I've seen those before - used to use that size on my '82 Tercel. IIRC, the
sidewall ratio of these "non-profile" tires is about 82.
My guess is that this came from sizing the first radials to replace bias-ply
tires - but this is only a guess :-)
-=Chris
Chris King - cbking@alum.rpi.edu
http://members.home.net/kvcbk/
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From <mgraziano at mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:00:14 -0500
>errr.... non-profile tires. i.e. 155/70R13 or 215/60R15 are profiled tires.
> The sidewall height is roughly 70% of the tread width (155mm * 0.70 =
>108.5mm). The Michelin x-metric are not rated that way. I don't know why. I
>just know they're called non-profile tires.
>
>
>Guy Weller <guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>From:
>To:
>Cc:
>Sent: 23 January 2002 20:27
>Subject: Re: Tires
>
>
>> I've got the Michelin X-Metric 155/R13 no-profile tires.
>
>"No-profile" ? Do you paint them on ??
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