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I picked up a tyre decal for inside the door of an ELGT today from Ford to try an legalise my 18's and to my surprise it designates the tyre size as 245 / 40 R 17 with a rim code of 8.5 J. Is this a mistake or on purpose so you can't fit 19's to them?
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Aren't EL GT rims 17's..?
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twason wrote: I picked up a tyre decal for inside the door of an ELGT today from Ford to try an legalise my 18's and to my surprise it designates the tyre size as 245 / 40 R 17 with a rim code of 8.5 J. Is this a mistake or on purpose so you can't fit 19's to them?
Hey? Thats what size rubber EL GT's had... 8.5" wide rim...
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Steady ED wrote: twason wrote: I picked up a tyre decal for inside the door of an ELGT today from Ford to try an legalise my 18's and to my surprise it designates the tyre size as 245 / 40 R 17 with a rim code of 8.5 J. Is this a mistake or on purpose so you can't fit 19's to them? Hey? Thats what size rubber EL GT's had... 8.5" wide rim... Edit, of course they are 17's I don't know where my brain is today.....
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| NAfairlane... |
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EL Gt's are 17's dude..
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twason wrote: Steady ED wrote: twason wrote: I picked up a tyre decal for inside the door of an ELGT today from Ford to try an legalise my 18's and to my surprise it designates the tyre size as 245 / 40 R 17 with a rim code of 8.5 J. Is this a mistake or on purpose so you can't fit 19's to them? Hey? Thats what size rubber EL GT's had... 8.5" wide rim... So... they are 17 x 8.5". There is no mistake. On top of that, everyone fits the wrong size tire to them. 
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Delete this post please.
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arm79 wrote: So... they are 17 x 8.5". There is no mistake. On top of that, everyone fits the wrong size tire to them. I don't, and its bloody expensive as they are an odd size. |
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jeffb wrote: arm79 wrote: So... they are 17 x 8.5". There is no mistake. On top of that, everyone fits the wrong size tire to them. I don't, and its bloody expensive as they are an odd size. Ahhh... A person who goes by the book.
But it is why everyone fits 235/45 to them. The 245/40's are an odd size, and they are expensive. What brand rubber you put on them. I went looking for some decent 245's, but couldn't really find anything at my last tyre change? |
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The set I have on now are Bridgestone Potenza S03's - 245/40-17, they are awesome, they will be going on again
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I know them. Bloody good rubber. Standard on WRX's from memory.
But also know a set of 4 would set you back somewhere near the GDP of a small African nation. 
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I know they are around $600 for the 19" S03's, and the bridgestone guy reckons they wouldn't even last 20,000km cause they're that grippy.
Have u had any wear problems with your SO3's? jeffb? They're just exxy as, to get no wear out of them and no one i know has used them yet. |
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so how much are the decals from ford?
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surly you don't need a decal just to fit 19's...do you??
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EL XR8 wrote: I know they are around $600 for the 19" S03's, and the bridgestone guy reckons they wouldn't even last 20,000km cause they're that grippy.
Have u had any wear problems with your SO3's? jeffb? They're just exxy as, to get no wear out of them and no one i know has used them yet. Mine have been going OK, they grib like s**t to a blanket, I dont know how far I have gone on them but they seem to be wearing OK, I do give them a hard time, I think they would go a bit further than 20,000k's, dunno how much past 30,000 tho. I just put Yoko Advan V103 on my TS50 for similar money and they are no comparison really. |
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