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 Post subject: Tire diameter vs. rim width?
PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:56 pm 
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How much difference is there in the diameter and section width of a tire on different width rims?

Tirerack says that a GY Wrangler Silent Armor 245/75R16C has a diameter of 30.5 inches and a section width of 9.8 inches when mounted on a 7 inch wide rim. How much, if at all, would those numbers change if mounted on a 8 inch rim?

Any examples wouldn't need to be specifically that size. Just curious.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:22 pm 
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sandracer wrote:
How much difference is there in the diameter and section width of a tire on different width rims?

Tirerack says that a GY Wrangler Silent Armor 245/75R16C has a diameter of 30.5 inches and a section width of 9.8 inches when mounted on a 7 inch wide rim. How much, if at all, would those numbers change if mounted on a 8 inch rim?

Any examples wouldn't need to be specifically that size. Just curious.
You'd drop to about 30.2",and have a section width of about 10" or slightly more.


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Great! So, roughly a 1 % decrease in diameter and a 2% increase in section width.

Thanks. That will come in handy.

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