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October 9, 200322 yr

Hi Guys,

Car has just failed it's MOT on front worn tyres. :cry:

Anyone know where can I get hold of two cheap 235/45/17 tyres for the front of my zed. Had Bridgestone S02's on before but would like something cheaper this time if possible as I'm selling her soon.

Cheers for any help!!

Dean. :)

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October 9, 200322 yr

if you just want cheap to sell it, try part-worns. not my idea of a good idea, but they will get you an MOT. Otherwise you are probably better off buying a set, selling your resrs as part-worn and adding the difference in price to the value when you sell it. HTH. si.

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Tyre size recommendations

Cheers all,
I did consider a 225/45/17 but thought that it might be too much chunk on the side wall. But so many more options!
Looking at the calculator, going from a 235/40 to a 225/45 is about 7.5mm more sidewall which isn’t much. Loads more choice too. Think I’ll go for that, thanks for the help

By RobHowl · 40 minutes ago40 min
Tyre size recommendations

Use this site or similar to get the rolling circumference difference when you change wheel diameter and tyre profiles.
It will tell you how much the speedo will over or under read, and the difference in overall diameter to work out if they will rub anywhere.
https://tiresize.com/tyre-size-calculator/

By craig · 19 hours ago19 hr
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By nickz32 · 23 hours ago23 hr
Tyre size recommendations

Might be stating the obvious (to some) but something I didn't realise until I started trying to pick tyres for aftermarket wheels is that the profile figure - e.g. 40 - is 40% of the width.
So for a 255/40/17 tyre - diameter is 255mm, profile / side wall is 102mm (40% of 255), and radius is 17inches.
Learning this made it all make a lot more sense to me. I also have this graphic to refer to. Can't recall where I found it but it's now saved on my desktop!

I also wanted a chunky looking tyre with a solid side wall and after going 245(F) / 265 (R) , have since switched back to 235(F) / 255 (R) as I found the handling was noticeable more boggy and I use the car for fast road and track use. For ref, these tyres are on 18" BBS LMs.

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