At 11:45 PM 11/13/98 -0600, you wrote:
>FYI, to end the criticism and debate...
>
>FROM THE B.F GOODRICH SPECIFICATIONS ONLINE
>
>@tire dia. P-metric and European Metric LT-metric Light Truck Light Truck
>(in Inches) 75-series and Higher 70- and 65-series 60-series and Lower
>85-series 75-series and Lower Flotation Numeric
>33 1/2 35X12.50R15LT
>32 1/2 LT255/85R16 LT285/75R16
>31 1/2 33X12.50R16.5LT 33X12.50R15LT
>30 1/2 P275/70R16 LT235/85R16 LT265/75R16 32X11.50R15LT 7.50R16
>29 1/2 P265/75R15 265/70R16 285/60R17 LT215/85R16
>LT285/60R17
>28 1/2 P255/70R16 P275/60R17
>
>Looks like everyone was wrong, I stand corrected, by this information...
>
Strange. It would appear that we can't trust the numbers on the sidewall!!!
Take a look at the very first tire - they claim it is a 35x12.50, and yet they
say right there that its only 33.5" tall! Weird. (What happened to truth
in advertising?) ;-)
I just went outside and measured my 235/70R15's. They were between 26 and 27
inches tall, not the 27.95" (28") they are supposed to be! Some of that is
probably because the tread is worn down, and they might need to be inflated
a little bit, but still... Is this practice common amoung tire
manufacturers?
The whole idea of putting those numbers on the tire is so we can get the right
size! If there's no correlation between those numbers and the real
dimensions,
they're worthless.
Anyone have any ideas?
-Jon-
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