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Tire and Rim Question #1593805 03/16/14 12:40 PM 03/16/14 12:40 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 55 massachusetts 7 70Runner440+6 OP member
70Runner440+6 OP member 7 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 55 massachusetts	Would a 275 or 255/60/15 tire be too wide for a 15x6 rim? thanks

Re: Tire and Rim Question [Re: 70Runner440+6] #1593806 03/16/14 12:44 PM 03/16/14 12:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet
Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md	255 might work but a 275 will "ballon" and you'll wear down the center. [IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/pui5j.jpg[/IMG] Coming soon!!!!

Re: Tire and Rim Question [Re: 70Runner440+6] #1593807 03/16/14 02:11 PM 03/16/14 02:11 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: Would a 275 or 255/60/15 tire be too wide for a 15x6 rim? thanks I believe so (too wide of tire). The 275 is almost 11 inches (10.8) of section width which would surely be too much for those rims. As said it'd wear excessively in the tread center from the crowning & you'd lose effective tread contact to the pavement. Not sure on this but iirc you want the tread width (which is less than the section width) to be close to the rim width live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Tire and Rim Question [Re: RapidRobert] #1593808 03/16/14 03:14 PM 03/16/14 03:14 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,028 NB, Canada M moparfan53 super stock
moparfan53 super stock M Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,028 NB, Canada	I agree with RapidRobert, those tires are too wide. BFG says for a 255/60 the wheel width should be 7"-9" and for 275/60 7.5"-9.5". The chart below shows a 225 being the largest 60 series for a 6" wheel. http://www.bfgoodrichtires.ca/tire-selector/name/radial-t-a-tires#techspecs

Re: Tire and Rim Question [Re: moparfan53] #1593809 03/16/14 05:31 PM 03/16/14 05:31 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,319 Puyallup, WA S StealthWedge67 master
StealthWedge67 master S Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,319 Puyallup, WA	I run a 255 on a 7" rim. It's okay, but I don't think I'd want to go to a 6". Could it be done?.... Sure. SHOULD it be done?.... No. LemonWedge - Street heavy / Strip ready - 11.07 @ 120

Re: Tire and Rim Question [Re: StealthWedge67] #1593810 03/21/14 12:50 PM 03/21/14 12:50 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,014 Midwestern Indiana duster2 super stock
duster2 super stock Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,014 Midwestern Indiana	Could it be done?.... Sure. SHOULD it be done?.... No. I like that , exactly what I tell people. 255-60-15 at least a 7 inch rim 275-60-15 at least an 8 inch rim. Frank

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