I have some wheel/tire confusion

[kissrocksforever]

Not sure if this belongs in a tech forums or not, but im posting it here haha.

One of my rear tires has a slow leak in it, and it's pretty worn so I want to replace it, the tire that's on it now is a 245/45 ZR17 95W. I'd like to get the same size of tire but I need to if my wheels are 8 inch or 9 inch...I have bullit rims, how do I find that out? Here's a pic..

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=13009695&l=2418bc3d10&id=521130645

Also, would something like 275/40's fit on my current rims? How big of a range do I have to work with?

Thanks!

 

[Win]

If they are OEM wheels there 17x8 the best way is to take off the wheel and look on the back of the spoke it will tell you. I and many people have run 275/40 on 17x8 rims and been fine with them. The largest on a stock 17x8 i have seen was on the 95 cobra wheels that were 8" wide and that was a 255/45/17.

 

[Cox98Gt]

on the back side of the rim it will tell you how wide it is, a 8 inch rime can handle a 255 without it wearing the center out. a 9inch can handle a 275. if you look at you rims you maybe able to tell if the rears are wider or not

 

[eliyarbrough]

What they said. I bought brand new 245 tires & then picked up some used 95 R's. They were 9". I still ran the 245's cause they had maybe 1,000 miles? It stretched the tread out some, worked fine though! When I bought new tires, I bought 275. That's what I have now. 245/8", 275/9".