ShortyNavros
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Went to Bob Jane today to book in for new tyres tomorrow, had the intention of going with 235/85/16 LT yokohama geolandars as they have a buy 3 get one free special at the moment.
I wanted to go a skinnier tyre for the less rotating mass and generally less weight, also the majority of offroad work I do is on sand so I have no need for fat tyres.
At the store the guy selling the tyres to me (who is a friend) said he couldnt sell me anything less that 265 tyre width as that is what is written on my tyre placard. But what I dont understand is the DX (which is essentially the same car) comes with skinny tyres, so why the big fuss.
This is from the latest QCOP:
"The nominal width of the narrowest tyre fitted to a vehicle must not be less than 70 per cent of the nominal width of the wider tyre fitted and never less than the vehicle manufacturer’s narrowest optional tyre as indicated on the manufacturer’s tyre placard."
What's the deal? Surely legally you can use 235's?
I wanted to go a skinnier tyre for the less rotating mass and generally less weight, also the majority of offroad work I do is on sand so I have no need for fat tyres.
At the store the guy selling the tyres to me (who is a friend) said he couldnt sell me anything less that 265 tyre width as that is what is written on my tyre placard. But what I dont understand is the DX (which is essentially the same car) comes with skinny tyres, so why the big fuss.
This is from the latest QCOP:
"The nominal width of the narrowest tyre fitted to a vehicle must not be less than 70 per cent of the nominal width of the wider tyre fitted and never less than the vehicle manufacturer’s narrowest optional tyre as indicated on the manufacturer’s tyre placard."
What's the deal? Surely legally you can use 235's?