Pics of 28" Tires
03-12-2009, 11:48 AM
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Pics of 28" Tires
Im thinking of running some 28 inch tall tires on my car to kill some gear and so maybe it will think about hooking and Im not sure how it will look so if anyone has pics of 28" tires on 15" rims lets see em. Thanks guys.
03-13-2009, 04:58 PM
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03-13-2009, 06:28 PM
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
Dont know whats wrong with moving up from a 26" tall drag radial to a 28" but ok whatever....
03-13-2009, 07:10 PM
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
I have always ran 28 inch tires on my 91, I always liked how they fill up the wheelwell more than 26 inch tires. I will try to dig up some pics, but most of my digital pics disapeared when my computer crashed, but I will see if I can find some.
03-13-2009, 07:11 PM
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
I just wondered if he thought I meant 28" rims lol. I just didnt know if they would look too stuffed in the back and if itd look too raked with 2" more in the back or if id have to do 28"s in the fron too. 28"s would let me drop the car on the tire more without killing my much needed ground clearence.
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
I just wondered if he thought I meant 28" rims lol. I just didnt know if they would look too stuffed in the back and if itd look too raked with 2" more in the back or if id have to do 28"s in the fron too. 28"s would let me drop the car on the tire more without killing my much needed ground clearence.
I would say something like 245-50-16 not just 26" tall.
And hey, there are those Monster truck f-bodys, you never know.
Sorry if I miss undstood.
03-14-2009, 08:08 AM
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
245-50-16 is a metric tire size. the bfg's on my truck say 31x10.5-15 so i would call them 31 inch tires
03-14-2009, 08:11 AM
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
Alot of drag slicks and other tires are still sized in inches.
03-14-2009, 08:23 PM
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
Slicks are sized in inches
If you want metric, go with radials. This is not an oddity, this is how it works
See for yourself
If you want metric, go with radials. This is not an oddity, this is how it works
See for yourself
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
Not just Bias ply slicks are measured in inches some radial street strip tires like the M/T Sportsman S/R radial that Im looking to run are measured in inches as well.
03-15-2009, 10:02 PM
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
so i see that you are using 15" wheels and i was wondering if any of you guys were running 98 and newer rear disc brakes. The reason i ask is that i had to put my 16" iroc wheels on to clear those big a$$ brakes but i was using old steel wheels before and not weld drag stars ?????????????????
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Yeah I'm thinking the 28"s are going to be the way too go but keep those pics coming.
03-16-2009, 02:53 PM
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he's probably a kid and doesn't know better that slicks are measure in inches...yes they make drag radials in regular sizes, but never seen "slicks". so take it easy on the young fella
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I agree that he is probably a kid and did not know better, and that is fine. I will now take it easy on the young fella, but I believe the reason he got such so much grief is it was he that posted the smarta** coment, but I am sure he is not the only person to get caught putting there foot in their mouth! Been there, done that!
03-20-2009, 11:36 AM
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Its not a crazy question to ask. I was thinking the same thing.
I run 26" tall Hoosier QTP's with 3.73 gear and a th350 trans. I had thought about getting some 28" tall tires for the street to lower my rpm's at highway speed.
I run 26" tall Hoosier QTP's with 3.73 gear and a th350 trans. I had thought about getting some 28" tall tires for the street to lower my rpm's at highway speed.
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
heres mine. hoosier qtp 28x11.50 on 15x8 rim with 4.5 bs.
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
I was thinking about putting some of these on the rear end of my car too, but my question is what about my speedo and gauges? will I need to change speedo gearing or what?
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
275/60/R15 radial tires.
That's with brand new stock replacement suspension (moog cc635 in rear, moog 5664 in front).
Gives a VERY NICE aggressive rake stance.
That's with brand new stock replacement suspension (moog cc635 in rear, moog 5664 in front).
Gives a VERY NICE aggressive rake stance.
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damn sonix, that looks like the car was built for it. more because you have oe rims but still.
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Thanks.
Yea, they're wheels from a 1978 Trans-am, close to OE...
15x8 wheels.
Yea, they're wheels from a 1978 Trans-am, close to OE...
15x8 wheels.
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Re: Pics of 28" Tires
My Iroc from Sweden! 28x9 hoosier on 15x10 prostars
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