There are two matching
ways about the wheel & tire and front suspension on this vehicle. It
follows,
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Standard equipment with 2.0L/2.7L engines
:
Normal (Soft) suspension and 16″wheel &
tire |
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Optional equipment with 2.0L/2.7L engines
:
Sports (Hard) suspension and 17″wheel &
tire |
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The front suspension identification mark
can be seen when the front wheel & tire is
removed. |
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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. | |