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| | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | What would the tread with be for a 6.50 tire ?
Would a 215 radial tire be about the same width ?
I will be buying tires for my 54 3100 with original equipment...
Thanks in advance...
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 | go to www.randysringandpinion.com and use their calculator.215mm is 8.4 inches width. or try this site use the length conversion chart. 165mm seems to be 6.4 inches.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | If you go to the Tire Rack and sort by size, you will see all the specs on various makes of tires. They vary somewhat with style. | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | I have 215/85-16 T/A commercial on my Suburban and I like the look and the ride. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | I had already researched the conversion chart... That just told me what the width of the tire was and not the actual tread width...
I found online a site that told me all the dimensions but the tread width...
Emailed a couple of tire sites waiting to hear back...
Tire stores around here seem to have a shortage of the 215 to measure... Lots of 225 and up...
It seems the best size for radials is the 215/85-16 as cletis posted... I will be going with the LT type...
Thanks for all the replies...
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 70 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 70 | here is another place that has charts that is easy to compare tread width sizing. Bias are noticeably narrower than radial. widewhitewalltires.com | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
Do they list 16" 6-ply bias and 16" LT radial (with blackwalls, if someone is interested in original appearance)?
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