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Tire pressure plays a part in hydroplaning of tires. Equation is 9 x square root of the tire pressure. At 36 psi, hydroplaning starts at 54 mph, at 49 psi, hydroplaning starts at 63 mph.

Update: Enkei Racing RPF1 16 x 6 wheels and ECOPIA EP422 PLUS tires 205/60-16. Just wanted to share that the new wheel set has improve my range by one mile per kW or about 19 miles. I run these tires at 45 lbs. The investment has been worth it to me. Nice job on squeezing every last mile out...

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Here is the picture of my LEAF with the new wheels and tires. I bought some inexpensive center caps but they only fit the back due to the front wheels having an extension.

I would like to post a picture with the tires. Can anyone share a link which explains how to do so? Thanks

Thanks to all of you who contributed to this thread. I have ordered the Enkei Racing RPF1 16 x 6 wheels and ECOPIA EP422 PLUS tires 205/60-16. I hope to have them installed by April 20 and will report back later. If I forget, just leave and post and it will remind me. Thanks again.

13.7 pounds

I looked at the larger tire size and found, via the tire size calculator, that the speedometer would read nearly 3mph high and it would raise the car up nearly an inch from the 17" wheel. For me, I would like to have the speedometer as close as possible while I drive around town. I am leaning...

It appears, in this case, that the offset would barely change the tire location as compared to the 17" tire, if my math is right. The 16" tire is .39 (9.91mm) narrower. Every rim is 1/2" wider. Only one rim, the RPF1, has a 43mm offset vs the others with a normal 40mm. So: The 43mm offset...

Thanks for weighing in. I had read about this from your "EV01+ with aero covers" post. I did email and "attention: Chris" last Tuesday and am awaiting a reply. So if you use the inserts, it adds 2.8 pounds. Good to know. The 60 raised the car back to original height so you lose any benefit of...

It is time to replace my summer tires and after reading various and sundry posts about wheel and tire size, I am leaning toward putting 16 inch wheels in the hope that I might gain a bit more milage out of my battery in my 2015 leaf. It still has 12 bars at 49000 miles and 20.5 kW...

Thanks to all who have advised me. New battery in place and we will see what happened. Jim

I am trying to find the location I can put in under profile, but I cannot. I live in Michigan. I did buy the Optima yellow top and it is in the car. Now to charge the main battery.

I guess I was trying to be thorough. LeafSpy shows that my car has 22.6 kW available at the end of a full charging session. The kW info was added in case someone reading the post had an Aha! moment, realizing that ___________ was the reason the leaf would stop charging, or receiving electricity...

It is plugged in when we get home in the evening and the first time it was noon before we unplugged it. The second time the same so about 16 hours.