"Tall/height" meaning distance from rim to tread expressed as percentage of width. Tire dia = rim dia plus 2 X tire height.
Plug the tire info into the attached calculator. Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] wrong size tires > Ok, someone educate me here. Thought I had this sorted out on the tirerack > web site today, as follows: > > 205 ... how wide the tire is > 65 ... how tall the tire is > 15 ... the diameter of the rim > > Why would a 205/65 and a 195/65 be any different at the speedometer? > > Where's Marshall when you need him. (No answer necessary.) > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Well ... forget everything I said. That will teach me to do tire sizes > > from > > > memory. > > > > > > The 300E has Michelin X-One tires of the size 205/65R15, so they are not > > the > > > wrong size. > > > > Yes they are. Should be 205/60 or 195/65. Your 205/65s will still > > inaccurize the speedo. > > > > Alex > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: tirecalc.htm URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20081204/9b0c5bdc/attachment.pl> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
