It's tyre time again
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Okay from what I've read the 453s are performance type whilst the 914s are a touring tyre..
Next question, as my car is at the bodyshop. On the style 18 rims 17" should I be ordering 245/40 for the rears?
Last set of tyres I bought were winters so can't remember what they should be.
cheers
Ash
Next question, as my car is at the bodyshop. On the style 18 rims 17" should I be ordering 245/40 for the rears?
Last set of tyres I bought were winters so can't remember what they should be.
cheers
Ash
@Ashbandicoot 245/40 on the rear and 225/45 on the front. Both 453's and at the moment very happy. @Lee recommended them to me so they have been M tested too.
Thank you. If they were prescribed by Dr Lee, I will place my order now 
Ash
Ash
Yes @Ashbandicoot the Dr @Lee did indeed. I hope you order then from a certain European tyre company too. Very quick delivery
Yes i am running 914's all round, great tyres, reduces tram lining on my car ( but i don't not have big wheels )
as for Flaken tyres i have them on :
x4 on the z3
x4 on the Volvo
x4 on the Triumph
x4 on my work van
so you could say i am well happy with them.
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I absolutely agree with you Bill, but in the real world that won't and doesn't happen unless you as the customer make it happen as I said. It may do at your local BMW dealer but not at a town centre tyre house, I guarantee that. I've been in this trade for nearly 40 years and nothing has changed. Most people these days don't run the original wheels on their cars, it's usually the very first thing that gets changed, therefore any tyre pressure charts that adorn a tyre bay wall are rendered useless as they only show standard tyre sizes as fitted at the factory.
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I must be lucky as everytime i have new tyres fitted they have always asked what pressure they are set to. Mind i have used them for years and i know them quite well
I had my old Merc re-shod a fortnight ago and although it's still totally standard they asked me what the tyre pressures were because their chart didn't go back 30 years
That is also an on going problem too. To buy up to date Autodata charts is a very expensive pastime as they very soon become obsolete. I have two regular customers who have the old merc SL's and we have next to no data for these old cars anymore, even some modern cars Carweb doesn't have much useful data to show. Nice that they asked you what pressures to use also as Bill said too, but that's the same almost as telling them what to put in, as I stated before.
Tony.
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