Janet

Excuse the ignorance but when it tals about 16" alloys what does the 16"
represent?

Tim Hobbs

On Thu, 5 May 2005 20:30:37 +0100, "Janet" <,> wrote:

>Excuse the ignorance but when it tals about 16" alloys what does the 16"
>represent?
>

That's the diameter of the wheel rim, without the tyre on it. You do,
of course, have to fit a 16" tyre to it...


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Mother

On Thu, 5 May 2005 20:30:37 +0100, "Janet" <,> wrote:

>Excuse the ignorance but when it tals about 16" alloys what does the 16"
>represent?

The diameter.

Dougal

Janet wrote:

> Excuse the ignorance but when it talks about 16" alloys what does the 16"
> represent?

Have a look at some/all of the following. The 'rim diameter' is the
dimension that you are describing.

http://www.needforspeed.co.uk/htmlpages/TechWheels.htm

http://www.chris-longhurst.com/carbi...yre_bible.html

Lee_D

"Mother" <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 5 May 2005 20:30:37 +0100, "Janet" <,> wrote:
>
>>Excuse the ignorance but when it tals about 16" alloys what does the 16"
>>represent?
>
> The diameter.
>

And we should clarify it's measured in real inches not man inches :0)

The cause of many a car parking accident,

"Yes go on ,, keep coming , you've got another 12 inches......THUD"

Lee D

Dave Liquorice

On Thu, 05 May 2005 21:11:44 +0100, Dougal wrote:

> Have a look at some/all of the following. The 'rim diameter' is the
> dimension that you are describing.
>
> http://www.needforspeed.co.uk/htmlpages/TechWheels.htm
>
> http://www.chris-longhurst.com/carbi...yre_bible.html

Thats second one is excellent, especially the calculators about
halfway down. Thanks for posting those links.

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Dave H

> Thats second one is excellent, especially the calculators about
> halfway down. Thanks for posting those links.

I'll second that, Thank you

Dave