Four Liter

Hi Guys ,
Even though I'm not driving a Turbo I'm running Fuchs 7+8's on my narrow body with 245/45/16's on the rear . Is anyone running RE-11's on their Turbo who would be willing to measure the height ( by yardstick is close enough ) so I'd see what I'd end up with height wise before buying them ? I've run three sets of replacement tires on my car since new ( on age - miles currently under 15K ) and the Yoko 008R's were very tall and wide , SO-2's were too short and narrow and am currently on Advan 032R's which are probably in the middle of the other two height and width wise . I've got one NOS Michelin Pilot Sport Cup in a 245/45 and it appears about a half inch taller than the Advan . I'd have to have the other Sport Cups shipped in from Europe and maybe given the use the car gets a tire more street focused might make more sense . It's never been tracked . If I could only go back in time - those 008R's worked well and looked the business !
Thanks for the help and input ,
Bryan

Igooz

Math would say 24.68" is the tire height.

Four Liter

The problem is no two tires ( model of tire ) are the same height or width even within a given brand . I think my 245/45 008R's were perhaps a full inch taller than the SO-2's in the same size . If you ask Tire Rack they just give the formula for the size w/o measuring the actual tire type in question . That's how I ended up with SO-2's which looked terrible on the car . Hopefully someone has RE-11's to put a yardstick to .
Regards

MUSSBERGER

So if no two tires are the same whats the point of measuring someone else's?

Four Liter

I guess I didn't articulate that very well ; what I meant was if you take several different models of tire within a certain brand that are the same size - more over than likely they won't have the same overall diameter . I don't mean to imply that tires are out of spec and vary within a certain model . As a point of this in the extreme ; I spent around 30 years in the Land Rover business and Michelin's 7.50 x 16 tire was around 33'' tall as an XS sand tire , but was a couple inches shorter as an XCL military tire . Go figure .

nitram1203

My 245/45/16 RE11s measure 23.75" mounted on 16x9 Fuchs at 32psi with the weight of the car. Tires have about 500 easy miles on them so they should be close to the original size.

mel_t_vin

First post in 4 years...factual and informative. Welcome to the forum!

BTW, check you rear pressures...should be 44 psi, 3 bar, in most climates. Where are you located?

Four Liter

Many Thanks for the measurement - exactly what I needed !
Regards,
Bryan