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Old 10-01-2007, 07:28 AM   #3
Winston Kodogo
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Re: tire size question

For info, the tyre size is a mixture of metric (mm) and imperial (inch) vcalues and decomposes as follows:

225/60/15

225 mm wide
15 inches (wheel) diameter - the inner tyre radius.
60 - a percentage factor of the height of the tyre compared with the width of the tyre.

There are many interactive tyre size calculators on the web, eg:
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

As stated, changing from a 60 % to 50 % aspect tyre won't feel greatly different. You *may* notice a more communicative ride, feeling the road a little more but I doubt I could tell the difference.
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