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28" tire on Convo 15-7.5 (5" bs). How wide for tire?

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Old 07-22-2002, 11:33 PM
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Default 28" tire on Convo 15-7.5 (5" bs). How wide for tire?

Trying to come up with a combo for a 28" tire, not sure if the 11" will fit on the rim, or be of any benifit?

If not, then I'll have to run the 10".
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Default Re: 28" tire on Convo 15-7.5 (5" bs). How wide for tire?

What kind of tire are you wanting to run? A DOT type tire (ET Street, etc), or a true slick. The sidewall size designation is determined differently on each, so that will have a big affect on what size tire you can run. IMHO, a true 10" tire (i.e. 28x10.5 slick) is borderline if not too big for a 7.5" wheel. You wouldn't be using all of the tire, and the sidewall can do all kind of strange things when you have the tire on too small of a wheel. The sidewall action of the tire plays a large role in how the car launches. I think you'd see to much wrinkling/flexing in the tire on a wheel that's too small.

A 28x9x15" slick would work well, IMHO...
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Default Re: 28" tire on Convo 15-7.5 (5" bs). How wide for tire?

i think Hoosier and Goodyear make 28x9" slicks. could be wrong though.
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Default Re: 28" tire on Convo 15-7.5 (5" bs). How wide for tire?

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ryan:
<strong>i think Hoosier and Goodyear make 28x9" slicks. could be wrong though.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You are correct.
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Default Re: 28" tire on Convo 15-7.5 (5" bs). How wide for tire?

I had M/T 28x9x15 ET Drags (non-DOT) on 15x8's and they looked perfect.

Maybe a 11.5x28x15 ET Street might fit but the rim is getting a bit narrow.




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