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Tropic traveler
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« on: November 13, 2010, 06:40:13 AM »
In my never ending curiosity I must ask.
Seems that if a 205/65 fits a Valk (they do), maybe a 205/70 which is readily available could fit as well. It would be great to have the extra circumference/height of that tire on a Valk to shave off a few RPM at cruising speeds.
Anybody tried that yet??? ???
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2010, 09:10:30 AM »
I think you're going to have a problem with it.  It's taller than stock and you're probably going to have clearance problems with the fender.  I'm running a Toyo Proxes TPT in 205/65-16 on Sandman and it has an approximate 25.5" diameter.  The size you want is about 27.5" in diameter.  That's another 2"  Some guys have had to hammer the wiring harness guides down to gain clearance with their DarkSide tires.  Imho, that's not even going to help you to run that size.

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