Tyre pondering?

Post by **maximus** » 25 Nov 2006, 17:02

Going to drop westy 45mm and just bought me some Carat alloys I have bined the old tyres they were ill. They were 205/70/17 going to put some new ones on what do you peeps reckon keep with the same? obviously a 70 profile will fill the arches but will they scrape on a 70?? 0r go 205/50/17 or 195 blah blah??
comments appreciated

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 25 Nov 2006, 18:44

Hi Maxi, original Carat alloys where 14" mate.

Check out one of the on-line tyre size calculators to decide on what rolling diameter you will end up with for a given size of rim and tyre profile. Changed mine to 215/60 x 16", gives approx. 7% bigger diameter so the gearing is raised slightly so dropping the revs. Speedo now reads correct as well, checked with GPS

Don`t forget the load rating of the tyres as well, 97 minimum according to the VW handbook, mine are 99 index. Check out Camskill for cheap tyres online, free delivery for quantities. Recommended.

Post by **maximus** » 25 Nov 2006, 20:20

205/70/17

i must be going blind

Post by **maximus** » 25 Nov 2006, 20:21

Are yours 14 and carat westy??

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 25 Nov 2006, 23:03

The ones I flogged last week were genuine VW Carat wheels, and they were definitely 6J x 14" ET30

Post by **sixsprings** » 25 Nov 2006, 23:15

45mm drop, and 205/70 14 tyres will not scrape

50mm drop, and 215/50 17 and 235/45 17 do not scrape

Post by **kevtherev** » 26 Nov 2006, 00:18

I always thought westfalia were lower anyway?

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 26 Nov 2006, 17:32

Baxter reckons not, I`m sure I read somewhere recently from him that they where actually a bit higher than normal to cope with all the extra weight

Post by **maximus** » 26 Nov 2006, 21:12

kevtherev wrote:I always thought westfalia were lower anyway?

Mine looks like Syncro

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 26 Nov 2006, 21:33

Mine did, dropped it with -40mm Jamex kit (didn`t measure it before and after but Baxter reckons they go down more than that) then slightly bigger overall wheels and tyres. Looks good now. Check out the pics on Brickyard here, grey/white roof westy near the bottom of the page. I reckon it`s settled a little now it`s done 500 miles with `em on. No clearance issues though.

http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/forum ... PN=1&TPN=9