» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | 12-26-2011, 04:56 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 295 | Metric Rims and Tires?? I didn't see a thread on this and I am curious, what is the deal with metric rims and tires, I ask because there is someone down the street who has a set of bbs rz's the basketweave ones but they have a deeper lip and a black ring around the spokes, I have never seen them before, and hes selling them dirt cheap with tires, here are the dimmensions and tires Michelin TRX 240/45 ZR 415 415mm diameter or 16.33 inches 240mm wide or about 9 1/2 inches and i think and offset of 45 is there any difference in other than the size??, any downfalls?? thanks -zach __________________ Aerodynamics are for those who can not build engines | | | 12-26-2011, 05:52 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 | the tires are stupid crazy expensive I believe, I think Coker Tire is the only company that makes them anymore | | | 12-26-2011, 06:02 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 295 | Quote: Originally Posted by tiFreak the tires are stupid crazy expensive I believe, I think Coker Tire is the only company that makes them anymore | Yea I looked and was like whoah those are soo pricy, but it seems odd to me that their is a specific tire for them, why couldn't you just run normal tires, people run different sized tires on different sized rims all the time, why couldn't these?? __________________ Aerodynamics are for those who can not build engines | | | 12-26-2011, 06:08 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 | you can get away with running a different width tire on a rim, you can't do that with different rim diameters though | | | 12-26-2011, 06:13 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 295 | Quote: Originally Posted by tiFreak you can get away with running a different width tire on a rim, you can't do that with different rim diameters though | ohhh I didnt even think of that, huh well that all makes sense, its that extra .33 added onto the diameter that makes tires cost $400 each __________________ Aerodynamics are for those who can not build engines | | | 12-26-2011, 06:19 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Leesburg. VA Posts: 122 | Those were originally on the E24 M6. Use them as hose reels - tires are crazy expensive and outdated technology that were barely decent in their heyday. | | | 12-26-2011, 06:22 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 295 | Quote: Originally Posted by John_in_VA Those were originally on the E24 M6. Use them as hose reels - tires are crazy expensive and outdated technology that were barely decent in their heyday. | hahah they'd make a tight set of hose reels!!! __________________ Aerodynamics are for those who can not build engines | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |
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