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DrewzR/T
Dodge Dakota
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5/12/2003
22:02:42
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 Subject: Tire sizes!
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Had a question about tire sizes! I want to go 255 50 17 for my R/T rims! Will going to a 50 series tire make the tire width decrease also!
On my old 96 dak I had 235 60 15 in the front and I had 255 60 15's in the back and the sidewall was about an inch bigger than the front wheels!
Will I or should I go to like a 265 50 17 !?!?
I'm rubbing on big bumps on the fender flares and dont wanna raise it back up an inch! Thanks
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nitroussteve
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5/13/2003
03:42:24
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go to tirerack.com.....put in your tire size and click on specs.....get the overall diameter and compare.i have 255/55/17 on mine lowered 3" & 5".
i have 1.25 of an inch clearance.
www.dodgetruckworld.com/nsperformance/
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UFDakota
Dodge Dakota
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5/13/2003
12:54:29
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any tire SIZE questions... look here:
http://www.dakota-truck.net/TIRECALC/tirecalc.html
they even tell u how much the speedo would be off. Hope it helps. Peace
-Dan
(Picture)
www.website :)
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cop_out2000
Dodge Dakota
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5/14/2003
00:15:36
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The reason your rear tires had a larger sidewall on your old truck was becase of the 60 series tire. What i mean is this (metric size tires): the first # (255) is in mm and is the width of the tire. The second # is the percentage ratio (60% of the 255mm). And of course the last # is the rim diameter. So if you take 60% of the front tire (235mm) vs. the same (60%) of the rear tire (255mm) the rear tire will have a thicker sidewall. Hope this helps.
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izey19
Dodge Dakota
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5/14/2003
12:28:42
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will 275-60-17 look good on my 98 dakota sport V6? i thought i would use this size because my suspension is not as low as an r/t therefore the wheel wells could be filled in to look like its lowered. will these tires stick out on my truck, i do have the r/t fender flares????
thanks Mike
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