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dober250R
08-08-2006, 08:31 AM
How do you figure out the tire diameter of a tire? My truck tires a 265/70's........... I need to re-calibrate my speedometer with my new programmer I just bought, but I need the diameter. Thanks.

honduh440
08-08-2006, 08:36 AM
http://www.sstire.com/tireheights.html

dober250R
08-08-2006, 08:39 AM
thanks honda.........Sometimes it's easier to post in the open forum than to search through a search engine:p

underpowered
08-08-2006, 10:17 AM
Breakdown of metric tires.

265/75-16 (just as an example)

265-- this is the section width. supposed to be the widest part of the tire, not the tread width usually.

75--Aspect ratio. this is a percentage of the section width. this is the sidewall heigth. so on this tire the sidewall is 75% of 265mm, or 198.75mm

16--Simply the wheel diameter.