I don't have a tool that measures the remaining tread on a tire. I bought these with some wheels off a guy and he said he barely used the tires so I'm curious to what you guys would think these are at out of /32?

 

You're asking us to guess how many 32nds by looking at a photo? That's very difficult unless you deal with this sort of thing regularly and are knowledgeable about it. We're talking about 32nds of an inch. That's hard to guess even in person looking directly at it. Wouldn't it be much easier for you to go to the closest auto parts store and buy a tread depth gauge for $2 and take wild internet guessing out of the equation?

But my guess is 7/32.

 

I thought it'd be easy cause it shows on Lincolns head where the depth is. I tried to look online but found nothing. But anyways I'll be doing that I guess thanks for the response.

 

You're underthinking this. You know where the tread ends on the coin, take a simple ruler and measure from the coin's rim to that point on Lincoln's head. What's the prize for guessing correctly? I'll go with 8/32.

 

The reason I asked is because I'm at work and wanted to post a craigslist ad ASAP.

 

You don't have a penny and a ruler there?

 

I'm on a mission now!

 

8 mm. So is that the same as 8/32? I've never been good at conversions and measurements

 

8 mm = .315 inches = about 10/32nds of an inch, rounded to the nearest 32nd.

Whatever you end up selling these for, take $2 of it and go buy one of these:

 

Well that's WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT. Great news! Now let's hope someone buys them!
Thanks for the help!!

 

Alright I promise you I will 😂

 

The standard conversion factor is 1" = 25.4 mm .

So. If you recall from 5th grade math;



This doesn't add up because the michelin xice tire (which is what I assume this is) comes new with 10.5/32nds of tread. So unless they are practically brand new, I'd have to agree with BB's 7/32nd's suggestion.

However, all of these are just guesses and meaningless without actually measuring the depth using a proper tool

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Some good reading: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/

Edit 2: It is the belief of this poster that the metric system is superior to the english/standard system.

 

5th grade math my ***... This was taught freshmen year..... Nonetheless it's Confusing for me.

 

Well, now you have the tools to do future conversions.

Edit, don't they teach unit conversions in school any more?? Or did common core eliminate this curriculum?

edit2: I just looked this up - http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/NF/

I'd be confused too. I don't remember being taught fractions using number lines! They used pizza pies back then.

 

To be completely honest with you I passed algebra with a 98% freshmen year high school and math was always my favorite. But the conversions and measurements are what SCREWED me..