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[hoody]

My mate has offered me a cracking se of tyres for spares but they are 215/55/16,i have the cdx alloys with 225/55/16 on them.Are they any use to me?

[alcutler]

My mate has offered me a cracking se of tyres for spares but they are 215/55/16,i have the cdx alloys with 225/55/16 on them.Are they any use to me?

It may be worth having a word with a good tyre fitter to see if they could be used - but I would doubt it. You are best sticking to the original recommended sizes - fit anthing else and you will probably invalidate your insurance.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

As does fitting a non-standard badge to your car, if you haven't told your insurers about it, they can use something as trivial as that to weasel out of a payout. Tyre stretching in Germany is very much the 'thing'.

But bear in mind that the 215 figure refers to width in mm, so really your dealing with a 10mm difference from 215 to 225, thats only 5mm either side of 'stretch'. Look at your wheels, and visualise 5mm, it's not much.

Incidentally:
GLS/CD 7J x 15 alloys
Reflection/Tourer/CDX/Elite 7J x 16 alloys

BUT the GLS/CD have 205, wheras the Reflec/Tourer/CDX/Elite have 225s

So Vauxhall say you can put 205s or 225s on a 7J rim, I reckon you can put 215s on. :-)

[dbug]

As does fitting a non-standard badge to your car, if you haven't told your insurers about it, they can use something as trivial as that to weasel out of a payout. Tyre stretching in Germany is very much the 'thing'.

But bear in mind that the 215 figure refers to width in mm, so really your dealing with a 10mm difference from 215 to 225, thats only 5mm either side of 'stretch'. Look at your wheels, and visualise 5mm, it's not much.

Incidentally:
GLS/CD 7J x 15 alloys
Reflection/Tourer/CDX/Elite 7J x 16 alloys

BUT the GLS/CD have 205, wheras the Reflec/Tourer/CDX/Elite have 225s

So Vauxhall say you can put 205s or 225s on a 7J rim, I reckon you can put 215s on. :-)

They will fit the rims ok mate but if different size to original equipment sizes may still be an insurance issue!

[cem_devecioglu]

215 55 16 will fit..  if the tyres are a set and thread depth is ok no reason not to use them..

for example as a general use winter tires must have a smaller width than the original .. most tire shops advice this..how can it break insurance.. thats not logical..

[Varche]

What speed rating are they?

Mine uses Z or W in the Uk. Amazingly if you use 15 inch standard steel rims you can use H rating.

[alcutler]

215 55 16 will fit..  if the tyres are a set and thread depth is ok no reason not to use them..

for example as a general use winter tires must have a smaller width than the original .. most tire shops advice this..how can it break insurance.. thats not logical..

Apreciate what your saying and no doubt they will fit - the point I was trying to make about invalidating your insurance is that if you were unfortunate enough to have an accident regardless of the cause they would send an assessor to examine the vehicle and if he found 'non standard' tyres or tyres of a size other than Vauxhall recomend, they would class this as a modification and would refuse to pay out - they will look for any excuse to avoid paying out, as someone has already pointed out re 'badging' the car. There have been a couple of instances recently where someone has bought a set of aftermarket alloys and tyres, with a different size tyre/rating, that have been advertised as suitable for that type of car, but not recommended by the manafacturer - and insurance companies have refused to pay out when claims have been made. This is classed as a modification and you must inform your insurance. 
The simple thing to do if in doubt is to contact your insurance company and ask them - they may agree but you can guarentee your premium will go through the ceiling!