T350 rear tyre size?

[Zippee]

Hi all - I'm not with my car right now, whats the best rear tyre size on a standard spider? Tyre will be either a T1R or R1R Toyo.

[shep1001]

Zippee said:

Hi all - I'm not with my car right now, whats the best rear tyre size on a standard spider? Tyre will be either a T1R or R1R Toyo.

235/40/18 was std on the Tam so I assume the same for the T350. You can go bigger to 255 but they may rub on the inside of the arch

[Tom74TVR]

shep1001 said:

235/40/18 was std on the Tam so I assume the same for the T350. You can go bigger to 255 but they may rub on the inside of the arch

I have 255 and they do rub from time to time but it is minimal.
I prefer the R1R over the T1R.

Tom.

[sanquin]

Have 255/35/18 Eagle F1s now; but I will most likely switch back to 235/40/18 R1Rs when these run out. The rubbing is no problem for general driving, but if I have a passenger it will rub over bumps, and more annoyingly it will rub on the track quite often even when having no passenger.

[ShiDevil]

Tony, my advice would be to stick with standard, the car was designed for it and have your geo and ride height adjusted correctly. Rubbing will only cause issues. Driving down a B road, road conditions variable, rubbing at an inappropriate time, off the road you go bigger tyres, low ride height, not for me, I prefer performance over aesthetics and investing in a correctly setup car means B roads are as much fun as A roads

[Laser Sag]

ShiDevil said:

Tony, my advice would be to stick with standard, the car was designed for it and have your geo and ride height adjusted correctly. Rubbing will only cause issues. Driving down a B road, road conditions variable, rubbing at an inappropriate time, off the road you go bigger tyres, low ride height, not for me, I prefer performance over aesthetics and investing in a correctly setup car means B roads are as much fun as A roads

Probably good advice there Steve. Ifmemory serves me well the original road tests of the Tuscan all seemed to compliment the ride and handling when they were on 16s and then nearly all left the factory on 18s and people spent ages trying to get them right.
Hope all is well with the orange mean machine and of course Tonys 4.3.

[ShiDevil]

Missing you mate upload a photo of the replacement beast not seen it yet

[Laser Sag]

OK Steve, apologys to Tony for a hijack of his thread.

[Pursyluv]

Put Toyo 245x40x18 on the Tam last year, absolutely no rubbing, also that Aston looks rubbish

Edited by Pursyluv on Friday 21st February 21:46

[Laser Sag]

Pursyluv said:

also that Aston looks rubbish

Edited by Pursyluv on Friday 21st February 21:46

Would have to agree but the voices in my head persuaded me otherwise

[ShiDevil]

Laser Sag said:

OK Steve, apologys to Tony for a hijack of his thread.

Looks great

[Zippee]

Pursyluv said:

Put Toyo 245x40x18 on the Tam last year, absolutely no rubbing, also that Aston looks rubbish

Edited by Pursyluv on Friday 21st February 21:46

I was thinking of those, only 10mm wider but same profile.

PS - Kev, when am I going to get a spin in the Aston?

[Laser Sag]

Zippee said:

I was thinking of those, only 10mm wider but same profile.

PS - Kev, when am I going to get a spin in the Aston?

Whenever we next get together Tony, any excuse for a run out. Maybe Steve will organise another of his T350 get togethers and I can be the interloper again except in the Vantage rather than the the Sag this time.
Take it all is well with the T except needing new rubber?

[Pursyluv]

Laser Sag said:

Would have to agree but the voices in my head persuaded me otherwise

Beautiful car!

[Laser Sag]

Pursyluv said:

Laser Sag said:

Would have to agree but the voices in my head persuaded me otherwise

Beautiful car!

Thank you, different to the TVRs I've had over the years but great in its own way.