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Old 10-11-2015, 08:06 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by CFD View Post
Sorry but that is incorrect. 265 is the width, that does not change. Read Mr Incredable's post above, his explanation is right on.
If you take the time , and actually do the math , you will see what I'm talking about

One more time , the tire ( 265 m) is somehow short off the right tire for that wheel

Now , one makes the tire wall , ( percentage of the tire thread ) from 35% to 30% , the result is a smaller tirewall , right ? Then the tire thread still is at the very same position , but the tirewall ( smaller by 5% ) still have to bridge the distance from the tire thread ,mot the wheel , so it will have to be stretched even more so that the tire with a 35% , am I right ?

Just to help clarify my point , let's say that the new tire is 265/.10 , the original was 265/35 , see may point ? One would have 92.75 m of tire wall on the 265/35 , but only 10.5 on the 265/10 , that's a lot less tirewall to makeup the space in between the tire thread edge and the wheel , and this only happen when the tires aren't the right size ( thread with ) for the wheel .
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