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LEGAL TYRES FOR A MQ SHORTY????????????
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:31 pm
by J8YJ8Y
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TYRES I CAN PUT ON A MQ PATROL SHORTY WITHOUT NEEDING ENGINEERING?
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:36 pm
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:36 pm
by cooki_monsta
general rule is most states will take 33" legally
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:41 pm
by NutterGQ
no its not lol alot of states allow for 1 inch taller than factory fit
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:03 pm
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
Re: LEGAL TYRES FOR A MQ SHORTY????????????
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:25 pm
by WICKED
J8YJ8Y wrote:WHAT IS THE BIGGEST TYRES I CAN PUT ON A MQ PATROL SHORTY WITHOUT NEEDING ENGINEERING?
Factory size
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:14 pm
by turps
15mm bigger diameter than the bigest tyre fitted by the factory. So you work it out from there.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:24 pm
by turps
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.
I research so I type.
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:14 pm
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.
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:28 pm
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