Hi all,
This one got buried in the middle of another thread so I thought I'd try again - apologies if it seems a bit of a daftie.
Also does anyone have any feedback (good or bad) on the local Citroen indie in Aberdeen ?
ta
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<font face="Arial"><font color="blue">Hi all,
Same topic - but off a a little bit of a tangent. The current weather up here in the frozen north (wet & slushy) is reminding me just how crap the Michelins are in anything worse than a puddle - prob not helped by the fact all 4 are in need of a change - so it's off in search of the seemingly elusive Eagle Ventura's. Which brings me to my questions :
Current tyres 185-65 15's on standard steel wheels ('00 Xantia LX 1.8 16v). Pretty confident that I should be able to put 205-60 's on the wheels without any ill effects but can anyone confirm / deny ?
I know that the bigger Xantia's have these as standard but is their any gain, particularly in the wet, to doing this in the collective experience ?
As a final point - I would like to thank all the regular contributors for their time and effort [:D]. As yet haven't needed to put any of the tips & tricks into practice, but they make v interesting reading none the less.
Tom.
... suppose i'd better get new brake pads all round as well and think about changing some spheres before things get too bouncy [xx(]</font id="Arial"></font id="blue">
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205-60 tyres on 185-65 Xantia rims ?
Moderator: RichardW
Cheers John.
I'd be checking w/ the tyre fitter before I went out and got the tyres anyway. As for the wider wheels - I'm just a grip, that's all.
Got the shperes changed out at the Aberdeen indy yesterday and have to report, good service, reasonable prices (less than 2/3 dealer price), and most importantly - seemed v competant and to know what was doing. [:)]
Tom.
I'd be checking w/ the tyre fitter before I went out and got the tyres anyway. As for the wider wheels - I'm just a grip, that's all.
Got the shperes changed out at the Aberdeen indy yesterday and have to report, good service, reasonable prices (less than 2/3 dealer price), and most importantly - seemed v competant and to know what was doing. [:)]
Tom.
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