Continental
ExtremeContact DWS06 PLUS UHP All Season Tire
- Fits 205/50R16
- Performance
- All-season
Best Tires for the 1997-2001 Honda Prelude
Confirm your factory (OE) tire size with the sources behind it, filter the CarCareTruth-scored tires that fit by how you drive, and shop your exact size on Amazon. The sticker inside your driver's door is always the final word.
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Scored tires that fit 205/50R16
Ranked by the CarCareTruth score: tread quality, ingredient health, and environmental footprint. The number is ours and we show the breakdown; we do not lab-test tires or call one model the outright best.
Cooper
CS5 Ultra Touring All-Season Tire
- Fits 205/50R16
- Grand touring
- All-season
Uniroyal
Tiger Paw Touring A/S All-Season Tire
- Fits 205/50R16
- Touring
- All-season
Sumitomo
HTR A/S P03 All-Season Tire
- Fits 205/50R16
- Performance
- All-season
General Tire
AltiMAX RT45 All-Season Tire
- Fits 205/50R16
- Touring
- All-season
Yokohama
Avid Ascend GT All-Season Touring Tire
- Fits 205/50R16
- Eco / low rolling resistance
- All-season
- Load/speed 102H
Other tire types for the Prelude
Winter & snow tiresCold-weather grip rated for severe snow (3PMSF), across every tire family.All-terrain & off-road tiresTrail-capable tread for trucks and SUVs, from balanced A/T to aggressive mud-terrain.Performance & summer tiresDry and wet grip for sport sedans and sports cars, summer and ultra-high-performance.Comfort & touring tiresQuiet, smooth all-season tires for everyday cars and crossovers.Long-mileage & grand-touring tiresComfort plus handling and a long tread-life warranty for high-mileage drivers.Truck & highway tiresSmooth, long-wearing highway (HT) tires for trucks and SUVs that mostly drive on pavement.
What we do and don't test
We don't lab-test tires. We match your driving to the right tire type, then point you to the highest owner-rated options in your size. For independent, model-by-model test data, Tire Rack and Consumer Reports test specific tires and publish the results.
How to read treadwear (and why it is not a score)
Every tire stamps a UTQG treadwear grade on the sidewall, but the number is self-reported by the manufacturer against its own reference tire. That makes it a rough class signal for how long a tire might last, not a head-to-head ranking. A 700 from one brand and a 700 from another do not promise the same mileage. Use it to compare tires of the same type from the same maker, and treat the type itself as the bigger signal.
The UTQG traction grade (AA, A, B, C) measures straight-line wet braking only, not cornering or snow grip. Almost every modern tire is A or AA, so it rarely separates good tires from great ones on its own.
Tire care and install-day kit
Once the tires are on, these are the CCT-scored products that keep them looking and lasting their best.
- See Chemical Guys on Amazon
Tire dressing (shine + UV protection)
New tires look their best with a dressing that also shields the rubber from sun cracking. Pick a water-based one for a satin, non-greasy finish.
- See Griot's Garage on Amazon
Tire cleaner (prep before dressing)
Dressing only sticks to clean rubber. A dedicated cleaner strips old brown dressing and road grime so the new coat lasts.
Griot's Garage Rubber CleanerCCT 7.7/10 - See Milwaukee on Amazon
Tire inflator (keep them at spec)
Underinflated tires wear faster and waste fuel. A portable inflator lets you hit the door-placard pressure in your driveway.
Milwaukee M18 Inflator (2848-20)CCT 7.5/10 - See Sunex Tools on Amazon
Torque wrench + socket set (install day)
If you mount or rotate tires yourself, a torque wrench is the difference between a safe wheel and a warped rotor or a loose lug.
Look up your car's lug-nut torque spec in the owner's manual before you install, then tighten in a star pattern with a torque wrench. Re-torque after the first 50 to 100 miles. Most passenger cars land between 80 and 100 lb-ft, but always use your car's exact number.
Prelude tire questions
- What is the tire size for a 1997-2001 Honda Prelude?
- The factory (OE) tire size for the 1997-2001 Honda Prelude is 205/50R16. Confirm it against the sticker on your driver's-door jamb, which lists the exact size your car left the factory with.
- Where is the tire size on a Prelude?
- Open the driver's door and look at the jamb. The placard there lists the factory tire size and the recommended pressures. That sticker is the final word, even over our number.
- Which tire is best for a Prelude?
- There is no single best tire. We score the tires that fit your size on tread quality, ingredient health, and environmental footprint, then rank by that score and let you filter by how you drive. We do not lab-test tires or call one model the outright best. For model-by-model test data, Tire Rack and Consumer Reports test specific tires.