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and T (Temp Spare). The next three digits (195) represent widest part of the tire width in millimeters.
majority of P type tires are WARNING! now radial construction. The Advisor has been known The letter D would designate to be politically incorrect and may send certain Millennials a bias ply tire made from scurrying to their safe space. plies that run in criss-cross Please read at your own risk. After the slash, the next digits layers diagonal to the tire represent the aspect ratio of direction. the tire, i.e., the tire’s sidewall Secret Codes height as a percent of the The next two digits designate On Tire Sidewalls tire’s width. In the case of the the rim width in inches for example, 65 means the height ast month you answered of the tire is 65% of the width which the tire will fit. In the a question about tire of the tire. case of the example, the tire pressure where a person will fit a 15” rim. worried about carrying around excess weight if she There follows the tire put 32 pounds of air in her construction type, in this The load index and the speed tires. Pretty funny. But my case R for Radial. The vast rating are shown as 91H. “91” question is about the codes on the sidewalls. I can read the numbers but I don’t know what they mean. Does the Advisor? H.H.
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Was Stephen Hawking a smart man? Can LeBron James shoot from center court? Is a bear Catholic? Take a common tire size, for example: 195/65 R15 91H. The first letter, P, designates the type or class of tire, in this case P for Passenger. Tires also come in LT (Light Truck) 28
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