Why are my rims sticking out past my new tires ?

[Adam63impala]

Is it okay to drive like this ? I drive 100 Miles a day ... could this be why it let's a tiny bit of air out one tire over night ? I will just put these on the front wheels and get the wider back tires .

[Jackass]

Originally Posted by CFD

It's not the aspect ratio that is the problem, it appears to be the width of the tire in relation to the width of the wheel that is the problem.

Yes and no , if you do the math , you will see what I'm talking about
35% over 265 comes to a certain number , now if you drop that number to 30% , the result is a smaller measurement , that will have to makeup the difference in between the thread size and the rim size , and that will only result in an steeper angle to bridge that gap
The OP said that the previous tires were fine , and that the only difference was the aspect ratio !

[Adam63impala]

Soo 265 35 is actually wider ? Not just taller ? Wanted to lower the car eventually ..

[JusticePete]

Keep in mind not all tires stamped with the same size ARE the same size. You need to compare tread width brand to brand.

[Mr. iNCREDIBLE]

so it appears you don't grasp how tire sizes work.


the 265 is the width of the tire in millimeters, the 30 or 35 is the percent of difference between the width and the height of the tire. it is not as most people assume a flat measurement. it is a ratio of width to height.

so a 265/30 is 265mm wide and 79.5mm high (30% of 265 is 79.5)
a 265/35 is 265mm wide and 92.75mm high (35% of 265 is 92.75)

so in order for you to have properly spec'd out your tire to have a lower profile you would have had to go slightly wider, probably 285, as a 285/30 would have been 85.5mm high (7.25mm less than your 265/35 tires).

what you have done is put a tire not wide enough for the wheel and the shop stretched the tire to fit, which is VERY bad as the tire isn't designed for this and it will cause unsafe drivability issues.

I can't believe that any respectable tire shop would have even allowed this to occur..

[CFD]

Originally Posted by Jackass

Yes and no , if you do the math , you will see what I'm talking about
35% over 265 comes to a certain number , now if you drop that number to 30% , the result is a smaller measurement , that will have to makeup the difference in between the thread size and the rim size , and that will only result in an steeper angle to bridge that gap
The OP said that the previous tires were fine , and that the only difference was the aspect ratio !

Sorry but that is incorrect. 265 is the width, that does not change. Read Mr Incredable's post above, his explanation is right on.

[Dyk-NO]

Originally Posted by Jackass

Nothing to do with the offset !

He addressed his issue about his wheel sticking out of his fender and numerous people already answered his question why he's loosing air and his wheel sticking out of his tires.

just answered the minor issue he had but yeah his tires are too narrow for that wide ass wheel.

[Adam63impala]

You're right , I didn't understand tire sizes .I was purely going off what my tire guy told me . " if u want to lower your car go with 265 30. He said it would be the same width..just lower profile .lol go figure ... thank yall. And thanks to Mr incredible ! I will be purchasing some 285 30 tires here soon and putting the 265 30 on the front

[Adam63impala]

And my thoughts exactly ..the tire shop is called tire kingdom and also charged me 35 a wheel to install the new tires . . Also can't believe they make plastic TPMS sensors that you have to replace each time u change the tire .. atleast that's what they told me..

[CFD]

Only if you break them, I think you should find a new tire shop

[LSX Camaro]

Originally Posted by Dyk-NO

Your wheel offset is too low too causing it to stick out by the looks of it it's less than 25 offset.

Please Stop!

[Adam63impala]

Originally Posted by CFD

Only if you break them, I think you should find a new tire shop

Seriously ? Wow . It was my first time going there and dude literally said you have to break them to get them out .. o well ..he made 14 bucks off me ..definitely won't be going back there !! Tire kingdom in south Georgia . So they can be reusable ?

[CFD]

I've gone through about 8 sets of rear tires since 2010, replaced one tpms that I caught with a tire iron. As I said, time for a new tire shop.

[Jackass]

Originally Posted by CFD

Sorry but that is incorrect. 265 is the width, that does not change. Read Mr Incredable's post above, his explanation is right on.

If you take the time , and actually do the math , you will see what I'm talking about

One more time , the tire ( 265 m) is somehow short off the right tire for that wheel

Now , one makes the tire wall , ( percentage of the tire thread ) from 35% to 30% , the result is a smaller tirewall , right ? Then the tire thread still is at the very same position , but the tirewall ( smaller by 5% ) still have to bridge the distance from the tire thread ,mot the wheel , so it will have to be stretched even more so that the tire with a 35% , am I right ?

Just to help clarify my point , let's say that the new tire is 265/.10 , the original was 265/35 , see may point ? One would have 92.75 m of tire wall on the 265/35 , but only 10.5 on the 265/10 , that's a lot less tirewall to makeup the space in between the tire thread edge and the wheel , and this only happen when the tires aren't the right size ( thread with ) for the wheel .