[t walgamuth]

Well, I probably would not buy the new tires unless they are needed for wear reasons. I have found in several cases the shorter wheel with the taller tires are significantly less $ or about equal to just buying the new very low profile tires. On my VW sportwagen they were also 4# lighter per wheel. That is significant on a car that light. I had similar results with my old pt cruiser. On that thing the oe wheels were tremendously heavy! The improvement in ride and handling was noticable because of the weight and of course new tires always feel better.