Tyre size differences ?
Discussion
Thanks guys, ive got it Sussed,,
As you say Anthony my bald old tyres are rather smaller than when they started out in life,, the Toyo's do seem more chunkie but their also on different rims so hard to tell really, I'll pull them off and line them up against the old Avons,,
Going by what I've got I would lik 245/45/17 and 215/45/17 to fill the Arch better and be a bit more compliant but the 40's in the Toyo are pretty spot on really.
I used to fret over the wheels filling the arch more but recently it doesn't concern me and as I'm running the car at a fairly high ride height it makes no odds. These new wheels I have are offset slightly more than my old wheels and that sort of makes them look more aggressive anyway,
I have to say the Toyo's suit the car far better than my old Avons,,although having such crap tyres was a huge buzz in a way, I'd long since worked out the braking distances and such with them,, the rears were so hard I could spin wheels on command upto about 90 mph,, felt like I had 400 hp,,, it's now faster but more planted,, I need more power
As you say Anthony my bald old tyres are rather smaller than when they started out in life,, the Toyo's do seem more chunkie but their also on different rims so hard to tell really, I'll pull them off and line them up against the old Avons,,
Going by what I've got I would lik 245/45/17 and 215/45/17 to fill the Arch better and be a bit more compliant but the 40's in the Toyo are pretty spot on really.
I used to fret over the wheels filling the arch more but recently it doesn't concern me and as I'm running the car at a fairly high ride height it makes no odds. These new wheels I have are offset slightly more than my old wheels and that sort of makes them look more aggressive anyway,
I have to say the Toyo's suit the car far better than my old Avons,,although having such crap tyres was a huge buzz in a way, I'd long since worked out the braking distances and such with them,, the rears were so hard I could spin wheels on command upto about 90 mph,, felt like I had 400 hp,,, it's now faster but more planted,, I need more power
yeah I've got that Anthony,, be interesting to see mine up,against Rich's car with the SP12' with a 20 mm off set. About the same track as the ones I'm now running by the looks of it,,, nice and wide 
Edited to add, I'm sure mine are a 30 mm offset front and rears but my minds been elsewhere recently, I'll mail Andy who I got them from and check. I'm having the wheels off again to balance and play about with geo this week so I'll actually take a closer look at them.
The car handles better and less role,, I've also sriffenef up the shocks as the tyres offer better compliance, 22 psi all round,, nice
Edited by ClassiChimi on Sunday 7th February 14:54
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