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04-24-2003, 07:23 PM | #1 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 21763
Join Date: Jul 2002
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NWIC
Location: Issaquah, Washington
Vehicle:2005 MiniCooperS&D2 truck/car Dark Silver |
Diameter size between 16" and 18"
I need to gain some clearance when I put my 18" on so I'm just wondering if a 40 series tire will have a larger diameter than stock or if I will need a 45 to get an increase.
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04-24-2003, 07:27 PM | #2 |
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Vehicle:2014 Scion FR-S Hot Lava |
Depends on the width of the tire too. Use this to figure it out http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
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04-24-2003, 07:35 PM | #3 |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Location: still, colder than you, vt
Vehicle:2002 wrx wagon dirt slvr |
You might want to go to the Tire Rack and use their wheel/ tire sizing app.
They will explain the "PLUS" idea to you. The goal is to maintain the same overall dia of the wheel/tire combo (~25" for the wrx) by decreasing profile as you increase wheel dia. For example: 16"> 205/55/16 or 225/50/16 17"> 225/45/17 18"> 225/40/18 All these sizes have an overall diameter of 24.9 to 25.1 (or therabouts...) Increasing overall diameter significantly beyond 25" will screw up your gearing/ odo/ speedo and is generally not done. Though, some folks have gone to a slightly smaller dia for specific applications, eg autocross, where they want to lower the gearing for racing purposes. These people often will have dedicated wheel/rims for this purpose and put "standard" sized wheels for daily driving. Good luck. |
04-24-2003, 07:52 PM | #4 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 21763
Join Date: Jul 2002
Chapter/Region:
NWIC
Location: Issaquah, Washington
Vehicle:2005 MiniCooperS&D2 truck/car Dark Silver |
Argh, I'm just looking to get a little clearance so that my lip doesnt get destroyed. I need a thing like the Murcielago that lets the drive lift the front of the car to get up inclines
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