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tire question... - 7/26/2006 10:24:53 PM    jittie Posts: 134 Joined: 7/8/2006 From: Florida Status: offline Seeing if anyone can help here, since no one is in the handling subsection... Will 235/50/18's fit on a 18x9" wheel? Two of the tires that came with the wheels went flat yesterday after getting screws in them in a spot on the tire that no tire shop will patch. Those tires were 245/40/18, and the diameter wasn't big enough for my tastes. I am looking at a deal on getting some 235/50/18's fairly cheap and I am wondering if they are too narrow to fit on a 9" wide wheel. I thought I saw a post where someone was running a the exact same tires I'm looking at on the same size wheels, but now I can't find it. _____________________________ [2006 4.0L Auto] Flowmaster Axle-Back; C&L + Xcal2; 18" Chrome Bullitts TGR Member #037 Post #: 1

RE: tire question... - 7/26/2006 10:59:14 PM    Rrruss   Posts: 143 Joined: 5/30/2006 Status: offline Did you try to patch the holes yourself? Tire shops don't like to patch holes for 2 reasons, they take on some level of liability if it blows after they patch it, and they make money selling new tires. I have patched a lot of tires over the years, saving myself and others a lot of money. A few bucks for a patch kit is a good thing to have around anyway. _____________________________ '05 vert, IUP, Skipper 1k, Auto, TCS, GT takeoff wheels/tires, and TI CAI / Xcal 2... coming soon FLowmaster American Thunder (in reply to jittie) Post #: 2

RE: tire question... - 7/26/2006 11:09:09 PM    jittie Posts: 134 Joined: 7/8/2006 From: Florida Status: offline no i haven't tried to patch it, i don't know a whole lot about tires, but from what 2 shops have told me, the hole is too close to sidewall for a patch to be effective... also the price on these new tires seem pretty low, and i would like to fill out my wheelwells a little more _____________________________ [2006 4.0L Auto] Flowmaster Axle-Back; C&L + Xcal2; 18" Chrome Bullitts TGR Member #037 (in reply to Rrruss) Post #: 3

RE: tire question... - 7/26/2006 11:27:37 PM    BlueStang6   Posts: 247 Joined: 12/29/2005 Status: offline Jittie, your answer is in your post in the Handling section _____________________________ (in reply to jittie) Post #: 4

RE: tire question... - 7/26/2006 11:27:53 PM    petepete   Posts: 2250 Joined: 6/10/2006 Status: offline buy run flats =) _____________________________ 4.0L 2005 Mustang Supercharged (in reply to jittie) Post #: 5

RE: tire question... - 7/27/2006 1:03:36 PM    Mansmadlogic Posts: 121 Joined: 7/14/2006 Status: offline discount tire patchs i got a ford windstar van (sigh) as my second car had a flat and they pluged the hole (in reply to Rrruss) Post #: 6

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