Tire question: 55s or 60s

[Figman]

For all of you tire experts. I have a Disco II 2001 SE7 with SLS and ACE. I don’t do any heavy off-road (plan to put a 2”lift in the future) and still have 18” wheels; worst part is that I still have the original GY HP Wranglers. Before the winter I will put a new set of shoes on my truck. It will be either Nitto Terra Grapplers or the General AT2, on the 255-55/18 size; however General makes a 255-60/18. I am tempted to try the 60s but don’t know if the 5mm will cause any major “problems” or what differences. I recently drove an LR3 with 60s and it look much better that the 55s.

Any comments or suggestions will be greatly appreciated, sorry for the dump question

Figman

[kmagnuss]

It's not 5mm. It's 5% of the width (255 mm) taller. The stocks are 29" vs. the 60 series being 30". Check out this site: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html


PS...I never saw a question about a "dump".