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Old 12-12-2000 | 04:55 PM
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Cool Tires ans rim sizes

i dont quite get how the tires r sized, like when people say "255/764/R9348."....ydda yadda yadda..... and whatnot........does anyone know a site or somethin where it would explain it more to me?
Old 12-12-2000 | 05:31 PM
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http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/size.htm

...also try...
http://www.acura-tl.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000117.html

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Old 12-12-2000 | 05:48 PM
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xxx/yy/zz - where x= width in mm, y= size of wheel in in, and z= (sidewall)/x*100. z is more commonly called the "aspect ratio" and refers to the "profile" of the sidewall.

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Old 12-12-2000 | 05:52 PM
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aiight guys thanks
Old 12-12-2000 | 08:18 PM
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Originally posted by Gomez:
xxx/yy/zz - where x= width in mm, y= size of wheel in in, and z= (sidewall)/x*100. z is more commonly called the "aspect ratio" and refers to the "profile" of the sidewall.
xxx-yy/zz (ie stock size 205/60-16)
Gomez meant to say the yy is aspect ratio and zz is wheel diameter in inches. so our tires are 205mm wide, 55% of 205(112.75mm) in profile(sidewall height) and the center hole for the wheel is 16" in diameter. Whew!
What a mixed bag eh, metric and american measurements all in one. hope that made sense.

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