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Old 04-21-2011, 06:33 PM
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Default Wanna be sure how wide these rims are before I buy tires

Stupid question, but better safe than sorry. They were advertised as 10.5 inches wide, and they seem wider than my 9.5s did. I measured from the outermost part of the rim to the outermost part on the other side and they measure 10.5, but inside it looks like it says 17.2 x 9.5 x 56.

Am I measuring from the wrong point to determine wheel width or what??
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If they measure 18x10.5 then go by the measurements. Lip to lip width and across the face
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What do you mean by across the face - for the size, 17, 18, etc.?

So again just to be sure:

these rears ARE 10.5 even though they say 9.5?





And these fronts are 9.5s, even though they say 8.5?

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i think u measure from the inside of each lip... if the wheels r stamped with the size, thats what they should be...
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Originally Posted by someday
i think u measure from the inside of each lip... if the wheels r stamped with the size, thats what they should be...
that's waht I wasn't sure about... if you measured from the inside lip or outside.
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Yes wheels are measured from INSIDE the lips . . .
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Yup measure inner bead to inner bead. They're 9.5




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