Tire source?
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Tire source?
Anyone know where I can get 285/85r16 tires without murdering my budget? Used would be great. Have 2 dryrotted front tires and one won't even hold air anymore. Did quite a bit of searching and no one seems to make that size anymore??
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Thanks 1969, never really thought of Craigslist for tires, but searched and found a place that will come to me to install and has supposedly any size of tire, waiting on an email response right now.
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lol, keep in mind I know nothing about tires, just that I like new ones! I'm never sure if a different size will mess up the speedo calibration or not fit my wheel or whatever. I saw 285/75's when I was searching the web so will probably end up with those.
Here's a pic of my flat one for the heck of it:
Here's a pic of my flat one for the heck of it:
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285/85r16 is a 35" tall tire. The 285/75 will be just under 33". Your speedo will register higher than your actual speed if it is calibrated correctly for the 285/85's.
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If in fact it came with the 285/85 or someone calibrated it with those tires, tt will only be off 2mph or so at 60mph.
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This would only be true if the truck came from the factory with the 285/85 tires or had the speedo calibrated for those, which I would bet, it didn't. I wouldn't worry about it.
If in fact it came with the 285/85 or someone calibrated it with those tires, tt will only be off 2mph or so at 60mph.
If in fact it came with the 285/85 or someone calibrated it with those tires, tt will only be off 2mph or so at 60mph.
and at 65MPH , actual speed would be about 61.
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lol, looks like something Mad Max should be driving don't it? I think all those old wreckers had push bumpers but unless there's one in a junk yard I have no idea where to look, sorry!
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