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My mate bought semi-slicks racing tyres and magz and wasnt using these anymore so he gave me a fantastic deal of $350 to which i couldnt say no!! 17's with fat rubber. Amazing grip i must say!! Next iam going to lower it when i get my suspension upgraded.
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seriously instead of spacers invest the money in some good quality rubber those dunlop sava are the cheapest and nastiest of there range you will notice it in the wet
also go for the right size as i already said your speedo will be all up the f**k
you may be able to even trade them in??
also go for the right size as i already said your speedo will be all up the f**k
you may be able to even trade them in??
FTO GR-TURBO
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Would it be changing the speedo much?vipfto wrote:seriously instead of spacers invest the money in some good quality rubber those dunlop sava are the cheapest and nastiest of there range you will notice it in the wet
also go for the right size as i already said your speedo will be all up the f**k
you may be able to even trade them in??
To my understanding, increasing to 17" wheels adds roughly 25mm to the diameter, and then he's decreased his tyre thickness by ten, thereby reducing the diameter by 20mm which is a gain of roughly 5mm diameter, which is still within the acceptable guidelines -25mm/+15mm.
Am I correct?
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not really the tyre is 235 and the profile is 45 which is 45% of the aspect ratio of the width of the tyre NOT 45 MILLEMETRES as some people think.
so with a 215/40 tyre the profile is 40% of the width which is only 215
so he has a tyre which is to wide already and then the profile (sidewall) is far to large so total diametre is actually much more hence f**king up speedo
if you check out tyre calculators the 215/40x17 is almost perfect in comparison to the stock 15 or 16 inch tyre size
so with a 215/40 tyre the profile is 40% of the width which is only 215
so he has a tyre which is to wide already and then the profile (sidewall) is far to large so total diametre is actually much more hence f**king up speedo
if you check out tyre calculators the 215/40x17 is almost perfect in comparison to the stock 15 or 16 inch tyre size
FTO GR-TURBO
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Point made and notedvipfto wrote:not really the tyre is 235 and the profile is 45 which is 45% of the aspect ratio of the width of the tyre NOT 45 MILLEMETRES as some people think.
so with a 215/40 tyre the profile is 40% of the width which is only 215
so he has a tyre which is to wide already and then the profile (sidewall) is far to large so total diametre is actually much more hence f**king up speedo
if you check out tyre calculators the 215/40x17 is almost perfect in comparison to the stock 15 or 16 inch tyre size
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