Re: Tire sizes

From: Josh Battles (cletusjones@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 01 2010 - 19:27:54 EDT


They look nice but I didn't see them available for a 15" wheel. Smallest I
saw was 17"
>
> Dunno how set you are on tire brands, but I've got Hankook Ventus RH06
> tires on the 98 and 05. Friggin love them. And especially on the 05,
> they just grip...
>
> On the 98 they hardly even have any signs of wear after 2 years and
> 15,000 miles.... but thats just me driving it like a grandma. The 05
> is the one I take my aggression out on! ;)
>
> Gary
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Josh Battles <cletusjones@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
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>>
>>
>> DML: I need to get some new tires on the truck and am thinking I'd like
to
>> run a different tire. Currently I've got 255/60/15 (27" x 10") BF Radial
>> T/A's [2] on the truck and it looks like this [1]. I'd like to switch it
up
>> to something smaller and sportier while still maintaining all weather
>> functionality. After much searching I narrowed it down to a couple I
thought
>> were pretty nice.
>>
>> 225/50/15 (24" x 9") Kumho Ecsta KU25 [3]
>> 225/60/15 (26" x 9") Fuzion HRi [4]
>>
>> I would really like to get into a 235 width tire but I can't find
anything
>> shorter than 27" and the desired width for a 15" wheel. Has anyone run
the
>> Kumho? We have Fuzion tires on our car and they've been good performing
>> tires. I'm OK with the 26" tire and am a little curious about the 24"
one. I
>> think it would be nice to have a shorter tire but I'm afraid that 24" is
too
>> short and will look ridiculous. What says the DML?
>>
>> [1] http://omg-stfu.com/temp/dakotahood1.jpg
>> [2] http://bit.ly/94MFyh
>> [3] http://bit.ly/9EeHRo
>> [4] http://www.thefuzionzone.com/hri.asp
>>
>>
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>
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