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Re: Re: Tires

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Subject: Re: Re: Tires
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:34:35 -0500
Cc: @autox.team.net
I've seen those before - used to use that size on my '82 Tercel. IIRC, the 
sidewall ratio of these "non-profile" tires is about 82.

My guess is that this came from sizing the first radials to replace bias-ply 
tires - but this is only a guess :-)

-=Chris


Chris King   - cbking@alum.rpi.edu
http://members.home.net/kvcbk/
               


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From <mgraziano at mindspring.com>
Date:  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:00:14 -0500

>errr....   non-profile tires.  i.e. 155/70R13 or 215/60R15 are profiled tires. 
> The sidewall height is roughly 70% of the tread width (155mm * 0.70 = 
>108.5mm).  The Michelin x-metric are not rated that way.  I don't know why.  I 
>just know they're called non-profile tires.  
>
>
>Guy Weller <guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>From: 
>To: 
>Cc: 
>Sent: 23 January 2002 20:27
>Subject: Re: Tires
>
>
>> I've got the Michelin X-Metric 155/R13 no-profile tires.  
>
>"No-profile" ?  Do you paint them on ??

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