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Originally Posted by rvoll
I see you're trying to be too cute by half... Again, the width of the wheel determines the LIMITS of the tires you can put on them as I said in my post. When you go beyond those limits, you either squeeze or stretch the tire. Those limits are set by the tire manufacturer to guarantee that the tire will not fail on a rim. If the tire does fail, and you have gone outside of those limits, you are liable for the tire failure, not the manufacturer. So for the Pilot Sport 4S, for example, you'll see the limits posted on the following chart:
https://www.michelinman.com/upload/m...t-sport-4s.pdf
So for a 215/45/17, the OEM spec, you can put it on a 7-8" rim. For a 225/45/17, you can put it on a 7-8.5" rim. But if I wanted to put on a 245/40/17, I could not put it on a 7.5" rim. The narrower the sidewall, the more limited your rim range will be. So on my 7.5" rim, I could go up to 235/45/17.
Next time, read my posts more carefully.... |
okay so this is where you prove to have been wrong earlier then. if you put that tire on an 8" rim, its faster. you have post after post telling me that going wider is bad because the tread width will be too much for such a light car and now youre contradicting yourself. all i ever said was wider wheels (than 7") are faster. you have said that lowering cars too much is bad, too much tire is bad, and a bunch of other things that have nothing to do with what im saying. your "evidence" is rarely related to your conclusion and your conclusion is rarely related to the truth.
you dont know what youre talking about.