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Just traded my 20's for 17's

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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:27 AM
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The tires I was looking at were the new BF Goodrich KM2's.
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/sea...r=55&rd=20

The tires that I have on there right now are 33/12.50/17's

 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:26 AM
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wait...305 is wider than a 12.5" wide tire?

i have 305/50R20's and im going to 35x12.5R20. are the new tires going to be skinnier?

i thought the 12.5" is a little wider than a 305
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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33x12.5's are wider, here are the specs for a set of Yokahama's






Service Description

tread width:10.3 in
sectional width: 12.5 in
overall diamiter: 32.1 in
weight:48 lbs

these specs are for 305/50/r20
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 11:27 AM
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wait...305 is wider than a 12.5" wide tire?

i have 305/50R20's and im going to 35x12.5R20. are the new tires going to be skinnier?

i thought the 12.5" is a little wider than a 305
I guess when I said the 305's were wider I actually meant that they stuck out wider from the truck due to the backspacing. Also, the wheels that I had on the 305's were 20x10 i belive, as opposed to the 17x9's on there right now.
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 12:48 PM
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oh ok. scared me for a secind. i dont want skinnier tires, and if 12.5's were more narrow, then i would have to look into getting 13.5" wide tires which is a lot more money. nice tires, im getting 35x12.5R20 pro comp xtreme A/T
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 12:58 PM
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the 305 is in millimeters. 305/25.4 (millimeters/inch)=12 inches

unless you get a massive deal, you won't find tires cheaper anywhere than Tirerack. they end up being more expensive sometimes with shipping, but use them to guage how much a tire should actually cost.
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 01:01 PM
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thats what i thought. but it was just a misunderstanding i got when he said the 305's were wider.
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 02:04 PM
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Yeah, that will be a sweet setup. Are you buying wheels also or just tires? I want your da*m bullbar! Hey look, I just noticed I went over the 100 post mark! Woo Hoo, got a long way to go to catch some of the guys on here, but it appears as though some of thempost just to get their count up.
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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Congrats on the 100 post mark!! [sm=groupwave.gif]Tis true, there are some post ****** that chime in on anything to get the post count up. I prefer quality over quantity! look at me, almost 1000, but I have been on here since 2005.
 
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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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My tires are Cooper Zenon LTZ's (also listed in my sig). They're from Discount Tire Direct which apparently has a hard time keeping them in stock. What's worse, when they've been out of stock for a while, they drop the listing for this size off the whole site, like it doesn't exist. Then it'll return when they get them back in stock.


 
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