what tyre size???? please help

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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby Paddy » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:02 pm

I have 215/35 on my nervasports. And its no more out v my sat nav than the 205/45 they came with.

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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby AlexB » Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:34 pm

215/35R17 require a 7-8.5'' wide wheel, and yours is 6.5J17... :-(

ulrich100 wrote:I have 215/35 on my nervasports. And its no more out v my sat nav than the 205/45 they came with.

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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby Paddy » Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:38 pm

AlexB wrote:215/35R17 require a 7-8.5'' wide wheel, and yours is 6.5J17... :-(

ulrich100 wrote:I have 215/35 on my nervasports. And its no more out v my sat nav than the 205/45 they came with.

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Well thats what i thought but turns out they fit no problem. I have driven them hard on many an ocassion without any problem.
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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby AlexB » Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:14 am

How do you visualise to yourself the Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) reliability metric? If course one can't see or smell it!

The other point is that your insurance company may refuse to pay, if you crash due to any failure related to wheels/suspension. :shock:
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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby Paddy » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:35 pm

AlexB wrote:How do you visualise to yourself the Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) reliability metric? If course one can't see or smell it!

The other point is that your insurance company may refuse to pay, if you crash due to any failure related to wheels/suspension. :shock:


Did you eat the ' .gov health and saftey manual' last time you ate? ??

They stick to the rim, they stick to the road, many miles with out a problem and on the side they look alot better than /50 side walls.
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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby AlexB » Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:49 pm

You are irritated, Ulrich. I am not talking about safety, but about reliability engineering and about possible legal issues. I don't mind wide tyres, but they should be matched to the rims and suspension. For example, see what they've done to accommodate 235/40R19 on 159 LE/TI. Try one of these and you'll see what I mean!
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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby STEVIE » Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:29 pm

Ive got 225 50 17 on my nervasports and ive done plenty of miles no problem


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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby AlexB » Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:41 pm

These require 6-7.5'' rims, so you are safe with 6.5J17.

STEVIE wrote:Ive got 225 50 17 on my nervasports and ive done plenty of miles no problem


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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby Paddy » Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:20 pm

Well ill just have to sort the problem when/if it arises at the time. Untill then ill not worry to much, or at all.

But yea Alex i do see where your comming from.
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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby matttingle » Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:23 pm

the 225's are on and look/feel great
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Re: what tyre size???? please help

Postby STEVIE » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:39 pm

ulrich100 wrote:Well ill just have to sort the problem when/if it arises at the time. Untill then ill not worry to much, or at all.

But yea Alex i do see where your comming from.



Agreed

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