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Old Mar 4th, 2011, 01:15   #1
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Default 225/40/17 anyone -30

wanting some wider tyres, anyone tried running 225/40/17s on a lowered t4
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I looked into this and you will get away with this.Its needed lol
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Aside from anything, i think your biggest issue will be sourcing tyres with 225 section, and a 40 profile. Rarer than hen's teeth.....
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lol what about chickens teeth lol
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lol what about chickens teeth lol
Which came first, the hen or the chicken????!!!!!!
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I looked into this and you will get away with this.Its needed lol
I know pal, I need more rubber on the road, and some better quallity tires, Im spinning up like mad in this moist weather

Im advertising my alloys on some jap sites and maybe completely changing my wheels, just want a swap though cba with buying and selling. If not ill be upgrading the runbber soonish and, also wanted some spacers on my back wheels but ill do the wheels first and see how much gapppage i have left.
BTW if you not read my other threads decat defo worh it
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Aside from anything, i think your biggest issue will be sourcing tyres with 225 section, and a 40 profile. Rarer than hen's teeth.....
I found a few, always go for part worns from local garage and they have some decent vredsteins in but they are a bit more expensive than the 215s
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My t4 pulls like a b**ch really hard.What i do is take off in 1st pull a bit in 2nd so it doesnt spin and then i let it go in third and so on.The tyres wouldnt last five minutes otherwise and im still after more power lol.To be fair i think the 215/40/17s handle very well when the car is going (when it gets going) lol
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how about road legal slicks such as the toyo r888's?
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My t4 pulls like a b**ch really hard.What i do is take off in 1st pull a bit in 2nd so it doesnt spin and then i let it go in third and so on.The tyres wouldnt last five minutes otherwise and im still after more power lol.To be fair i think the 215/40/17s handle very well when the car is going (when it gets going) lol
haha, its what happens when you turn your MBC up to wat your running it on. Its also the ****y weather which means roads are hardly ever proper dry.
Not after much more power, a remap is on the cards but its true what people say about FWD and anything over 250bhp is hard to put down or control.
Would like to test my top speed out but havent found anywhere to do it.

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how about road legal slicks such as the toyo r888's?
I cant afford this option as my car is my daily driver and with fuel costs im already pushing how much im spending on it, want to try these vredsteins, heard really good things.
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