Reading Your Tyres!

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vw-po-low
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Reading Your Tyres!

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Reading your tyres, i've read through a fair few forums and found alot of people get this wrong. Alot will understand, but for you who are unsure, or just dont know heres how.

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195This is the width of the tyre in mm. Looking at the tyre from above or from a forward view.

45The ratio of the height of the tyre (profile). A percentage of the width. 45% of 195mm is 87.75mm

15The wheel diameter in inches.

78Load Index. Weight in which the tyre can withstand. Measured in Kg the number's are set by a table which will tell you the capacity of the tyre

VSpeed rating of the tyre. The letter is set by a table which will tell you the speed rating of that spacific letter.

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Speed Raiting
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Nice little guide. Easily understood, & simple.

Hopefully educate everyone the numbers mean something & are not just there for show! :wink:

Just be glad you've not got to explain the imperial sizes too!! :lol:
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