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Low profile tyres

taffey · 2019-01-02 08:49:14

How do you change to Standard ones

02-01-2019 8:49am

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How do you change to Standard ones

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#2 02-01-2019 8:50am

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how big are you wheels?

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#3 02-01-2019 9:25am

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Hi, The Rims are Alloy 18 1/2 inch-47mm
Tyres are215/45R17. 91W

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#4 02-01-2019 9:26am

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Meant to say it's a B Class Merc 2009-180d

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#5 02-01-2019 9:28am

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You need to change wheels and all. Something like 16" and then tyres to suit.

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#6 02-01-2019 9:31am

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You have 17 " wheels so
you could get a 215 / 50 /R17 tyre (if that exists) and wouldn't make much of a difference to your speedo reading.

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#7 02-01-2019 9:59am

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Thanks for the Information,I have the NCT in a few days,I know I'll have to replace the front two tyres.The alloys have a few scuff marks,do they fail on that? Thanks

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#8 02-01-2019 10:24am

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You won’t fail for scuff marks.

225/45/17 would be a much cheaper size, and give you a little bit more sidewall. You’d really want to be changing all tyres.

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#9 02-01-2019 5:58pm

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taffey wrote: »

Hi, The Rims are Alloy 18 1/2 inch-47mm
Tyres are215/45R17. 91W

You can’t fit 17” tyres on 18” wheels so you need to source 17” wheels first.

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#10 02-01-2019 7:06pm

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I'd say he has 17's. He probably got 18 1/2" when he measured the full diameter of the Rims.

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