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flying haggis
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Posted: 21 May 14 at 07:34 |
Hi all after a bit of help with my tyres,I've got set of merc 17's so was planing on putting 215's on but what profile would look ok,was looking at 55's but I notice a lot of you'd put different sizes on the front and back,has anyone put 60's on and is there any benefit of the different sizes.
The bus is a tin top ex panel van with an aaz conversion 4 speed DY gearbox code,which I think is a crap gearbox so maybe upping the profile would help the gear ratio a bit,any advice or a pic or to would be much appreciated Cheers |
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willowreilly
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Hello I have 17” Rial nogaros on my t3. They are 17 x 8 et
40. Ive 10mm spacers on the front so the ET is now back to 30. On the rear
there is 20mm spacers so et is now 20.
I have fitted 215 60 R17 commercial tyres to them. I’m 90%
sure that’s the correct tyre size, Ill check and edit if wrong. The Van is lowered 50mm on Avo springs and bilstein shock
absorbers. The overall rolling diameter is slightly bigger than the standard 14”
alloys and tyres so this throws out the speedo ever so slightly. I reckon its
reading 5 kph slower. I suppose as a result, I’ve a larger Final drive so my
engine revs would be lower. The ride is not harsh at all, very happy with it to
be honest. |
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