The 195 60R15 87H is the only size on the door. I don't think the
rims were swopped, as the car only had one owner before me, a woman
med student who kept somewhat meticulous records in the original Honda
owner's book -in doctorscript of course ; ) .

At the TinyUrl link http://www.tiny.cc/qnJlb to the Michelin site
where the tires were selected by model, make & year, they have
P195/60R15 ( 615x195, 24.2x7.7 )
"Correct size for Accord. 87T". They also list P185/70R14 ( 616x185,
24.3x7.3 )
Correct size for Accord. 87T. But the price difference between the
smaller and larger size is $16.35 per tire. This makes me think that
the smaller size choice was due to cost.

As for the resonance, perhaps it was due to the fact that the tires
are the same ones on the car when I bought it (and drove 12,000
miles), alarmingly now-worn BF Goodrich's. From the outside they look
somewhat worn, but the tire that blew had the tread ripped away,
exposing the metal. Definately time to replace all four, as well as
get another rim w/ tire, & get rid of that stupid doughnut!



On Jul 7, 5:15 pm, Hachiroku <Tru...@AE86.gts> wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:18:25 -0700, sam8988378 wrote:
> > My '92 Honda Accord LX tires are sadly in need of replacement, and as they
> > came with the car I hadn't really looked at the size before. I looked at
> > the inside of the door and the size is supposed to be 195 60R15. I
> > checked the tires and they are 185 70R14.
>
> > Is there some funny business going on with the rims? Would there be a
> > reason I couldn't replace them with the specified size? Is there a reason
> > someone would have chosen the different size? Thanks.
>
> I'm with Jim on this, someone swapped the wheels, and either kept the
> alloys or sold them separately.
>
> the 195 is the only size listed on the door? Sometimes Japanese cars will
> have a 'stock' size, mounted on steel wheels for the standard size, and a
> larger size mounted on alloys for an optional tire.
>
> The resonance may be because it's a cheap tire, or perhaps just a noisy
> compound/belt setup.