What size trye on a 10"wide wheel

[Adam Vinnicombe]

Hi all, on my 2001 ford mustang GT I'm running j10" x17" wheels all round. I have 275/40/17 tyres up front which look good on the wheel but I've got 315/35/17" tyres on the rear which look crap and not only do they look crap I managed to roll the tyre of the wheel luckily no damage to the wheel. Anyway my question is what size tryes should be on this size wheel?

 

[Adam Vinnicombe]

Here's two photos of the fronts which are 275/40/17 on J10 wheels

 

[Adam Vinnicombe]

And two of the rear tyres size 315/35/17. They always look flat even though they have 36psi in them. What would you lot say are the correct tyre size for these wheels?

 

[lwarrior1016]

Are you sure that’s a 10” wheel? That really looks like a 9” wheel. A bunch of people run 315’s but I think the general consensus is that a 295 tire fits better on a 10” wheel and doesn’t budge.

 

[Adam Vinnicombe]

Cheers mate and yes they are 10" wheels, well that's what's stamped on the inside of them

 

[01yellercobra]

Can you double check the size in the rear? No one makes a Cobra rep in 17x10. They're usually 17x10.5. The 18's are usually 10" wide.

The only time I've had a 315 bulge like that it was on a 9" rim. Unless the tires you're running are really wide for their size.

 

[evilcw311]

295 fits perfectly on my 10 wide wheels.




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[96blak54]

The 1st # of metric sized tires is the tread width.
315mm converted is 12.4" wide. The 2nd # is a percentage of the 315 and is the side wall height. 315 x 50% = or 12.4" x 40% = 4.9".

 

[evilcw311]

The 1st # of metric sized tires is the tread width.
315mm converted is 12.4" wide. The 2nd # is a percentage of the 315 and is the side wall height. 315 x 50% = or 12.4" x 50% = 4.9".

Blak on what calculator is 50% of 12.4” only 4.9?!?


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[ttocs]

Kentuckian of course

 

[D3VST8R96GT]

In before Pi corrects it to "Tire"

 

[Adam Vinnicombe]

Well finally had a chance to look at the wheels and YES you lot are correct they are only 9" wide wheels not the 10" wide that the previous owner told me. So now I know why the rear tyres look so wrong

 

[lwarrior1016]

Glad you got that figured out. Those tires would look a whole lot better on 10.5” wheels, and wouldn’t bulge near as much. With your 9” wheels, you’ll probably want to run a 275 wide tire.

 

[D3VST8R96GT]

I agree 275 seems to be the best fitting/ looking on an 18x9

 

[96blak54]

Corrected

Blak on what calculator is 50% of 12.4” only 4.9?!?


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Blak on what calculator is 50% of 12.4” only 4.9?!?


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I corrected it!

 

[Patientzero]

In my opinion, for anything other than drag racing 275's on 10's are perfect.