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New Tires! 315/75R16 Goodyear Duratracs

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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by vinnysucks
Hmm so if the 315 was giving OP a tire just over 33" then maybe he would be happier with the 325 which I am assuming would be between 33.5 and 34 inches mounted on his setup.
Use the website, enter the readings and get the tire size. 315/75/16 ....keep changing the number, check with online tire sellers like direct tire discounters and tire rack to see if the make that spec for that brand
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by JKMudder
They dont make the tires in a size bigger than the 315/75R16s.
You're totally right... I had a dealer tell me that they came in 315 and 325 but a google search proves that wrong. Thanks for the heads up.

I believe these are still the tires I'm going to get on procomp 7069s.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by vinnysucks
You're totally right... I had a dealer tell me that they came in 315 and 325 but a google search proves that wrong. Thanks for the heads up.

I believe these are still the tires I'm going to get on procomp 7069s.
Thats when you start with the inches example, 35/12.5/18
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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Guys, i measured these tires every which way. top to bottom they are 33.25" and back to front they are a tiny bit larger. When the tires were not mounted, i had one next to my used Terra, and they were the Same** size.

Tomorrow i'm gonna call my installer and goodyear and bitch, but like many have said i'm not going to lose sleep over it.

And if i had a 34" tire i wouldn't mind as much, but a 33 is a 33. i paid over a grand for 35's, or at least somewhere close to it.

Otherwise i love 'em.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Yamaha90
Guys, i measured these tires every which way. top to bottom they are 33.25" and back to front they are a tiny bit larger. When the tires were not mounted, i had one next to my used Terra, and they were the Same** size.

Tomorrow i'm gonna call my installer and goodyear and bitch, but like many have said i'm not going to lose sleep over it.

And if i had a 34" tire i wouldn't mind as much, but a 33 is a 33. i paid over a grand for 35's, or at least somewhere close to it.

Otherwise i love 'em.
315/75/16 is the 35" equivalent for a 16" wheel. tires will get smaller/bigger based on weight of the vehicle and PSI. 35s tend to be closer to 34, especially once mounted.

they look like 35s to me. i had 2 jks one with 33s and one with 35s. you can definitely tell the difference. yours looks like 35s, for sure. calling and complaining wont do any good because you probably signed a paper authorizing them to install 315/75/16s, which is what you got.

dont sweat it, they look great.

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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Enzo
Thats when you start with the inches example, 35/12.5/18
which you dont deal with until a 17" wheel. there is no 33xXXx16 or 35xXXx16, only 285/85/16 and 315/75/16.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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Interco makes some 35x12.5R16s I think.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by wazooz2424
calling and complaining wont do any good because you probably signed a paper authorizing them to install 315/75/16s, which is what you got.

dont sweat it, they look great.
This is true. You can't really complain, as you bought a 315/75R16, like he said, and that's exactly what you got. Whether or not many people liken that size to a 35x12.5r16 is useless, because like pretty much everyone else has said, too many variables to call "X" tire a certain size....more just a rough estimate. When someone asks, I say I have 35's, as that is what this size is commonly accepted as in a light truck (lt) tire. Really nothing more to be said.

Again, they look awesome, and will perform even better. I'm actually excited for the winter time crap this year; not so much for my wife in the Mazdaspeed3, but that's what carpooling is for!
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 04:25 PM
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I think the point is that the advertised size for a 315/75/16 is 34.6. I get that when its called a 35 you dont actually get 35's most of the time, but a full inch under what is advertised is not cool when he paid for 315's but really got more like 305's.

Not to mention that when the tires are worn down, they are going to be more like 31's, and then it really is not going to be worth all that money.
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Old Oct 17, 2010 | 04:34 PM
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People keep saying that, but think about it. If advertised 35s are actually 33-34", then advertised 33s are probably 31-32" and so on, and so forth. Thereby, 35s will still look like 35s simply due to the perception of the person looking at them. So actually nothing will be lost in the big picture.
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