Of course! That's what I said! Is just about opinion

I warned you

Me? I'm not uptight about anything. I got my answer. I skimmed past opinions on what it would look like because if you read my question, that's not what I asked.

If one has to fear asking questions on a forum, then what's the point? I'll bet there are more tire experts here then on tireracks site, and as I wrote before, I'm not looking for the lawyer's recommendation. I'm not sure why you are following this thread.

He did warn you.

Actually, I just looked back, and no warning! Just asked why I didn't look elsewhere. Later claims to have warned me; twice.

"Why come here and get a bunch of incorrect, contradictory or wrong opinions?"

Those adept in the nuances of some members here, may see the deeper meaning originally intended. Any oversight might have been he did include himself in the group of three categories. You of course get to make that determination for yourself. He is partly correct, I admit, if one does NOT want opinions, best to go elsewhere then Moparts. I usually feel in no matter how many responses one gets to a question, one is often spot on, figuring out which one, is the key. If your thinking is the majority must be correct, just do a poll from the get go. Looking back, luckily, you got no wrong answers.

You got a bunch of irrelevant opinions too, didn't you?

in my many years of playing with tires, i have done things most here would find disturbing. like mounting a 5.60 vw tire on an 8" rim, and mounting a 13.50 dirt tire on a 4 1/2" rim, just to see if it could be done. would it be recommended ? uh, no ! but.... also, i have run the spectrum of narrow to superwide matching wheels and tires most manufacturers of both do not recommend with sometimes excellent results. usually, one can get away with one to two inches wider or narrower than recommended tire or wheel width without causing major issues. you may, or may not get the maximum life out of the tires, but you won't know it if your tires dry rot before the tread wears out. your opinions and results may [more than likely] vary.

LOL.

it could or it could not be irrelevant! Maybe helpfull maybe not! LOL

He DID! LOL


As I said on a previous thread! Mathematically, the rim tire beds on a 10" rim is the same than the tire threads width ( 255 mm ) so phisically FITS without problems.

Now the look is about opinions. Being a temporally fit just to keep the car on the driveway is not a problem. Usually tires are selected to get threaded section between 1 to 3 inches wider than the rim bed width. There is when the look comes to mind

Now you mentioned also 235s on 10 thinking in 8"s later? IMHO 255s are a better match on a 8" than 235 but 235 will fit on 8"s too practically squared to the outer rim lips. They are 9.25" width on threads. THAT is about prefference look and opinion

235s in 10" will fit too, but it can compromise more the tire integrity depending on time they are installed pressure air tire, weather and enviroment conditions... heat, humidity! Even to be just on driveway.

The use on the temporally fit can be critical due the thread wear pattern when you change the rims. There is where 235 comes to be more critical on this.

Im not an expert really, just thinking on all the factors around. Maybe even overthinking a bit!

Here is a 275/60 on a 10" rim or HAS BEING TOLD is a 10" rim

Figure it out now. Not about the look, but the tire integrity

Of course, a higher side wall will be less compromise to the tire, but 75% of 235 won't be too much diff from 60% of 275, even less on a smaller thread section making it to look more diagonally the side walls

The 255 isn't the tread width, it's the tire section width, or the sidewall width. A 255 tire usually has about a 10-10 1/2" sidewall width and about a 8-9" tread width.

Here's my personal rule of thumb. I like to see the tread width the same or slightly wider than the rim. That usually make the sidewall about 2" wider than the tread. There are about 25mm (25.4) to the inch, so to get a 10" tread usually requires a 12" sidewall, or roughly a 300 mm sidewall. That pretty much means I like to see a 295, 315, or a 325 on a 10" rim.

Thank you Evil Spirit. Good information.

yes, thats when I say a tire 1 to 3 inches wider than the rim itself would be the best.

I forgot to say I stand corrected, being the sidewall width and not the threads!

Just for reference,my 2001 Ram Off-Road has a 275 series tire on an 8 inch wide rim stock. Are your old tires in good/useable shape? How about selling them off as a package if so and recoup some cash.

Old tires have plenty of tread left, just not my cup of tea as they say. Plan on trying to get a few bucks for them. After all this back and forth on whether I can use the 10" rims with smaller tires, I'm considering biting the bullet and buying new rims and tires, and selling my old wheels and tires together and just getting it over with now. Hate to spend more now with all I'm spending on the engine, but I might just do it. Need to find a local buyer though and that might be tough. Not the best pic but here's what's on the truck now. Thanks.