Thanks Daly. Very weird, as I have always been told that the rim size doesn't increase the tire size, it's just a bigger hole in the middle, so less tire around it. Wow!! I learned something new. Thanks for explaining it so articulately.
... width and 70 is a percentage of the tread width that makes up the side wall. So the side wall is 70% of 265mm, that doesn't change when the rim size changes, it's a constant. So on a 265/70/17 tire the sidewall is 185.5mm, the same as a 265/70/18. So only difference is the rim is 1 inch big, ...
Yes that is correct according to the online converter I use, but I'm not sure why this is. Anyways, here is a link to the converter I use to check it yourself if you want
... that the only diff between a 16,17, or say 18 inch tire was the opening of the tire to fit on the rim. In other words a 245, 75 was the same size tall whether it was a 245/75/16,17,18. I have had people tell me that over and over. Yet the tire calculators do show for every inch more, the ...
Look. Go to a shop that aligns big trucks Usually I have been denied because the size rim but now I got 17's with 37's. and the prob before was my rim was to big and the machine wouldn't open up wide enough. And now because I got 37's the prob is getting them balanced ...
... needed unless it meets your desired wants as for mpg and performance, as a common southern redneck id try to find out the % difference in tire size and do the opposite with ratio to get back to factory performance.
According to everything I read, yes, the bulbs that come in Spyder lights are shit. You can't use the stock bublbs though, as those are H11. The size that comes in the Spyder headlights are H1. Just buy some quality H1 halogen bulbs. I reccomend phillips X-treme vision. Quality product with a ...
... work*** takes ya back to the GM parts direct home page. http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/catalog/frameset.cfm select: 2001 chevy 1500 silverado engine size electrical body electrical front door it goes to a page w/ door locks... 2nd down states w/o power windows $31.62. Hope THAT helps..