CONFUSED.... someone clarify!!!!!
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CONFUSED.... someone clarify!!!!!
Ok, so i just got back home from the dealer (I HATE DEALERS!!!) and in their showroom they had a brand new JK w 295/70/18 Nitto trail grapplers no lift (i asked), they looked huge on it so i went on Nittos site and looked the specs on the tire: the height is 34.57....I have 295/70/17s and they are only 33.54 according to the site... WTF?! is this right??? can it be right? AND according to the site 35/12.50/ 17 is 34.84 tall.... so if the dealer installed 34.57 in tires on a stock JK w no lift can i install 34.84 tires on my JK with a 1.5 lift???? Could the specs on the Nitto site be wrong???
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A 295/70/18 should be 1" taller than a 295/70/17. The first number is the tread width in mm, so 295mm. The second number is the height of the sidewall. Sidewall height on a metric tire size is a percentage of tread width. So both the tires mention have a sidewall height of 70% 295mm, so right around 206.5mm sidewall height. The 17 is going to be 1" smaller due to the wheel size being 1" smaller.
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Ok, so i just got back home from the dealer (I HATE DEALERS!!!) and in their showroom they had a brand new JK w 295/70/18 Nitto trail grapplers no lift (i asked), they looked huge on it so i went on Nittos site and looked the specs on the tire: the height is 34.57....I have 295/70/17s and they are only 33.54 according to the site... WTF?! is this right??? can it be right? AND according to the site 35/12.50/ 17 is 34.84 tall.... so if the dealer installed 34.57 in tires on a stock JK w no lift can i install 34.84 tires on my JK with a 1.5 lift???? Could the specs on the Nitto site be wrong???
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A 295/70/18 should be 1" taller than a 295/70/17. The first number is the tread width in mm, so 295mm. The second number is the height of the sidewall. Sidewall height on a metric tire size is a percentage of tread width. So both the tires mention have a sidewall height of 70% 295mm, so right around 206.5mm sidewall height. The 17 is going to be 1" smaller due to the wheel size being 1" smaller.
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Ok, so i just got back home from the dealer (I HATE DEALERS!!!) and in their showroom they had a brand new JK w 295/70/18 Nitto trail grapplers no lift (i asked), they looked huge on it so i went on Nittos site and looked the specs on the tire: the height is 34.57....I have 295/70/17s and they are only 33.54 according to the site... WTF?! is this right??? can it be right? AND according to the site 35/12.50/ 17 is 34.84 tall.... so if the dealer installed 34.57 in tires on a stock JK w no lift can i install 34.84 tires on my JK with a 1.5 lift???? Could the specs on the Nitto site be wrong???