Stupid Question

[joeczucha]

Just to check, if some alloys have 195/55/15 fitted are they 15"?

[Dpnova]

The alloy it self is 15, then the tyre

[wisewood]

195 refers to the width of the tyre/wheel in millimetres.
50 refers to the height of the tyre wall (as viewed from the side of the car) in millimetres.
15 refers to the diameter of the wheel.

Hope this sorts things out for you mate.

width/height/diameter of wheel

[Ben]

50 refers to the height of the tyre wall (as viewed from the side of the car) in millimetres.

Sorry people always say that but it is actually the % of the width as you can find lorry tyres with "50" depth tyres that are nigh on 5"thick.

[wisewood]

oops - forgot to change that bit... thats something i copied and saved in a file aaaages ago. Since then i have learned that it was wrong :lol:

[linzTDI]

even i knew that :lol:

[wisewood]

loli probably told you though linz!

[Dpnova]

I wish someone had told me cos i didnt know that, as they say you learn something new every day :oops: :P

[linzTDI]

no you didnt i know because my wheels are tool big they are 195/55/15's i think and i need 195/50/15's or 45/15's to avoid any catching not that they do with just me and keith in anyways

[Ste_Nova]

even i knew that :lol:

linz is used to measuring when lads measure things wrong :lol:

[Ben]

i need 195/50/15's or 45/15's

Pay the extra ?5 a tyre and go for 195/45/15"s they look much better and will give you the extra 5% comort zone if you become pregnant :lol:

[linzTDI]

right..............................

thanks for the tip