Metric Rims and Tires??

[planksta]

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

[tiFreak]

the tires are stupid crazy expensive I believe, I think Coker Tire is the only company that makes them anymore

[planksta]

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??

[tiFreak]

you can get away with running a different width tire on a rim, you can't do that with different rim diameters though

[planksta]

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

[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 Use them as hose reels - tires are crazy expensive and outdated technology that were barely decent in their heyday.

[planksta]

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 Use them as hose reels - tires are crazy expensive and outdated technology that were barely decent in their heyday.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!!!