33"s have arrived!!!

[bud]

me silverstones are 31, but measure up to a true 32. lol

 

[Barrbeast]

Looking good, told you they'd be fine in the flesh!

What you doing for your spare?

 

[rustic]

Looking good, told you they'd be fine in the flesh!

What you doing for your spare?

Oops.. he probably hadn't thought about that...:doh

It needs to be the same size and type in order to be legal on the road.

 

[elty001]

Oops.. he probably hadn't thought about that...:doh

It needs to be the same size and type in order to be legal on the road.

So how do you go on with the space saver spare wheels if it has to be the same size and type:nenau
Are we breaking the law by using one in an emergency?

 

[rustic]

So how do you go on with the space saver spare wheels if it has to be the same size and type:nenau
Are we breaking the law by using one in an emergency?

Space savers are approved during the vehicle's first approval.

Each car has a range of approved wheels and tyre packages at the time of first placing on the market.
When an approved wheel / tyre is used, you are limited to 50 mph, and you are only supposed to drive to the nearest tyre depot to get the original repaired.

It's not a get you home solution.:doh

 

[elty001]

That's all good and well if you happen to need the spare during the tyre fitting places opening times.what if you get a puncture in the dead of night.
Only place you are driving is home.
All five of my tyres are legal and the same size but they are not the standard size so where does that leave me and many others who have gone for a bigger tyre size.

 

[rakerman]

Keep an eye on the OSF tyre wear with km2s on. You'll have to swap fronts to back regularly to keep the tread "flat" as they'll tend to start wearing every other tread block on the outside edges on the fronts and if they get too far gone they seem to just melt away in a couple of thousand miles. Also when they start to wear like that the road noise becomes almost unbearable like they're slapping the tarmac (they're not the quietest to begin with). Keep those in check though and they're a great tyre even more so at only £100 a corner:clap.

When mine were about knackered my van could be heard at least a couple of miles away on the road so Rick will know when to flick the kettle on when you visit