Originally posted by pancho1181:
Hmmm, doing the conversion everybody is using I get this:
225/50/16 = 4.43"
215/55/16 = 4.65"
Hmmm, don't worry, pics are comming.
BTW, tires in question here are Dunlop SP-5000's and Dunlop SP-A2's.
Yup, very same numbers I get.
I do hope you are planning to compare the identical tires, IE two SP5K's and two SP-A2's. Plus, if you are relying on Dunlops website, I suspect you are victim of a webmaster who rounded every number to the nearest whole number. Either that, or they went to a lot of trouble to ensure every tire is exactly x" high with no tenths.
However, I don't doubt that with some tire makers, due to slight differences in production tolerances, that you could get a 215/55-16 that closer in size to a 225/50-16. But, I suspect that will be the exception rather than the rule.
And that is the point we are all making.
We've all be arguing about roughly 0.5".
FWIW
TB
