255 x 35 x 18 Tyres all round?
255 x 35 x 18 Tyres all round?
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m0ssy

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920 posts

221 months

Wednesday 16th July 2008
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I noticed that I have Toyo 255 x 35 x 18 on all four corners of my Tuscan.

I will need to change all four tyres within the next few months and wondered if anyone can suggest maybe different sizes or can confirm whether these are the best all round size to have? confused

Thanks

Jon

BigJL

563 posts

230 months

Wednesday 16th July 2008
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I have TOYO T1Rs 235/40/18 on the front and 255/35/18 on the rear.

Seems pretty good and stable (sometimes!) and only tramlines on the most messed up of roads.

brem

187 posts

313 months

Wednesday 16th July 2008
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255/35/18 all around are standart on Tuscan S MKII. I'm quite happy with it. Never tried other dimensions.

m0ssy

Original Poster:

920 posts

221 months

Wednesday 16th July 2008
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BigJL said:
I have TOYO T1Rs 235/40/18 on the front and 255/35/18 on the rear.

Seems pretty good and stable (sometimes!) and only tramlines on the most messed up of roads.
Im a touch confused.

Why would it be better to have a thinner higher profile tyre on the front and a fatter lower profile tyre on the rear?

Is it normal/ common to have a car rolling with a higher profile at the front than the back?

Why would it make a difference?
scratchchin

Whitey

2,508 posts

313 months

Wednesday 16th July 2008
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the dealer that BigJL bought his car from(well the previous owner to be exact) would sometimes reccommend to put 40 series tyres on the car to help with tramlining. Cannot remember exactly what his suggestion was ie 40 on front and rear or just front. He was generally thought of to know what he was talking about(with regard to car setup) with a racing background. I've no idea if this helped (although I am sure it would) as I've always stuck to 35 series.

Fume troll

4,389 posts

241 months

Thursday 17th July 2008
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BigJL said:
I have TOYO T1Rs 235/40/18 on the front and 255/35/18 on the rear.

Seems pretty good and stable (sometimes!) and only tramlines on the most messed up of roads.
Me too.

Cheers,

FT.

m0ssy

Original Poster:

920 posts

221 months

Thursday 17th July 2008
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If say I do change tyres to 235/40/18 on the front and stick with 255/35/18 on the rear will i have to re-set all the geometry due to the change in tyre size?


softtop

3,172 posts

276 months

Thursday 17th July 2008
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m0ssy said:
If say I do change tyres to 235/40/18 on the front and stick with 255/35/18 on the rear will i have to re-set all the geometry due to the change in tyre size?
That is if it was ever set up after the last tyre size change. It is worth checking out and IIRC all cars came with 235 on the front.

m0ssy

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920 posts

221 months

Thursday 17th July 2008
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softtop said:
m0ssy said:
If say I do change tyres to 235/40/18 on the front and stick with 255/35/18 on the rear will i have to re-set all the geometry due to the change in tyre size?
That is if it was ever set up after the last tyre size change. It is worth checking out and IIRC all cars came with 235 on the front.
I had the geometry re-set about 2 months ago to the 255 tyres on all 4 corners. So I guess would have to do it again if i change to 235.