Lowest Profile Tyres?
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Saw a Merc coupe in Vegas that didnt appear to have any tyre on its rim the other week, I had a look and I think it was a 25 section, maybe even a 20, has anyone got tyres that low profile on here, surely it would be an utter nightmare and have a horrible ride ?
The wheels were huge, the sidewalls almost non existent, they must have been pretty wide but the sidewall didnt even look like 25 percent of the width, they seemed to be a bit stretched so they didnt sit flush with the rim, will try and upload a photo later.
The wheels were huge, the sidewalls almost non existent, they must have been pretty wide but the sidewall didnt even look like 25 percent of the width, they seemed to be a bit stretched so they didnt sit flush with the rim, will try and upload a photo later.
ker who has to fit that onto the rim, Pity also the poor punter who needs 4x wheel refurbs afterwards!Seeing as the sidewall height is the profile multiplied by tyre width you can have a 335/25 tyre that has more sidewall height than a 225/40 so its a bit of a misleading thread imo.
I used to run 315/25/23 tyres on my old Brabus ML. Ride and handling were absolutely fine with air spring suspension.
I also run 295/25/21 rear tyres on an M5 touring. Again no issues at all (apart from the cost of the tyres!)
I used to run 315/25/23 tyres on my old Brabus ML. Ride and handling were absolutely fine with air spring suspension.
I also run 295/25/21 rear tyres on an M5 touring. Again no issues at all (apart from the cost of the tyres!)
Mr2Mike said:
Aeroresh said:
Seeing as the sidewall height is the profile multiplied by tyre width you can have a 335/25 tyre that has more sidewall height than a 225/40 so its a bit of a misleading thread imo.
Seems unlikely to me:335*0.25 = 83.75
225*0.4 = 90
AdeTuono said:
This has always confused me. I know that, in the 335 example above the sidewall is 25% of the width, but there is no way the sidewall depth of that would actually be around 3 1/2". I measured the tyres on my car (275/40) which should give a sidewall of 110mm, and it's actually around 85mm.
Did you measure the tyre tread-to-bead or tread to rim?AdeTuono said:
This has always confused me. I know that, in the 335 example above the sidewall is 25% of the width, but there is no way the sidewall depth of that would actually be around 3 1/2". I measured the tyres on my car (275/40) which should give a sidewall of 110mm, and it's actually around 85mm.
You are right i think. looking at that photo.363/15 give you a size wall off 54.74
That doesn't look like 54.74mm of side wall to me. Not even have that.
HustleRussell said:
AdeTuono said:
This has always confused me. I know that, in the 335 example above the sidewall is 25% of the width, but there is no way the sidewall depth of that would actually be around 3 1/2". I measured the tyres on my car (275/40) which should give a sidewall of 110mm, and it's actually around 85mm.
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