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   蕝朢先生 :dab: (despair@gearlandia.haus)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 08:35:40 JST 蕝朢先生 :dab:
   why are 16.5" HD rims so hard to find now
   all five remaining tyres are 8"R16.5"
   the one that blew out is now some metric size on a 16" rim
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     ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|?? (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 09:07:16 JST ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|??

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     @despair So I used to work at a car shop and the thing is, nobody sells .5 tires anymore. They're all custom order, car or truck. Furthermore it's a common meme at those shops that trucks are the one thing you can ignore factory PSI and tire size on because truck owners are always using aftermarket rims that do not use factory sizes at a higher rate than normal car owners do.
     
     They all use the Metric sizes now for new cars/trucks and 90s ones at least, domestic and import.
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     蕝朢先生 :dab: (despair@gearlandia.haus)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 09:08:49 JST 蕝朢先生 :dab:

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     @PhenomX6 thanks :konasob:
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     ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|?? (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 09:08:50 JST ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|??

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     @despair Also if you get new tires for that, please call ahead. I'm not kidding. They are not going to have your tires in stock. They only have the popular car/LT sizes, not even C sizes (for "european style" work vans like the transit). Yes I'm not joking, they have to fucking custom order work van tires at a lot of tire shops.
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     蕝朢先生 :dab: (despair@gearlandia.haus)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 09:09:36 JST 蕝朢先生 :dab:

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     @PhenomX6 even worse is that i have a donut spare, i could have saved the old rim if i'd known then
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     蕝朢先生 :dab: (despair@gearlandia.haus)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 09:10:05 JST 蕝朢先生 :dab:

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     @PhenomX6 even worse is that i have a donut spare, i could have saved the old rim if i'd known then (ended up having to drive on the rim and chewed it up)
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     蕝朢先生 :dab: (despair@gearlandia.haus)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 23:32:35 JST 蕝朢先生 :dab:

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     @PhenomX6 turns out my spare is full size, I can run on it normally and turn the metric tyre into a donut spare since it's still a half inch narrow
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     蕝朢先生 :dab: (despair@gearlandia.haus)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 02:55:47 JST 蕝朢先生 :dab:

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     @PhenomX6 nailed it
     full size/load spare, mfd Nov 1976
     no cracks or dry rot, holds the correct amount of air, full tread depth
     metric tyre is now a donut spare
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     ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|?? (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 07:27:07 JST ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|??

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     @despair Wooo
     
     Though I'd replace the tire eventually since I hear horror stories about tires "that" old at the shop I worked at.
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