Which Tyres - 16 inch frims on the front

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Which Tyres - 16 inch frims on the front

Postby blueg33 » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:20 pm

Hi Folks

My new rimz for the front of the GTA are 16 inch diameter, what is the best tyre size? I am thinking 195 45 or 205 40.

(rims are 7.5j wide)
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Postby turbodog » Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:39 pm

I use 215 40 16's on 7.5" Azev wheels on the front and 265 40 17's on 10" Azevs on the back. I find these very grippy and not too hard a ride. Hope this helps.

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Postby blueg33 » Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:59 am

Thanks

I can get a good deal on Toyo Proxes for those sizes at the moment
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Postby simontaylor » Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:35 am

I have found that year after year, CAMSKILL seem to be the best place for tyre prices, for both Proxies for the road ands R888s for the track.
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Postby Alpineandy » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:23 pm

I've found that etyres, tyre traders, mytyres and Camskill are all similar but it depends which has what on a special. 8)
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Postby blueg33 » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:43 pm

Well I am well pleased.

I found that the tyres in my garage that I have been hanging onto for a couple of years are Toyo Proxes in exactly the right size for the front and the at 215 40 16 and they have 7 mm of tread and are undamaged! I knew they would come in handy some day.

Rears I have ordered from Tyredrive from them Toyo Proxes are £30 cheaper than anywhere else and Camskill dont stock them
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Postby jonc » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:30 pm

turbodog wrote:I use 215 40 16's on 7.5" Azev wheels on the front and 265 40 17's on 10" Azevs on the back. I find these very grippy and not too hard a ride. Hope this helps.

Andrew


Thanks for the tip, Andrew.
Is there still plenty clearance at the rear with those 265s? I'm running 255/40/17s and there's not much more than a finger's width between the tyres and the arches. I guess we're looking at 4mm overall diameter difference but I was just wondering what the clearance end up like

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Postby turbodog » Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:06 pm

This is a picture of my rear wheels with 265/40/17 on 10" Azev wheels.

There's more than enough clearance by the looks of it. :)

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Postby jonc » Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:09 am

Thanks Andrew.

Looks pretty much the same as my 255/40/17s.

I reckon I'll have a go with the 265s when the time comes.


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