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Looking for low profile tires.

Old May 17, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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Default Looking for low profile tires.

ive been trying to look for some low profile tires over the internet. But i cant find any because they never mark them as low profile.

What are some sites that sell low profile tires and how can you tell if they are low profile?
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Old May 17, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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Look at the second number. I'll use my tires as an example. 245/45/17 245 is the width of the tire in MM, 45 is the hight of the side wall, 45% of 245mm, and the 17 is the wheel size. The smaller the side wall the harder the ride will be.
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do u have low pro tires?
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A bit lower then stock. I don't want tires like that on my car, they hurt performance and are hard on the transmission. I'm all about performance.
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If i wanted to get 20" low profile tires and rims what would the measurments for the tires and rims exactly be?
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I think stock size is 225/65/16 And if you go with a 245/40/20 that will be very close to stock size. This comes in at .7% off. So if your speedometer says 60mph your going 60.4mph
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