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<blockquote data-quote="dirtyd88" data-source="post: 14318054" data-attributes="member: 84007"><p>There is section width, and there is tread width, which can be attributed to contact patch.</p><p></p><p>The 275, 295 and 315 you see on the tires is the section width, which is the measurement of the widest part of the tire, typically outside of the sidewall apex to outside of the other sidewall apex. the tread width essentially the width of the actual tread itself that should contact the road (contact patch), depending on how wide your wheel is. People always misunderstand that just because you put a big ass tire on a wheel and it fits, doesn't mean you are getting the largest contact patch as possible. So you have decreased traction relative to a smaller tire on the same wheel because the tread is starting to roll up the sidewall since the tire is "buldging".</p><p></p><p>This is my best explanation anyways.</p><p></p><p>TireRack links</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=10" target="_blank">http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=10</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=7" target="_blank">http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=7</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dirtyd88, post: 14318054, member: 84007"] There is section width, and there is tread width, which can be attributed to contact patch. The 275, 295 and 315 you see on the tires is the section width, which is the measurement of the widest part of the tire, typically outside of the sidewall apex to outside of the other sidewall apex. the tread width essentially the width of the actual tread itself that should contact the road (contact patch), depending on how wide your wheel is. People always misunderstand that just because you put a big ass tire on a wheel and it fits, doesn't mean you are getting the largest contact patch as possible. So you have decreased traction relative to a smaller tire on the same wheel because the tread is starting to roll up the sidewall since the tire is "buldging". This is my best explanation anyways. TireRack links [url]http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=10[/url] [url]http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=7[/url] [/QUOTE]
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