If rim size DOESN'T

[R***A**N**G**E***R]

create MORE ground clearance then WTF is going on here???

 

[bcost882]

i live in las vegas...... trust me thats nothing

 

[TheTopher]

I'll tell you what's going on there. Stupidity at it's finest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_VImPZTI7I Even more stupidity.

 

[R***A**N**G**E***R]

i live in las vegas...... trust me thats nothing

I can appreciate your comment but the reason I asked was because I wanted to upgrade my 15 in rims to 16 in and was wondering if I did this would I get ANY type of ground clearance increase from the bottom of my differential to the ground.

I was told no it won't help, now I know the car rims are EXTREME but unless this car is modified some other way then it is definitely benefiting from MORE ground clearance by using these huge rims.

 

[BRUTUS_T_HOG]

its tire size that raises you up.

you can have a 15inch rim with an aspect ratio of 70 and you can have a 16inch rim with an aspect ratio of 60 and you will have the same ride height. these are not actual numbers, just to trying to explain.

 

[TheTopher]

The extra ground clearance comes from huge tires that fit around the huge rims. In this particular case the rims are most likely larger than the original tires on the vehicle was. Now, as far as rim size affecting ground clearance, lets use my truck as an example.

My truck has 225/70/R14 tires. The r14 part means I have a 14 inch rim. Now that works out to a tire diameter of 26.4 inches. If I were to upgrade to a fifteen inch rim but keep the same overall tire diameter, and get some 225/65/R15 tires. Even though my rims are now bigger, I would see absolutely no difference in ground clearance. You see the wheel as a whole, tire + rim is what causes the ground clearance. Now I could buy a 265/70/r14 (No such tire exists, but this is just for educational purposes) and my overall tire size would be 28.6 inches. That's a 2" increase over my current 225/70/r14 tires, which translates to 1" of increased ground clearance. Similarly, you could just buy larger tires for your 15 inch rims and gain ground clearance without having to switch rim sizes.


I'm not the best at explaining things, but hopefully you can learn a little from that.

 

[john93rangerstx]

ther is one in ri with 26

 

[adsm08]

For each inch of tire and rim size that you go up you gain 1/2 inch of ground clearance.


The reason: The hub is where the rim attaches to the truck, half of your inch of extra diameter is below that hub picking your truck farther up off the ground. The other half is ABOVE the hub, sticking up into your wheel well and doing nothing for your clearance.

The key point here is that the size of the wheel and tire COMBINATION has to increase. As stated before, if you go from a 215/75/14 to a 215/70/15 you haven't gained anything because your overall combination is the same diameter.

 

[adsm08]

I can appreciate your comment but the reason I asked was because I wanted to upgrade my 15 in rims to 16 in and was wondering if I did this would I get ANY type of ground clearance increase from the bottom of my differential to the ground.

I was told no it won't help, now I know the car rims are EXTREME but unless this car is modified some other way then it is definitely benefiting from MORE ground clearance by using these huge rims.

It is getting that extra clearance from those huge rims because the rims themselves are bigger than that car's original wheel and tire combo.

 

[01_ranger_4x4]

alot of those cars are actually lifted to allow for the incredibly stupid sized rims, at least around here they are. bigger rims them self dont determine how much ground clearance you gain, its how big of a tire you put on those rims. if you want more room under your axle, put on a larger tire.

 

[R***A**N**G**E***R]

For each inch of tire and rim size that you go up you gain 1/2 inch of ground clearance.

The reason: The hub is where the rim attaches to the truck, half of your inch of extra diameter is below that hub picking your truck farther up off the ground. The other half is ABOVE the hub, sticking up into your wheel well and doing nothing for your clearance.

The key point here is that the size of the wheel and tire COMBINATION has to increase. As stated before, if you go from a 215/75/14 to a 215/70/15 you haven't gained anything because your overall combination is the same diameter.

So you DO gain ground clearance from rims under certain circumstances??

 

[crawlin91]

no. the tires on that hoopty rez bomber are also bigger than the original tires hence the increase in ground clearance.
you can put 44" tires on 17" wheels or mount 44"s on 15" rims the outside diameter is still 44" the one with 17" wheels isn't going to be any bigger......capiche?

 

[HankG]

I'm not sure if this'll help or confuse you more.

The first two tires have the same diameter, only the rim size has changed. The combo with the larger rim is not any taller than the one with the smaller rim. On the third tire/wheel, the rim is the same size as the smaller rim of the first two, but with a much larger tire. As a result, ground clearance has increased.

 

[backroad101]

There are lift kits available for older GM vehicles that essentially use S10 parts to lift the car to allow for clearance for the rims. The S10 itself was based on the the G-bodied intermediates of the era

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_S-10
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_G_platform_(RWD)

 

[R***A**N**G**E***R]

Ok I call

If you took the ORIGINAL rims off this car and put them on ( with no tires ) and measured the distance between the bottom of the dif and the ground and then took the CURRENT rims on the car ( with no tires ) and measured the distance between the diff and the ground it would be different,in fact it would sit taller.

Tell me I am wrong, I dare ya!!