General which one's??

[benjii]

hi everyone, want to get a new set of offroad tyres but not sure which one's or size to get, i have narrowed it down to 5

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk/xcart/product.php?productid=16726&cat=0&page=1

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk/xcart/product.php?productid=16725&cat=0&page=1

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk/xcart/product.php?productid=16781&cat=0&page=1

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk/xcart/product.php?productid=16658&cat=0&page=1

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk/xcart/product.php?productid=16657&cat=0&page=1

HELP ME DECIDE

Benjii

 

[VmanC]

Well, as I've said before , I've got the fourth ones on mine and they're great apart from the noise on tarmac. Having said that the first ones would probably be even better. They are about as big as you can safely go, if road tyres in that size are anything to go by, will be at least as good offroad, and look even chunkier .

 

[panda1408]

Probably rip your fuel filler to bits with the 175s so I'd avoid those unless you want to modify it. I probably go for the 145 Malatestas myself.

 

[Pandarus]

I would go for something chunky and off-roady!!!

Love 4 or 5

 

[benjii]

i really like the first one's would they damage my filler pipe? i do plan to put 30mm spacers on for a better stance

Benjii

 

[powerpanda]

i'm also looking to get some off road tyres this summer too, nice selection you have found there, saved me a bit of searching , let us know which ones you end up choosing and how they work out

 

[VmanC]

i really like the first one's would they damage my filler pipe? i do plan to put 30mm spacers on for a better stance

Benjii

I've fitted 165/70/13 road tyres with no problems so would imagine no.1's would be ok. I wouldn't recommend fitting 30mm spacers as well though as they would most likely rub on the bodywork, would probably rub even with the narrower tyre options. If you want to fit spacers I suggest you leave it till you've fitted the tyres then see what you think, but I would say that a 10mm spacer is about as far as you want to go. If you start pushing the wheels out too far with big tyres you also run into problems at the front, they will rub on the wheel arch on lock.

 

[benjii]

VmanC have you got a picture of those tyre's what they look like from behind??

Benjii

 

[benjii]

i'm also looking to get some off road tyres this summer too, nice selection you have found there, saved me a bit of searching , let us know which ones you end up choosing and how they work out

I plan to order some this week so will let you know

 

[alexbpl]

Hey didn't you take this to Grizedale at the weekend?

Think my family saw you.

I hope you ignored all the signs and took it off roading!!!

 

[benjii]

Hey didn't you take this to Grizedale at the weekend?

Think my family saw you.

I hope you ignored all the signs and took it off roading!!!

yess i was up there this weekend it was great i took it offroading a few times was great fun only problem i found is that it needs suspension raise

 

[alexbpl]

Did you make it up any of the riverbeds?

I take my trials bike there its great but yeah I can imagine how bad it was, they are just a tiny bit too low for the rocks at Grizedale.

 

[benjii]

Did you make it up any of the riverbeds?

I take my trials bike there its great but yeah I can imagine how bad it was, they are just a tiny bit too low for the rocks at Grizedale.

i went through some slighty deep puddles but the river was very deep and strong so chicken'd out

yes its very rocky up there but was surprised how well it did

 

[VmanC]

VmanC have you got a picture of those tyre's what they look like from behind??

Benjii

My camera's broken at the mo, but I do already have some pics on hear of the 155/70's if that's the ones you mean, or did you want pics of the 165/70 road tyres?

Here's the 155's anyway........




Now you say you'd like more ground clearance though you may be better off with the 155/80/13's. Again, I've had this size in a road tyre with no problems but you may have to adjust your fuel filler a little, I didn't need to though.

 

[benjii]

Those tyre's do look great, i would like to see the 165/70 though i looked at my fuel filler pipe and tbh it looks quite far back than normal

with the ground clearance they only do 155/70 not 155/80, i was thinking of going up to 14' rims but cant find a cheep set anywere

 

[VmanC]

If you go to 14" rims you're going to have to get lower profile tyres because you still can't have an overall tyre diameter greater than 155/13's would give you without running into clearance problems.
An aspect ratio of 65 would be max for a 14" tyre, now I haven't seen an offroad tyre in that size anywhere.

 

[benjii]

if i went for 14' i have found these, not really off road but mud and snow:

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk/xcart/product.php?productid=16396&cat=0&page=1

 

[VmanC]

if i went for 14' i have found these, not really off road but mud and snow:

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk/xcart/product.php?productid=16396&cat=0&page=1

I think you might struggle to get these on without fouling somewhere, maybe after you've jacked up the suspension they'd fit.

 

[benjii]

so which ones should i go for ? ha 1st ones or the 145/13?