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Old 02-22-2013, 01:47 PM   #42
jsteg
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Originally Posted by averagewhiteboy View Post
I wouldn't classify it as false information. But ok, you win. Congrats. lol I suppose on my countless amounts of wheels and tires I've bought over time that I've been wrong all along.
If you've been calling it tire height then yes you have lol. This isn't a contest, you asked me to clarify and I did, so don't get all butt-hurt. Buying wheels and tires has nothing to do with the terminology being used so you could have bought a million wheels and tires and that doesn't change the meaning of those numbers.

Straight from http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=46

"Typically following the three digits identifying the tire's Section Width in millimeters is a two-digit number that identifies the tire's profile or aspect ratio.

P225/50R16 91S

The 50 indicates that this tire size's sidewall height (from rim to tread) is 50% of its section width. The measurement is the tire's section height, and also referred to as the tire's series, profile or aspect ratio. The higher the number, the taller the sidewall; the lower the number, the lower the sidewall. We know that this tire size's section width is 225mm and that its section height is 50% of 225mm. By converting the 225mm to inches (225 / 25.4 = 8.86") and multiplying it by 50% (.50) we confirm that this tire size results in a tire section height of 4.43". If this tire were a P225/70R16 size, our calculation would confirm that the size would result in a section height of 6.20", approximately a 1.8-inch taller sidewall."
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