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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 12:45 AM
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I've searched the Forum and compared tire size charts from various tire manufacturers and I'm considering one of these combinations
255/40-18
295/35-19
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245/40-18
285/35-19
What do you guys think?
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 01:16 AM
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What are your wheel widths?
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 01:31 AM
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[QUOTE=pcfred;1558751473]I've searched the Forum and compared tire size charts from various tire manufacturers and I'm considering one of these combinations
255/40-18
295/35-19

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do these but you should have both sidewalls 35.


these are on 18x10s and 19x11s. they are BFG KDW2s which are the best tires i have owned over pirrelli, yokos, nitto, and michelin PS2s
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What are your wheel widths?
Haven't purchased the wheels yet but looking to go 1" wider than stock.
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by pcfred
I've searched the Forum and compared tire size charts from various tire manufacturers and I'm considering one of these combinations
255/40-18
295/35-19
or
245/40-18
285/35-19
What do you guys think?
If I had to choose between one of those 2 choices, it would be the 255/40x18 & 295/35x19

I would probably take it up a notch from there though with something like 265/35x18 & 305/30x19
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 06:58 AM
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with 265/35 & 305/30.
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just my .02 but i think it looks really stupid when you have a bigger sidewall in the front than in the rear. either go with the same size sidewalls or go with a bigger sidewall in the rear
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by longrodlx
just my .02 but i think it looks really stupid when you have a bigger sidewall in the front than in the rear. either go with the same size sidewalls or go with a bigger sidewall in the rear
It will look fine, just a reminder, the profile number is not in mm it's the percentage of the treadwith. So a wider tire with a lower profile will be the same height as a narrower tire with a higher profile.
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Originally Posted by longrodlx
just my .02 but i think it looks really stupid when you have a bigger sidewall in the front than in the rear. either go with the same size sidewalls or go with a bigger sidewall in the rear
265/35/18 and 305/30/19 have identical size sidewalls, both measure 3.65".

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