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Will 245/45/17 tires fit 275/40/17 rims??

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Old 03-26-2009, 07:58 PM
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Will a 245/45/17 tire fit 275/40/17 rims cuz i might sell my rims and keep the tires... Also i have a silver car... Check signature.. but would you go chrome or black with a chrom lip? i like both...
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Man you need to reword your question. We need to know your rim size and width. You have 2 tire sizes posted
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Will a 245/45/17 tire fit 275/40/17 rims cuz i might sell my rims and keep the tires... Also i have a silver car... Check signature.. but would you go chrome or black with a chrom lip? i like both...
My rim size is in bold... i know i have two different sizes cuz the 245/45/17 are my tires now.. tires only.. and the rims i want to buy are 275/40/17.. i want to know if the tires i have now will fit the new rims....
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no dude... 17 is the diameter, we need to know the width. the tire size has nothign to do with the rim.
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oh ok.. i think mine are 9 inches and the new rims i want are 9.5 inches
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well technically it will fit, but it will be stretched pretty good and probably look pretty bad. whats wrong with the 275's? wider is always better!
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nothing.. thats what i want but the tires i have now still have alot of tread on them...
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nothing a good burnout wont fix!
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