narrowest tire on a 9" rim
04-04-2005, 01:51 PM
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narrowest tire on a 9" rim What is the narrowest tire I can put on a 9" rim without the tire sidewall looking stretched out to the rim? 255? This is for the front.
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04-04-2005, 06:47 PM
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so you are looking to save some money with a ever so slightly narrow tire? just throw on some khumos or other knock offs. it will look like total **** with a 225 on a 9" front wheel as well as being dangerous.
it wont make a lick of difference in rolling resistence or ET.
it wont make a lick of difference in rolling resistence or ET.
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I think you can put a 245/45/17 (I assume you have 17's) on a 9" rim, but I don't know for sure.
Here's a chart from tirerack.com
Here's a chart from tirerack.com
04-05-2005, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by gator's 99TA
so you are looking to save some money with a ever so slightly narrow tire? just throw on some khumos or other knock offs. it will look like total **** with a 225 on a 9" front wheel as well as being dangerous.
it wont make a lick of difference in rolling resistence or ET.
it wont make a lick of difference in rolling resistence or ET.
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I have thought of doing this too on my stock 9" WS6 wheels. The 275 GSD3's rub in the front and are a lot wider than stock (heavier too), so I was thinking about changing to a 245ish front set of tires (staying with GSD3's). Also, I'm trying to find an answer, but with the heavier tires in the front, it seems like I have lower gas mileage than I had stock. Is this possible? I would think that it makes sense, because the tire is bigger and heavier, so it takes more to turn it. Thoughts?
