Tire size change.8R19.5's to 225/70R19.5
I just purchased new tires for my 1984 29' Brougham. with the advice of the tire salesman I bought the B F Goodrich 225/70r19.5's to replace my old 8R19.5's. He said that a lot of people were conver...
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84 Brougham wrote:
I just purchased new tires for my 1984 29' Brougham. with the advice of the tire salesman I bought the B F Goodrich 225/70r19.5's to replace my
old 8R19.5's. He said that a lot of people were converting to this tire
and that it was only about a half inch shorter. I was concerned about my gas mileage and speedometer accuracy, he said I would get better mileage
with this tire. when I got the RV home I compared it side by side to an 8R19.5 and it seems to be more than a half inch smaller. Did I get steered in the wrong direction?
They should be right at 1 inch smaller diameter...and yes you can swap out your 8R 19.5 for them with no problem. Lots do it and I even did it myself when I was running a gasser
