DieselWarrior
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Coming soon, almost finished with spit and polish, a tire size converter and information page.
Andrew
Andrew
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DieselWarrior's Tire Size Converter
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DieselWarrior
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I would like to add the ability to make a recommended size rim for the tire size that is calculated.
Anyone want to be of help in that department? For a given tire size, what rim sizes are recommended?
Thanks!
Andrew
Anyone want to be of help in that department? For a given tire size, what rim sizes are recommended?
Thanks!
Andrew
Well, I've never been one to stay in the lines when coloring, and I approach tire/rim size with the same mindset. I prefer a narrower rim than recomended almost always. Had a set of 39.5" x 15 x 15 TSL's on 15 x 8 rims for example. Worked just fine.
35 x 12.5's on 6.75" x 16.5" rims...worked just fine too, and they wore very evenly.
Currently have 35 x 12.5's on 15 x 8 ralley's. Chances are recomended width for that tire is a 15 x 10...whatever.
Rene
35 x 12.5's on 6.75" x 16.5" rims...worked just fine too, and they wore very evenly.
Currently have 35 x 12.5's on 15 x 8 ralley's. Chances are recomended width for that tire is a 15 x 10...whatever.
Rene
DieselWarrior
1/2 ton status
Thats the kind of input Im looking for friend, real world stuff!
If you have suggested ranges for various tire widths, Id love to incorporate them as a suggestion!
Such as, if the tire is 10.5 inches wide, a 6 to 8 inch rim is suggested.
And so forth and so on...
Care to throw out some ideas?
Thanks for viewing!
If you have suggested ranges for various tire widths, Id love to incorporate them as a suggestion!
Such as, if the tire is 10.5 inches wide, a 6 to 8 inch rim is suggested.
And so forth and so on...
Care to throw out some ideas?
Thanks for viewing!
Some comes down to preference visually. I remember a guy that used to post here a lot than ran some 35" Boggers on 15" x 14" wide rims. I thought it looked stupid, but it wasn't my truck. It did make the tires look even wider than they already were.
Here's my really loose guidelines...aywhere up to 4" narrower than section width is usually fine for the diameter of tires we run (31-44") There is more than enough sidewall available to compensate.
For the larger and wider end of the tire scale you can go even narrower. It's pretty common to see a 15" or wider tire in the 40-44" range on the Hummer H1 rims which are ~9" wide...
Example, a 31 x 10.5 is fine on a 6" rim, ideal on a 7" rim IMO, and still fine on an 8" rim.
Erring on the narrower side of things helps keep the tires on the rims at lower air pressures.
I don't know if that helps what you're trying to do, but that's been my experience. Tires with much less sidewall you do have to stick much closer to recomended rim widths, and the less sidewall, the less wiggle room in that regard.
Rene
Here's my really loose guidelines...aywhere up to 4" narrower than section width is usually fine for the diameter of tires we run (31-44") There is more than enough sidewall available to compensate.
For the larger and wider end of the tire scale you can go even narrower. It's pretty common to see a 15" or wider tire in the 40-44" range on the Hummer H1 rims which are ~9" wide...
Example, a 31 x 10.5 is fine on a 6" rim, ideal on a 7" rim IMO, and still fine on an 8" rim.
Erring on the narrower side of things helps keep the tires on the rims at lower air pressures.
I don't know if that helps what you're trying to do, but that's been my experience. Tires with much less sidewall you do have to stick much closer to recomended rim widths, and the less sidewall, the less wiggle room in that regard.
Rene
DieselWarrior
1/2 ton status
Kinda off topic, but yeah... I agree, a too wide rim makes a tire look "goofy', and the whole visual of the vehicle goes to hell.
But, Ive hear a lot of tire sales people at the brick and mortar stores urge what the manufacturer recommends.
Thanks for the contributions Rene, always helpful!
Andrew
But, Ive hear a lot of tire sales people at the brick and mortar stores urge what the manufacturer recommends.
Thanks for the contributions Rene, always helpful!
Andrew
Blazenkiwi
1/2 ton status
Man that tire converter is going to be well handy for me mate, a lot of the tires we have avail down here are all that metric crap and when scanning Trademe (our version of Ebay) I never know if the metric tire is going to be the right one so cheers dude, nice one 
DieselWarrior
1/2 ton status
Yup Kiwi, not only is everything going the way of metric sizing, but also 16 or bigger inches (wheel diameter).
The calculator will give it to you in "real world" numbers you can use.
The calculator will give it to you in "real world" numbers you can use.
