John:
While I know that a 205 tire won't necessarily have a 205mm wide
cross-section, I do know that 1 inch equals 25.4mm, not 29.4mm. No biggie.
What I don't know for sure is: dos the "205" represent the *tire*
cross-section, or the *tread*? Can some tire guru please enlighten me?
Mike Healy
----- Original Message -----
From: Moore, John <jmoore@spyglass.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 4:34 PM
Subject: Tire widths are apparently very subjective?
> Apparently the stated tire width of a tire is very subjective. I've known
> this for a while, but didnt realize by how much until I have been thinking
> of going one size wider on front tires on my SE-R and found the following
> listed in the manufacturers technical data:
>
> 195/50-15 treadwidth 7.2 inches i.e. 211.6 mm
7.2" = 183mm. A bit closer...
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