powerhousecamaro

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They claim 12.6 section width !!!! Ha.

Look at this picture of the same tire beside 315/35/17 GoodYear GS D3. Is that Sumitomo a JOKE !!!

Take a look , I also added a photo of the BFG T/A KD Compared to GS D3 in 315/17. Too ******* bad they don't make that size in 18 .

blu byu EH

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Yeah but the sumitomo they smash the tire to get the 12.6

powerhousecamaro

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Oh, is that why they added the letters "SMSH" beside the 12.6 in their tire spec sheet? ;-)

Danny2tek

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damn!

wickdws6bird

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In my past experience the DSD3s are wider that most other tires the same size...my 275 d3s were wider than a set of 295 toyos i had

94TRANS

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the nitto 315's are even thinner i believe?

z95lt1

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the gsd3 are wider then the sumi for sure i have ran both of them, but look at the price difference. the 315/35/17 sumi htr z is still wide then a 275/40/17 tires

spy2520

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my gsd3 315s are 1/4" from the LCAs. They are some wide *******.

powerhousecamaro

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Well, how about the BFG T/A KD compared to the Goodyear GS D3s in width, here's a picture of the 315/30/17s side by side for ya, just wanted to ask if someome experienced both to learn more about width, I always thought they are the exact same, it's just that the GS D3s look "Beefier". Here's the 315s:

94m6Z28

dam! so that explains why some people can get away wiht 335's and others have issues with 315's

powerhousecamaro

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Bingo !! That's why I actually wanted to show everyone (A lot of guys out there knew this already but many didn't yet). A lot of times you could be looking at buying a 315 width tire JUST because it's numbers and specs sound as a WIDE tire, however, you could be getting a 295 that is actually WIDER than a 315 in different brand.
Example : 295/35/18 in BFG T/A KD or GS D3 is actually WIDER than any 305 or 315 (17") Nittos, MTs or some stupid Sumitomo as well as other brands. The goodyear and bfg 295 18s specs show 11.9 width while the 315 Nittos/MTs/Summis show 12.6 which is 0.7" WIDER ,However when you get them side by side like I did here, you learn it's ******* bullshit. and YES the number 11.9 width is ACTUALLY WIDER than 12.6 IN REAL LIFE, HEHEHEHE

Want a tire that stands for his width specs ? Go with Goodyear and BFG, I'm sure other guys here can add more to this list.
Correct me if I'm wrong guys, that's what I found in my searches for a long time now.

Revelation Z28

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ive seen a 285/40/17 eagle F1 in person and that sob is wider than most 315's ive seen

Sharpe

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What are they, like half the price? Maybe less than half?

20ws601

the 12.6 and 11.9 i think refer to section width which is the tread face width and not the overall width of the tire....still doesnt make that much sense because you would think those numbers would correspond to each other. maybe it depends where they are made. europe vs the us?

SSdreamz

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so what size nitto would i be looking at to get the same effect of the GS D3 315?

keiichiZ28

yeah, i'm curious if anyone has a side by side with a Nitto 555R

powerhousecamaro

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From my experience seeing so many tires side by side to compare, the 315/35/17 GS D3 will need a 335/30/17 nittos to POSSIBLY be in the same width area. Nittos run NARROW, and I mean ALL OF THEM RUN NARROW.

When you see the Nitto tire spec telling you 315/17s need at least an 11" rim width !! I promise you their 315 will mount on a 10" rim.

If thier Nitto 335 wider than GS D3 315 (Which I honestly doubt) then it'll be wider in just 0.1-0.2 inches, but again I really doubt it and still think the 315 D3s are wider.

02gtp4now

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yeah for that i could deal with them being a little narrow compared to the widest 315 out there

novass72

I've got the BFG KD's and I used to have 555 Nittos...big difference. Also ive seen 335 Nittos on a 10.5" rim fit fine where as anything bigger than a 315 BFG would bulge.

powerhousecamaro

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bingo ..