You're right, I'm still confused. The brochure I have for the Firehawk
RMT lists an LTP255/70R15 and says that it is a replacement for the
P235/75R15. The web page (www.firestone-usa.com/FHRMTtec.htm) does not
list this tire, but has an LTP225/70R15 with a diameter of 29.4.
Goodyear (www.goodyear.com/Home/new/WRANGLERATSd.html) says the
P235/75R15 is .4 inches less in diameter at 29.0. Do you think the
Firestone web page has a typo and the LTP225 should be the LTP255?
Wayne
RTKBA@juno.com
95 SLT, Extended Cab, 4X4, V6 Auto, K&N FIPK, Terminator Muffler,
Autolite Double Platnums
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 23:11:24 -0800 (PDT) Frank Ball
<frankb@cougar.sr.hp.com> writes:
>} Subject: Re: Tires...
>} From: rtkba@juno.com (Lloyd W. Christianson)
>}
>} It's about time for new rubber on my '95 CC 4x4 also and I was
>talking to
>} the Firestone dealer about a week ago. He said that 30x9.50 was as
>large
>} as he would recommend because of the stock rim width of 6.5 inches.
>I
>} don't know what style tire you're looking for (street, off-road,
>} all-terrain) but I'm considering the Firestone Firehawk
>RMT(Recreational
>} Maximum Traction) in size LTP255/70R15. I know, 255 is bigger than
>235,
>} but your stock 235 is a 75 series. The 255/70 is susposed to be
>about
>} the same height as the 235/75 and it will be a little wider.
>Firestone
>} says "This size has the load capacity to replace either the
>P235/75R15
>} Standard Load or Extra Load Tire." Their pamplet says that they
>will fit
>} rims form 6.5 to 9.0 inches. They want about $120 apiece for them.
>}
>} I just got off the Firestone web page and found that there is a
>mistake
>} in there brochure discribing the Firehawk RMT's I was talking about
>in my
>} last post. The tire size is LTP225/70 not LTP255/70. Specs are:
>load
>} range B; rims: 6.5-9.0; overall diam: 29.4 (which makes it a little
>} taller than stock 235's at 29.0); overall width: 10.0; tread width:
>7.5
>} (in between 30x9.5's and 31x10.5's); tread depth:18/32's
>
>I think your still confused. First the stock rims are only 6" wide.
>If
>you have the cast rims this is stamped into the back, I'm not sure how
>the steel rims are marked. 235/75 is the biggest recommended for a 6"
>rim but many people use 30x9.5 without problems.
>
>A 225/70 is both a smaller size and a lower profile than the 235/75.
>This will be over 1" smaller diameter than stock. 245/70 would be
>just
>slightly shorter than a 235/75 and a 255/70 would be just slightly
>taller. (slightly is about .3")
>
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