why do larger sized tires cost more?
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why do larger sized tires cost more?
curious, why do tires for larger inch rims cost more than the smaller diamaters. is it because of the extra material used to make that tire or someone just said "hey, lets knock up the price for the bigger tires cause if they got money for 16" + rims, im sure their willing to pay $160 or so for a single tire. On top of that, lets charge even more for the lower profile tires".
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anyone know?
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Also because far fewer people want non-standard tire sizes. There's thousands of times more people wanting everyday stock-sized tires, so they manufacture thousands more of those and offer better prices due to more competition and the fact that most people will buy the cheapest tire they can. Manufacturers know that you'll pay more money for a larger/higher-performance tire. Probably the price is also higher because research and development costs, fancy marketing campaigns, sponsorships, plant set-up costs, and limited-production run costs are higher for high performance tires so to make any profit from the relatively small number of specialty tires they sell, they have to charge more. But all this is just conjecture since I don't work for a tire manufacturer.
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Rep Power: 322 yes, they're less common so they have to charge more. plus they have to be designed to with handle a lot more than what a normal tire would handle with less rubber.
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Rep Power: 0 its because how many they sell... less quanity sold=higher price to justify designing them.
hence why the 225/30/20 are 357$ each... and btw.. BFG sold 8 sets last year....8!
also thats why 215/35 are alot cheaper than a 235/35 because how many sold...
riley
185/70/14 or w/e is sold like to every tom **** and harry so their cheap
hence why the 225/30/20 are 357$ each... and btw.. BFG sold 8 sets last year....8!
also thats why 215/35 are alot cheaper than a 235/35 because how many sold...
riley
185/70/14 or w/e is sold like to every tom **** and harry so their cheap
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