Mr Andrew
Member Since: 28 May 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 128
  
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Anybody know any sizes or manufacturers that can help here? Or have an opinion on this? I know that many people have sucessfully fitted 265/70/17, with limited to nil rubbing. Well, I want to get the height, but without the width. I reckon it would work better in most offroad situations, and would give better fuel economy too. So this would mean a 235/80/17, or something similiar. Thoughts, guidance please.
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 22nd Aug 2008 1:04 pm |
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Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
Posts: 5173
 
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Mr Andrew , try an " online tyre calculator " , it'll let you know what you can and cant have.Most of them give let you type in your stock tyre size ( 235/70/17 ? correct me if wrong , cat rem at the mo) and then your ideal/proposed tyre size.
Bear in mind that the " 70 " in a 265/70/17 etc is not the profile size in mm etc but a percentage of the radius or diameter ( again I can remember) see here for tons of usefull info
http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html ( 2 pages)
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| 22nd Aug 2008 1:26 pm |
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Mr Andrew
Member Since: 28 May 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 128
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Thanks Discowex, good advice but I'm OK with this step. The much harder one seems to be availability, ie which tyre manufacturer (if any) make tyres in this size range? I can only fine 235/70/17 (and 245's, which are a very common replacement, and seem more available than 235'). I know that Cooper don't so does anybody make 75, 78 or 80 series tyres anymore?
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| 24th Aug 2008 10:59 am |
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