RE: Rim/tire width

[Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, are you saying on a wider rim there will be less bulge? If there's 
1" now, how much do you suppose it will go down on a wider wheel?
Gary Wilson wrote:
> 
> It will make a difference.=A0 The tire will stand up and look much 
> better. =
> Not =0Alike it needs air and also will be safer.=A0 Seals on the rim 
> better=
>  and not apt =0Ato peel off in hard cornering.=A0 =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----- 
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> inal Message ----=0AFrom: Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>=0ATo: 
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> 65mopars@xxxxxxxxxx=0ASent: Sat, July 24, 2010 8:59:06 AM=0ASubject: 
> Rim/ti=
> re width=0A=0A=0AI just got a new set of those Halibrand copies from 
> Jegs y=
> esterday, but =0AI don't like the fact that the front and rear rims look 
> li=
> ke the same =0Aoffset, even though the fronts are 7" and the rears are 
> 8". =
> What I'd =0Alike to know is if anyone has ever mounted a 275/60/15 tire 
> on =
> a 10" =0Awide wheel? If so, how much tire bulge was there? Right now 
> those =
> tires =0Aare mounted on a pair of 8.5" Torguethrusts and they bulge 1" 
> at t=
> he =0Aface and rear.=0A=0AJeff Adams=0A64 Polara=0A=0A=0A----=0APlease 
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Jeff Adams
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