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The width of the contact patch of the tire on the road.
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What is contract width?
"Contact" width is the tread with of a tire, not to be confused with sidewall width.
What is the tread width of a 295 tire?
It is 295 mm.
What is the width of a 305x70Rx16 tire?
The tread is 305 mm wide
What does the 245 on a tire mean?
It sounds like the tread width in millimetres
What do the first three numbers on a tire stand for?
On a metric sized tire it is the tread width. Example, p225/75r15. The tread is 225 mm wide.
What does p195 mean in tire size?
That means it is a passenger car tire with tread width of 195 millimetres
How do you figure out a width of a tire?
Look on the side of the tire and you will see a set of number such as 195/50 17R. The first number, in this case 195, is the tread width in millimeters.
What do the first three numbers on an auto tire stand for?
Width of the tread in millimeters.
Are grooves in a tier called profile?
No the grooves are the tread, the profile is the height of the tire from the rim measured in percentage of tire width.
What is the difference between 255 70R16 and 245 75R16?
255 70 r16255 millimeters of tread width, sidewall 70% of 255 (178.5mm), radial tire, 16 inch rim245 75 r16245 mm of tread width, sidewall 75% of 245 (183.75), radial tire, 16 inch rim.255 70 r16255 millimeters of tread width, sidewall 70% of 255 (178.5mm), radial tire, 16 inch rim245 75 r16245 mm of tread width, sidewall 75% of 245 (183.75), radial tire, 16 inch rim.
Aspect ratio in relation to tires?
Aspect ratio is the height of the sidewall compared to th width of the tread, in a 70 series tire, the sidewall height would be 70% of the tread width.
What is the difference between P225 75R15 and P235 75R15 tires?
The difference between a P225 75R 15 tire and a P235 75R 15 tire is the width of the tread and the height of the sidewall. The first number is the tread width in millimetres. The second number is the aspect ratio. That is the height of the sidewall as a percentage of the tread width. So it would be 225x75% fir example.
