New tyres

[dikharvey]

Anyone have any recomendations for some new tyres? I am the 14" SR alloys, shoulud i go for 175x65 or 165x65, or anyother sizes? Which are some good ones? Parents are paying!

[Ste_Nova]

185/60 14" cheap cause they are popular size.. u must have the later 5J wheels not the early 4.5J ones

[Chris LR]

I had 2 x Goodyear GT2 165/65R14 79T's ?65 inc VAT & fitting

If Mommy & Daddy are buying I'd go for larger tyres so you can have better tread patterns.

[dikharvey]

ho can i tell whether my wheels are 4.5Jor 5J?

[Chris LR]

It's stamped under the centre cap.

[mikeoxford]

just looked at mine outta curiosity and my alloys are ET 47.5 offset thats a funny number isnt it???

[ollster]

just looked at mine outta curiosity and my alloys are ET 47.5 offset thats a funny number isnt it???

yeh mike they are 47.5 because they were fitted to sri/gsi's which had larger calipers on so they extra distance from the hub to stop them from catching the calipers. Standard offset is et49mm

[mikeoxford]

so could i get bigger calipers under the wheels?

[ollster]

well depending on what calipers uve got on now u could definatly fit sri/gsi baby ate caliper behind those rims

[Dicko]

the ATE callipers fitted to sri/gsi were a little wider and are the widest you can fit.

to get 16v discs under mine i hadto use a 3mm spacer and get the grinder to the calipers :s

[Ste_Nova]

i've got 16v brakes under sri steels.... had to use 1/2 worn pads off my 2.0 :lol:

[dikharvey]

Right i have 5J SR Alloys and I want to fit bigger brakes, are the GTE and GSi the biggest that will fit whith out any other modification? Are the GTE/GSi the same?