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    What size of tires on 17" rims?

    So I upgraded from a 95 Grand Marquis to a 2003 Lincoln Town Car. What a beauty! But I need tires. Right now I have 225x60x17 on there. What other sizes can I put on 17" rims?
    1995 Lincoln Town Car Executive Series: "Albert" my daily driver
    1988 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series: "Don Vito Corleone" my Summer Cruise
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    2004 Grand Marquis LS: "The Boss" with floor shifter (loved it) - R.I.P.
    1997 Crown Victoria: "Victoria, the Armadillo" R.I.P.
    2003 Lincoln Town Car: "Nikkatello" - R.I.P. (Miss you the most)
    1995 Grand Marquis: "Gustavo Gonzales, the dirty Mexican" - R.I.P.

    #2
    I'm assuming you want to go wider?

    235/60/17
    245/55/17
    235/55/17

    Those are probably your common (good selection of tire models) sizes that are a bit bigger but will still fit reasonably on stock wheels. Going too wide compromises handling and wear. Going too tall throws off the speedometer/odometer and causes rubbing while turning.

    85 4 door 351 Civi Crown Victoria - Summer daily driver, sleeper in the making, and wildly inappropriate autocross machine
    160KMs 600cfm holley, shorty headers, 2.5" catted exhaust, 255/295 tires, cop shocks, cop swaybars, underdrive pulley, 2.73L gears.
    waiting for install: 3.27's, Poly bushings, boxed rear arms, 2500 stall converter, ported e7's, etc

    06 Mazda 3 hatch 2.3L 5AT (winter beater that cost more than my summer car)

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      #3
      Thanks alot. I just wanted to know what sizes are the best options on those rims. And also availability.
      1995 Lincoln Town Car Executive Series: "Albert" my daily driver
      1988 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series: "Don Vito Corleone" my Summer Cruise
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      2004 Grand Marquis LS: "The Boss" with floor shifter (loved it) - R.I.P.
      1997 Crown Victoria: "Victoria, the Armadillo" R.I.P.
      2003 Lincoln Town Car: "Nikkatello" - R.I.P. (Miss you the most)
      1995 Grand Marquis: "Gustavo Gonzales, the dirty Mexican" - R.I.P.

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        #4
        235/55/17 is pretty inexpensive......muskrat gt size

        1986 lincoln towncar signature series. 5.0 HO with thumper performance ported e7 heads, 1.7 roller rockers, warm air intake, 65mm throttle body, 1/2" intake spacer, ported intakes, 3.73 rear with trac lock, 98-02 front brake conversion, 92-97 rear disc conversion, 1" rear swaybar, 1 3/16" front swaybar, 16" wheels and tires, loud ass stereo system, badass cb, best time to date 15.94 at 87 mph. lots of mods in the works 221.8 rwhp 278 rwt
        2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature. Stock for now
        1989 Ford F-250 4x4 much much more to come, sefi converted so far.
        1986 Toyota pickup with LSC wheels and 225/60/16 tires.
        2008 Hyundai Elantra future Revcon toad
        1987 TriBurner and 1986 Alaska stokers keeping me warm. (and some pesky oil heat)

        please be patient, rebuilding an empire!

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          #5
          235/55/17 cooper weathermaster st/2 on the back of the mousestang, works excellent.
          89 townie, mild exhuast up grades, soon to have loud ass stereo....

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