Uniroyal rainsport 3's with Estorils
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Not sure if I have a problem here but your advice much appreciated.
Just fitted Uniroyal rainsport 3's all round onto Estorils. My concern is with the front wheels....there seems to be a 7 or 8 mm gap from the sidewall of the tyre to the edge of the alloy wheel. Not only does it look wrong, I'm not sure it's safe.
The garage that fitted them said it was but I'm not convinced.
Fronts are now original size as per the handbook for a 1999 400 Chimaera with PAS 205/55x15.
Have just checked the invoice and the rears are Y rated,fronts V rated.....would this account for the problem. The car remains off the road until I get this sorted. Don't remember getting a choice of speed ratings when I ordered them.
Cheers R
My mates put Rainsport3 on his 15 plate Mondeo estate and the tyres fill the gap over the rim similar to the ones on my Chin 17 in rims.
Is this a problem with them on Estorils or the size. Maybe the 205 in a Rainsport is stretched on the 15 rim.
I had 215/40/17 Toyo T1R fronts replaced for
215/45/17 Rainsport 3
The Toyo exhibited the same trait as yours do now, I curbed thevwheels umpteen times
The Rainsport on a 45 aspect ratio fills that space and overhangs. Curbing has ceased!
So I've gone the other way to you guys who have fitted the standard 15 tyre size. Hmmm!
Very odd!
We might find out over time possibly 215 with the correct aspect ratio on the fronts might fill that gap more. Total guess really but compared to my Rainsports these do look stretched, but I'm inclined to agree it's the wheel design as much as anything. That's very annoying or what!!!
Is this a problem with them on Estorils or the size. Maybe the 205 in a Rainsport is stretched on the 15 rim.
I had 215/40/17 Toyo T1R fronts replaced for
215/45/17 Rainsport 3
The Toyo exhibited the same trait as yours do now, I curbed thevwheels umpteen times
The Rainsport on a 45 aspect ratio fills that space and overhangs. Curbing has ceased!
So I've gone the other way to you guys who have fitted the standard 15 tyre size. Hmmm!
Very odd!
We might find out over time possibly 215 with the correct aspect ratio on the fronts might fill that gap more. Total guess really but compared to my Rainsports these do look stretched, but I'm inclined to agree it's the wheel design as much as anything. That's very annoying or what!!!
RDV8 said:
Not sure if I have a problem here but your advice much appreciated.
Just fitted Uniroyal rainsport 3's all round onto Estorils. My concern is with the front wheels....there seems to be a 7 or 8 mm gap from the sidewall of the tyre to the edge of the alloy wheel. Not only does it look wrong, I'm not sure it's safe.
The garage that fitted them said it was but I'm not convinced.
Fronts are now original size as per the handbook for a 1999 400 Chimaera with PAS 205/55x15.
Have just checked the invoice and the rears are Y rated,fronts V rated.....would this account for the problem. The car remains off the road until I get this sorted. Don't remember getting a choice of speed ratings when I ordered them.
Cheers R
It was a focus ST. Imo the Continentals that it came with and the Michelins that replaced them were both better in all respects and t9 be fair I didn't even rate the contis that highly.
Perhaps they fare better on a lighter car like a TVR.
Perhaps they fare better on a lighter car like a TVR.
Edited by Ahbefive on Tuesday 28th March 18:20
Ahbefive said:
It was a focus ST. Imo the Continentals that it came with and the Michelins that replaced them were both better in all respects and t9 be fair I didn't even rate the contis that highly.
Perhaps they fare better on a lighter car like a TVR.
No weight transfer on a fwd, hence the uniroyals work well on the tvr.Perhaps they fare better on a lighter car like a TVR.
Edited by Ahbefive on Tuesday 28th March 18:20
Like for like comparisons are the only way forward tbh.
Most Tvr do 2000 miles a year so wear rate isn't high on the list of needs.
The engine is so far back in the chassis and is light, coupled with a light bodied car, generating grip when cornering isn't easy so a soft tyre helps. Many road going tyre's that are fitted to production vehicles with excellent suspension/geo handling characteristics not to mention the main thing Weight can offer very low grip levels on a Tvr.
The lighter footprint of a Tvr requires a compliant and soft tyre of which cheap Rainsports are an excellent winter summer combination.
I can tell you I've done 200 miles on Avon zz3 tyre's in my Tvr and they didn't even get warm. These things are lightnon their feet and hard tyre's cause serious issues when accelerating then breaking away.
As for the rain, a light car with a light footprint, hard tyre's,, not clever. Rainsports are very grippy in the wet for our cars.
I can understand they could be overwhelmed quite easily on a heavier car if pushing it.
The engine is so far back in the chassis and is light, coupled with a light bodied car, generating grip when cornering isn't easy so a soft tyre helps. Many road going tyre's that are fitted to production vehicles with excellent suspension/geo handling characteristics not to mention the main thing Weight can offer very low grip levels on a Tvr.
The lighter footprint of a Tvr requires a compliant and soft tyre of which cheap Rainsports are an excellent winter summer combination.
I can tell you I've done 200 miles on Avon zz3 tyre's in my Tvr and they didn't even get warm. These things are lightnon their feet and hard tyre's cause serious issues when accelerating then breaking away.
As for the rain, a light car with a light footprint, hard tyre's,, not clever. Rainsports are very grippy in the wet for our cars.
I can understand they could be overwhelmed quite easily on a heavier car if pushing it.
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