Contact patch widths?
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I have the 17" runflats. The contact width appears to be about 7". When looking at the car they appear too skinny for what it is. Anyone have any reccomendations for a good width of tire?
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>>The ever popular ES100 from Yokohama is a 7.9 inch tread width.( based on Yokohama's measuremnt on a 7 inch wide wheel, static unloaded)
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>>Dan
So for the stock run-flats (pirelli) did I do my measurement right? I use a tape measure and measured across the top of the tire.
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>>Dan
So for the stock run-flats (pirelli) did I do my measurement right? I use a tape measure and measured across the top of the tire.
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The S lites (R85) are 17x7
The R90's are also 17x7
So your wheels are most likely 7 inches wide
(data taken from this previous post)
Dan
>>Which wheel, the S lites?
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The R90's are also 17x7
So your wheels are most likely 7 inches wide
(data taken from this previous post)
Dan
>>Which wheel, the S lites?
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>>Which wheel, the S lites?
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Dunno. I can't find anywhere in the manual where it says what they are. They are 8 spoke white wheels that comes with the sport package. So whatever that is, that's what I have.
I've really been trying to decide upon wheels in a 16" size for performance reasons over looks. I'd like to have a little bit more of a contact patch than the 7" wide one like I have now. Does the ES100 tire come in a 16" version in around 8 " wide without giving up anything in diameter?
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Dunno. I can't find anywhere in the manual where it says what they are. They are 8 spoke white wheels that comes with the sport package. So whatever that is, that's what I have.
I've really been trying to decide upon wheels in a 16" size for performance reasons over looks. I'd like to have a little bit more of a contact patch than the 7" wide one like I have now. Does the ES100 tire come in a 16" version in around 8 " wide without giving up anything in diameter?
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205/50/16 is .3 shorter in diameter, and 7.5 at the tread measured on a 6.5 inch wid wheel. Sounds like your have S lites.
Dan
>>>>Which wheel, the S lites?
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>>Dunno. I can't find anywhere in the manual where it says what they are. They are 8 spoke white wheels that comes with the sport package. So whatever that is, that's what I have.
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>>I've really been trying to decide upon wheels in a 16" size for performance reasons over looks. I'd like to have a little bit more of a contact patch than the 7" wide one like I have now. Does the ES100 tire come in a 16" version in around 8 " wide without giving up anything in diameter?
Dan
>>>>Which wheel, the S lites?
>>>>
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>>Dunno. I can't find anywhere in the manual where it says what they are. They are 8 spoke white wheels that comes with the sport package. So whatever that is, that's what I have.
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>>I've really been trying to decide upon wheels in a 16" size for performance reasons over looks. I'd like to have a little bit more of a contact patch than the 7" wide one like I have now. Does the ES100 tire come in a 16" version in around 8 " wide without giving up anything in diameter?
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