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Tue 25 Jan 2011 19:34

Peugeot 308 - Strange tyre & wheel sizes? - Peter_Hampshire

I have not before taken much notice of the tyre details as fitted on my 308 SE HDi 6-speed manual diesel 1997cc, and as supplied by my Peugeot main dealer.

The ones fitted are 215/55 R16 93V on 17" wheels. Is this OK ? - as a tyre novice it seems a bit odd to me, and does not tally with what tyre-shopper.co.uk suggests.

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Wed 26 Jan 2011 17:01

Peugeot 308 - Strange tyre & wheel sizes? - quizman

When I've looked on tyre websites for the sizes for my car they are often way out.

The 215/55/16 are a popular size, so they will be OK.

They can't be on 17" wheels, if they were they would fall off! The 16 in the tyre size is the diameter of the tyre, it can't fit on a 17" wheel.

Have another look at the tyre sizes and the diameter of the wheels and report back. I'm confused.

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