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Old 04-26-2011, 09:37 PM   #1
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tire height?

How tall is a 60 series tire on a 15" wheel? Thanks
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Old 04-26-2011, 09:41 PM   #2
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Re: tire height?

depends on how high the tire is...the 50-60-70 tires are base on percent of how wide.
go to http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp
its a tire calculator I use alot.
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Old 04-27-2011, 10:30 AM   #3
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depends on how high the tire is...the 50-60-70 tires are base on percent of how wide.
go to http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp
its a tire calculator I use alot.
Right on thanks! So i guess my next question is what size tire are people runnin on their 15x8 rallies?
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Old 04-27-2011, 10:47 AM   #4
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Right on thanks! So i guess my next question is what size tire are people runnin on their 15x8 rallies?
Sorry but to answer that you really need to decide you want a 50-60-70-75 tire?
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Old 04-27-2011, 02:06 PM   #5
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I'm runnin 275/60/15
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Old 04-27-2011, 02:15 PM   #6
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Re: tire height?

I was thinkin somewhat between. 255 -275/60/15
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Old 04-28-2011, 12:41 AM   #7
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255/70/15(29"tall)....she runs cool in OD on the hyway(105 @ 3150 on the tach)....crazyL
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