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It would seem so. The Bearded Dragon
28th Sep 2013 12:54 am
WillyEckerslike
Member Since: 22 Aug 2013
Location: Out in the world
Posts: 967
Monkeyhanger wrote:
Does that mean mine is one of 1.628% of all UK D3s?
Ah, but with 80% of statistics being made up on the spot, it's difficult to say.
28th Sep 2013 3:51 am
Monkeyhanger
Member Since: 21 Oct 2005
Location: Hartlepool
Posts: 65
That many? I'd have never guessed....
28th Sep 2013 7:21 am
Monkeyhanger
Member Since: 21 Oct 2005
Location: Hartlepool
Posts: 65
Been thinking this morning about tyres and why people change wheels. On the photo below (or is it above) you can see the difference between the car with the standard Goodyear Wrangler 255/60R18 tyres on the front and the "Range Rover Sport" Goodyear Wrangler 255/55R18s on the back. (I'm getting them refurbished two at a time, front first). Thinking the lower profile tyres would be better, it transpired on this vehicle, they were distinctly inferior to the standard. Several years ago I had some Pirelli Zero 255/60R19 tyres fitted to 19" wheels and they also weren't as good as the original 18" wheels and tyres. But even with 18" there are differences. The H rated 255/60R18 Wranglers are rated at 130mph and the V rated 255/60R18 Wranglers are rated at 141mph. Though this beast becomes a different bread over the "normal" road speeds through the twisties, and is very chuckable, both tyres are good but the V rated is definitely the better. If you thought this car was a brick good only for off road, try taking it beyond your normal boundaries and you'll find you want to leave the Alfa Romeo Spider (showing off now) in the garage and play in the Disco.
So my view is if you're making a cake, don't change granny's recipe. I've come back to the tyre Land Rover recommend and if I'd listened to them in the first place, based on the fact, they've spent millions testing, then my years of really good enjoyable driving could have been that little bit better.
28th Sep 2013 8:10 am
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10354
it might be more down to the 255/55x18's not being weight rated high enough for the D3, as I'll bet they were only 107 or 108's, and not 112's as the 255/60x18's would be.
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28th Sep 2013 8:37 am
Monkeyhanger
Member Since: 21 Oct 2005
Location: Hartlepool
Posts: 65
Quite possibly thanks Al, they're 109H.
Based on the principle that bull baffles brains, I thought I may have got away with that one but I forgot that there are some on here who's anoraks are bigger than mine. So, having been found out, could you explain the difference between the weight ratings please and how it effects the ratios?
28th Sep 2013 8:48 am
CarMan
Member Since: 29 Apr 2013
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 165
Wouldn't 255/55/18's on one axle and 255/60/18's on the other wind up the transmission?
28th Sep 2013 1:05 pm
Monkeyhanger
Member Since: 21 Oct 2005
Location: Hartlepool
Posts: 65
Not sure about that but I'm only running them a mile and they're changed over on Monday to run all 255/60 R18s. I would have thought that it wouldn't scrub that much off the tyres......depending of course that the diff survives..
28th Sep 2013 1:07 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10354
MH - got your mail - no offence taken, as my anoroak is quote possibly bigger than yours
The weight rating doesnt affect the fact that your two different ratio profiles (55 on one axle and 60's on the other), what it does men is that you've tyres that are under spec in their weight load rating for the car. Like you say, soon to be sorted anyway
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Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
29th Sep 2013 9:44 am
silvertruck
Member Since: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Bath
Posts: 339
Hi, these wheels seem to be from a FFRR from 2011. Will they fit a D3?
6th Oct 2013 5:02 pm
Planty1
Member Since: 12 Dec 2012
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 3
Just thought I would show my summer wheels being 22's they fill arches really well the offset is 35
20th Oct 2013 7:13 pm
ukag0972
Member Since: 03 Dec 2011
Location: Argyll
Posts: 35
Tyres
Hi guys, and gals
I have the RR 20" on my disco3, using a tyre 255/50/20 on it! (Im sure its 50 but may be 55)
My OH bought me 275/45/20 as a winter tyre and ATS have refused to fit it!
Should I cause havoc with them or are they right?? Further down the post someone has said that this is the alternative size for my wheels!!
HELP!!!
11th Nov 2013 3:54 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Why would they refuse to fit? OK prob not standard size but correct weight rating?
11th Nov 2013 3:56 pm
ukag0972
Member Since: 03 Dec 2011
Location: Argyll
Posts: 35
ATS
Not sure!! They said they were unsafe!
Probably raging as I didn't buy them off them! (I did price theres but far too expensive)
Should I take it further??
11th Nov 2013 4:05 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10354
275/45/20 is a straight swap for a 255/50x20, in terms of size, so go somewhere else if those muppets dont want to fit them.
But - both a 255/50x20 and a 275/45x20 will be weight rated just under the D3 tyre weight spec, as those two are probably 110 or 109 rated (so D4 and RRS spec), but the D3 is 111. The 275 are most likely 110 (which I've run before with no issues) and the 255's are 109 (or may even be lower, 107)
I'd rather run the 275/45's (if I wasnt already running 265/50x20 111W's )
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Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
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