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kilotango · Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 4 Location: FRANCE

Hi All,
dOES ANYONE KNOW IF i CAN CHANGE MY L400 TYRES
THEY ARE
225/80/15 CAN I USE 225/70 15 ?
KILOTANGO

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motorang · Joined: 11 Apr 2008 Posts: 472 Location: Vienna, Austria

Technically you can - if it is legal depends on your local authorities.
Usually all legal sizes are in the car papers.

Andy
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Lewis · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:31 Post subject:

I'm not sure about the French regulations on tyres, but I think you are required to keep to the same specs as the initial registration.

However in the UK you can change tyre sizes, though its not a good idea to change to a size that is greater than 3% difference from the stock tyre.

Your choice would be a bad idea over here.

Going down from a sidewall size of 80 (179.83mm) to 70 (157.48mm) will give a wheel diameter difference of 6.07%. :?

Revolutions per Mile: will change from 713.0 to 759.1 which will alter your Tachometer reading.

Actual Speed: 100 km/h Tachometer reading = 106. km/h

Speedometer Difference: 6.465% too fast

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kilotango · Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 4 Location: FRANCE

THANKS FOR THAT ADVICE ON THE SIZE OF THE TYRES AND THE DIFERANCE
IT WOULD MAKE TO THE SPEEDO READING. I WILL TRY TO GET A CLOSER MATCH SUCH AS 235/75/15

KILOTANGO

Lewis · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:53 Post subject: Re: tyres

Pajeropah · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 15:19 Post subject:

You can off course go for the original size now as they are becoming more readily available now. Got some for mine made by Goodyear with a good looking 4 x 4 tread too! They came from Just Tyres

Lewis · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 13:01 Post subject:

Pajeropah · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 14:18 Post subject:

Point taken, should've taken more notice of the original thread! Was trying to get over that the odd Japanese size was becoming more available over here in Europe.