Tire size - 70 Toronado

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Apr 11, 2011 | 12:18 PM

sgtoro

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Tire size - 70 Toronado

My car has 215/70 R15 on the front and 215/75 R15 on the back, can anyone tell me which one is the correct tire size?

Apr 11, 2011 | 12:56 PM

oldcutlass

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Neither, your car originally came with J78-15 tires! So a P235-70-15 would be the closest.

Apr 11, 2011 | 01:00 PM

toro68

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p235/75 (or 70)/15 is correct.

Apr 11, 2011 | 01:13 PM

joe_padavano

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Originally Posted by toro68

p235/75 (or 70)/15 is correct.

There's nearly an inch difference in diameter between a 235/75-15 and a 235/70-15.

Apr 11, 2011 | 01:19 PM

oldcutlass

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If he is going to use a 75 series tire, then he needs a smaller diameter, size would be P225-75-15, this tire would be narrower but aproximately the same height.

Apr 12, 2011 | 07:00 AM

sgtoro

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Actually, I have 2 nearly new 235/70 R15 tires in my garage which I could use, except the only problem is that they don't seem to sell any whitewall tires in that size anymore