Stock five star 16 inch z28 wheel - Page 2

camar0corey · 11-04-2009, 10:42 PM

On tire rack nothing in a 255/16 would come up in a 40 or 45, smallest sidewall was 50?
I'm curious as going from 17x9.5 Z06 wheels back to 16x8 salad shooters I lost around 10 lbs. off of each corner. I would like to go to a 255 tire over the 235 tires on there now. I'm also told the later 5 spokes are even lighter than the salad shooters, although I have no idea by how much. In the process I lost the 275/40 tires, like I said on my salad shooters they are good year t/a's in a 235/55 I think. I gained in quality of tire though as I took off worn down Riken Raptors.

RPM WS6 · 11-04-2009, 11:06 PM

You can run a 255/40/16 just fine on a 16x8" stock wheel. I've done that before without issues. It'll just add a bit of overall diameter to each tire. 275/40/17 or 245/50/16 (stock sizes) are 25.66" tall, vs 26.1" tall for the 255/40/16.

rtr2001ss · 11-04-2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RPM WS6

You can run a 255/40/16 just fine on a 16x8" stock wheel. I've done that before without issues. It'll just add a bit of overall diameter to each tire. 275/40/17 or 245/50/16 (stock sizes) are 25.66" tall, vs 26.1" tall for the 255/40/16.

Actually a 255/40/16 is only 24.03". Now a 255/50/16 would be 26.03".

I'm thinking you meant the 50 series.

RPM WS6 · 11-05-2009, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by rtr2001ss

Actually a 255/40/16 is only 24.03". Now a 255/50/16 would be 26.03".

I'm thinking you meant the 50 series.

Good catch! I've been looking at/posting about wheels and tires in various places all day, and the numbers are starting to blur.

I did indeed mean 255/50/16 above.