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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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HELP!!! With Tire Size

I have a 69 F-100 with a 390 and 4 speed manual tranmission, I know that im going to need something to hold the rear end on the road and i going to go with with the BFGoodrich Radial T/A, The rims are going to be a 15x8 i need to figure out what tire size to put on there 255, 265, ???? so many choices i could use the input thank you.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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275/60/15s would look nice.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 11:47 PM
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in fact thats the only size i could ever find ,so ya be ready to spend 90-100 per tire
 
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Old Apr 19, 2006 | 05:54 AM
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I run P235 75s and will go to P255 70 on next purchase. They are about the same heigth but have a wider tread. I wonder if the 275 60 is about the same? How wide is the tread on that one?

John
 
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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275/60-15 are 27 in tall, 235/75-15 & 255/70-15 are approx 29 in tall.
 
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