Tire sizing advice

load rating for 99T is 1709 lbs.
www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoLoadIndex.dos

Your cars GVWR is 4560 lbs.
www.cars.com/honda/cr-v/2010/specifications/

1709 * 4 = 6836 lbs
6836 > 4560 lbs.

You're fine, by a sizeable margin. Your 102T tires were just a bit more overkill at 1874 per tire. Don't exceed your full loaded capacity (your GVWR) is what those load ratings mean.

take the tirerack prices on just the tires into your local Discount Tire and ask them to match the price.  They'll stick you with the cost of shipping as well but they'll match the price which is fair.

discounttiredirect.com, tirebuyer.com, and treaddepot.com often have lower pricing than Tirerack. The first two include freight in the price and you should be able to match that at a local retailer. I know Ford dealers can match the freight included price, minus a dollar.

I checked Discount online and they couldn't beat TireRack and they didn't have the wheels I wanted either. I just checked the other two that you mentioned but they didn't have a the same tire and I couldn't find anything comparable. It is worth shopping around, I just wanted to share where I was able to find what I needed that was similar to what the OP might be after. I also agree that while a tire shop might be bound by company policy to not sell you tires with a lower load rating that you will most likely be ok. *I am not a lawyer or a professional tire advisor so my comments are just comments.*

Original tire
Sidewall: 5.31 in
Radius: 13.81 in
Diameter: 27.63 in
Circumf: 86.80 in
Revs/mile: 729.94

New Tire
Sidewall: 5.76 in
Radius: 14.26 in
Diameter: 28.52 in
Circumf: 89.58 in
Revs/mile: 707.26


Speedometer reading with new tire is 3.21% too slow.
When your speedometer is reading 60mph you are actually traveling 61.86mph.



For snow I don't suggest small tires. If anything I would sell your studded small snow tires and look for a set of bigger than stock snow tires. Losing ground clearance and flotation is bad. I would search forums for CRV or which kind of car you have and look for the tallest tires that you can get for it are. You should be able to atleast go a size or two bigger without rubbing.

n16ht5 has the speedo part backwards and in my opinion is overstating the importance of such a small tire size change. If you had snow tires already and were struggling to get to the end of logging roads in a high clearance 4x4 I'd say follow his advice and eek out the last ounce of performance via larger tires. If you plan to stick with paved and plowed roads and don't want to slide off the road then use the tires you already have and the money you saved to add to your ski quiver or buy more beer.

For the sake of 1/2" clearance, which I'm already gaining going from a Passat to a CRV, and the load issue which actually I did check after the last post and I'd have to load with a car full of skiers and lots of salt bags to exceed, even with the lower load rating its cost effective for me to keep these tires and get rims. However, getting steels for this size is tricky and craigslist purchase of alloy or otherwise is nigh impossible. Still, I'll look for another couple of weeks before pulling the plug.

Good advice from you lot!