension identification mark can be seen when the front wheel & tire is removed.
- The following degeneration in vehicle performance may occur when installing the 17" tires to the 2.0L vehicle models equipped with the normal front suspension.
- The handling may be inferior to the vehicles with 16" tires. However installing 17" tires to the vehicles with hard suspensions does not affect the driving performance.
- The 17" tire is for summer season.
Therefore, its performance in snow is inferior to the 16" tire for all seasons.
- The 17" tire is directional.
An unexpected noise and vibration may occur if tires are not installed correctly according to the rotational direction.
- The snow chain with the thickness lower than 10mm is recommended to use on vehicles with 17" tires.