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11-15-2004, 08:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
watsigdunk New TN User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 25 Gameroom cash: $1500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews	How to read tires size? P215/50R-17, I just know 17 meand 17 inches, so what means P215 and 50R?

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11-15-2004, 10:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
deekay140 Official TN Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 312 Gameroom cash: $1500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews	http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/general/size.jsp

11-15-2004, 10:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
Deep ^ Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,197 Gameroom cash: $2000 Thanks: 0 Thanked 19 Times in 1 Post iTrader Score: 0 reviews	More simply, 215 - cross section width in mm. 50 - sidewall height as a percentage of the width (215x.50=107.5mm in this case.) R - radial type tire 17 - rim diameter __________________

11-16-2004, 11:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
gcs118 Official TN Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 134 Gameroom cash: $1500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews	Also, the P as in P215/50R simply means it is a Passenger vehicle tire.

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