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Tyre Options

rhysowen9 · 2014-07-19 19:35:16

Hi, My car manual gives three options for tyres: 145/80 R 13-75T 165/70 R 13-79T 165/65 R 14-78T All I am looking for is a cheap, all weather durable pair of rear tyres. Why are there so many options! Thanks

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marlot Posts: 4,966 Forumite

20 July 2014 at 12:38PM

rhysowen9 wrote: »

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They've put on 165/65 R 79T.

You've missed off an important piece of information - the diameter. It will be either 13 or 14. If you look on the sidewall of the tyre you'll find it there.

165 is the width
65 is the aspect ratio (how tall the sidewall is in relation to the width)
R means Radial tyre
79 is the maximum weight
T is the maximum speed.

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