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LEGAL TYRES FOR A MQ SHORTY????????????

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LEGAL TYRES FOR A MQ SHORTY????????????

Post by J8YJ8Y »

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TYRES I CAN PUT ON A MQ PATROL SHORTY WITHOUT NEEDING ENGINEERING?
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Post by NutterGQ »

yeppp your gonna get told to search and so you should this is one of those questions that gets asked and answered day after day after day...


The other problem is you never said what state your in so that makes it impossible to tell you, also if you log onto your states roads website (Vicroads etc) the answers are there.
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Post by cooki_monsta »

general rule is most states will take 33" legally
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Post by NutterGQ »

no its not lol alot of states allow for 1 inch taller than factory fit
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Post by cooki_monsta »

i thought it was 2", because patrols had a 31" factory tyre and that would mean going by your laws, legal limit was 32, but i am pretty sure its 2 :) ring your rta and find out is the best way :D
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Re: LEGAL TYRES FOR A MQ SHORTY????????????

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J8YJ8Y wrote:WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TYRES I CAN PUT ON A MQ PATROL SHORTY WITHOUT NEEDING ENGINEERING?
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15mm bigger diameter than the bigest tyre fitted by the factory. So you work it out from there.
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cooki_monsta wrote:general rule is most states will take 33" legally
The general rule is what we mainly get away with. What is by the book is slightly different. Depending on tyre manufacture, you maybe able to get a certain tyre size in under the max 15mm.
33x12.50R15 generally fit in cos they dont measure 33". But a 255/85R16 and a 285/75R16 measure 33.1" and 33.0" So dont fit.
I just checked to see what the overall dia is using - http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html says that for a 265/70R16 they are 30.6". Thats from info gained from www.carsales.com.au for a 95mdl GQ and 97mdl GU. a 96GQrx 2.8lt had 235/80R16 they measure 30.8" so 33's still dont fit.
But a 95coilcab list as 7.50R16, which I think is close to a 235/85R16 or 31.7". Now this was the info bit I was looking for so It does look like 33's are allowed.
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Post by festy »

The tallest tyre an MQ shorty came with in oz was 7.50R16 and being in NSW, you're only allowed a 15mm increase which means you should be right height-wise with a 32", but most are 11.5" wide which is probably not legal on an MQ.
If you can find a 32" in 10.5 or 9.5 width that would be ok, but apart from that the biggest completely legal tyre is probably 7.50R16.
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Post by macca81 »

i know a cop mate who rekons that no copper would ever pull me up for the 33x12.5 tires u run on mine... at least not if they had tread :D
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