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would the height on 315/30's look to short on my 18's

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Old 05-19-2009, 12:51 PM
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wondering if a set of 315/30/18 bfg drag radials would look dumb on my 18's is the 30 height to short or does it look ok?
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The sidewall would look fine. The difference between 30% and 35% is hardly noticeable given that it comes out to just over a centimeter. If you have 35 up front and 275 or smaller width, I would say it would look more than fine
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No man it looks fine thats what i have on the back of my car heres a pic.....

https://mustangforums.com/forum/memb...re16190-a.html
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i have 35's on mine and I like them.
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Originally Posted by PaintballFreak
The sidewall would look fine. The difference between 30% and 35% is hardly noticeable given that it comes out to just over a centimeter. If you have 35 up front and 275 or smaller width, I would say it would look more than fine
315/35/17" tire = 25.6"
315/30/18" tire = 25.6" so is actually 1/2" difference between the two in sidewall.

Either of the above sizes will fit fine on an SN95, but "may" have some fender/liner contact if off-set is not correct. This really comes down to personal preference, as the lower sidewall will make your ride a bit harsher. This is something you need to decide

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i just didn't know if it would be visually noticible with my 275/35 18's up front and going with 315/30 18's out back.
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The outside diameter of the 27/35 is approx. 25.58"

The outside diameter of the 315/30 is approx. 25.44"

There is a difference, but it will be barely noticeable.
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Originally Posted by Blk003GT
i just didn't know if it would be visually noticible with my 275/35 18's up front and going with 315/30 18's out back.

35% of 275 = 96mm

30% of 315 = 94.4mm

are they gonna notice 2mm? 1/5th of 2/5 of an inch in difference. Nobody gonna notice
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OK, a bit of miscommunication/misunderstanding here

The difference between a 275/35/18" and 315/30/18" is zero or inperceptable. An above statement would seem to suggest that the difference between a 30 and 35 series, was minimal.

Just wanted to clarify so as not to cause confusion for those following thread.

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its way to early for these calculations to make sense, lol.

hell they never make sense. OP you will be fine man.
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