Outer Limits 4x4 Board

place my mates bald 265/75 16's MTR'S beside my 33 X12.5 15'S kumho KL 17 his his tyres are at lest 2 inches taller than mine ?????? what is going on ? and how do i get a true minimum 35 when i purchase them soon ?

go simex my 36 peede's were bigger then my mates 37" mtr's all simex's are under rated in size

dads 305x16s cooper stt's are 1inch and a half over 35x15s

In Dirty GQ's example, a 265/75-16 is generally considered a 32 " tyre, but I think it's metric equivalent would be about 31.8. Most M/T tyres would have 10 - 12mm of tread depth, so a bald tyre could easily be 31" (31.8 - 2x10mm)

Tyre sizes are approximate - any number (other than rim diameter) is allowed to be +/- 3%. So a 33" tyre could be a 34" tyre, or a 32" tyre. MOST tyres (not ALL) are "undersize."

Good luck,

Scott

dirtyGQ wrote: place my mates bald 265/75 16's MTR'S beside my 33 X12.5 15'S kumho KL 17 his his tyres are at lest 2 inches taller than mine ?????? what is going on ? and how do i get a true minimum 35 when i purchase them soon ?

when you put a tyre up against a tyre on a 4BY it will always be higher (given there the same size) asthe one on the 4BY has the load of the truck on it if you want to the hight against each tyre you have to take it of the truck.
jimbo

yep, ive put a bald 35bf muddie against the ones on my GU and the bald one sits higher

ok cool well we were all trying to work out why the 75/16 was so much higher than the 33' inch.