The 9.25" is generally the section width on a 235/85/16. 7.50/16's run
closer to 9" on section width. Tread width, again generally, on 7.50's is
closer to 6.50 and on 235/85's it run's about 7". 7.50's may trend about
.25" greater in diameter. 7.50's also typically will sport about 1mm less
tread depth and will be classified as load range D. 235/85's are usually
offered in load range E (though not always) and as such, have a bit higher
capacity. Blah, blah, blah - yadda, yadda.
Bryan
62 88
70 109 "Genie"
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Tanner [mailto:keith@miata.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 1:20 PM
To: lro@works.team.net
Subject: Re: LRO: Tires
The 235/85-16 tire is 9.25" wide. A 750x16 is (as far as I understand) 7.5"
wide. The diameter is the same.
You can still get 750x16 tires in North America. I'm not sure exactly why
the different measuring systems, but since Canadian Tire offers them it's
obviously not extremely rare :)
Keith Tanner
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