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170 on a 5.5" rim?

Agemax said:
can you measure the width of the tire, extreme edges please?
what make of tire is it just to be curious?
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I placed a straight edge on each side of the tire and the measurement given was from a vernier caliper.

Original post was edited for type of tire.

Cheers,
Daryl
 
Fjbj40 said:
I just installed a Bridgestone Battlax BT 021 170/60/17 on my 5.5" Bandit wheel. Mounted up with no issues. Easily seated when air was added.

Edit:Installed width of 172.9mm @34 psi.

HTH's
Daryl
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thats what i expected to hear, thankyou Daryl. i know every tire manufacturer will be slightly different but 7mm width saving, (3.5mm each side) will be perfect.
i actually have a battlax BT54 and was planning on staying with the BT range if i could.
my 180 fitted measures exactly 180mm by the way.
 
A 180 tire is the biggest tire you want to put on a 5.5 wheel so a 170 would fit fine if not better and the difference in a 180 and a 170 is 10mm the measurements are in mm 170/60/17 170mm wide / the 60 is the % of the 170mm or equal to 102mm sidewall height and the 17 is in ''
 
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