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Originally Posted by pkabra
Lesson: 10mm here or there on size isn't going to matter for an amateur like me. You'll notice the "type" of tire a lot more, if you're running higher performance, softer rubber, than if you're running a slightly wider tire.
My recommendation: DO NOT run oversized tires in performance use cases. It's not going to extract the best out of the tires, or the car, and at worst, could lead to some damage.
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Good to hear that you got it figured out.
Hoosier recommends tire tread widths within +/-1" of the wheel width. Placing a narrower tire on a wider wheel will generally work better on the track.
Fortunately for us, Tire Rack uses a procedure of their own creation to measure tread widths for most of the tires they sell:
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiret...jsp?techid=201. As buyers, this gives us a chance to compare actual tread widths across brands and models before choosing a tire.
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