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[cam2502]

Hi fellow OOFers
my question is this,...my 2000 elite has 245x45x17 tyres. tonight a guy i know offered me 4x 225x55x16 tyres,with alloys from his 03 plate omega. its a 2.2  cd i think?....( they are nearly new and the tread on his are loads better than the tread on mine)..... obviously the alloys themselves are different to my elite,which i prefer,but if possible i would run these for a few months.....anyway,could i put these on my car and run them until the tread has gone and then just switch back to my elite alloys and tyres? Thanks in advance...

[cam2502]

Hi fellow OOFers
my question is this,...my 2000 elite has 245x45x17 tyres. tonight a guy i know offered me 4x 225x55x16 tyres,with alloys from his 03 plate omega. its a 2.2  cd i think?....( they are nearly new and the tread on his are loads better than the tread on mine)..... obviously the alloys themselves are different to my elite,which i prefer,but if possible i would run these for a few months.....anyway,could i put these on my car and run them until the tread has gone and then just switch back to my elite alloys and tyres? Thanks in advance...

sorry.....my car has 235s not 245s,too mant ales tonight!!!!!!!!

[Andy B]

Yes you could, check that the tyre of the 16" have a fast enough speed rating for your car though.

[cam2502]

Yes you could, check that the tyre of the 16" have a fast enough speed rating for your car though.

not sure about that,but if they dont.......is that a no no?

[Andy B]

Yes you could, check that the tyre of the 16" have a fast enough speed rating for your car though.

not sure about that,but if they dont.......is that a no no?

I suppose you could still use them, but don't crash & make sure your insurance don't find out :-?  ......  although I bet a lot of other cars out there have a lower (cheaper) speed rating on than they should have.  

[Big Fra]

Yes you could use them.

Speed rating is a max speed rating.

As long as you dont take your car over the max speed rating then you are fine. Seeing as the legal limit is a max of 70 mph, you will always be fine. Even with remoulds (if they are still available), you are still fine up to the legal limit.

Beyond the limit is up to you, but you can always get the ratings by doing a search online. 215/55 zr16 etc

The ZR part is the speed rating if you were not aware.

Hope this helps.

[cam2502]

Yes you could, check that the tyre of the 16" have a fast enough speed rating for your car though.

not sure about that,but if they dont.......is that a no no?

I suppose you could still use them, but don't crash & make sure your insurance don't find out :-?  ......  although I bet a lot of other cars out there have a lower (cheaper) speed rating on than they should have.  

not so worried about the insurance side of things,really just wanted to know if i can put them on my car and it would run ok? they wont run rough or damage my car in any way?

[Big Fra]

Yes you could, check that the tyre of the 16" have a fast enough speed rating for your car though.

not sure about that,but if they dont.......is that a no no?

I suppose you could still use them, but don't crash & make sure your insurance don't find out :-?  ......  although I bet a lot of other cars out there have a lower (cheaper) speed rating on than they should have.  

not so worried about the insurance side of things,really just wanted to know if i can put them on my car and it would run ok? they wont run rough or damage my car in any way?

No issues, they would'nt even cause a major discrepancy in your speedo rating.

[cam2502]

GREAT!!!!!!!! 4 tyres with alloys .......£120 sovs. cant be bad!!

[Big Fra]

Yeah, sounds good.

I got a deal like this 2 yrs ago.

I needed 3 tyres for the mot, and by chance I was offered a set of facelift cdx wheels with excellent tyres (2 new) for £100.

Cheaper than buying 3 new tyres for mine!

It'd been rude not too!

Just make sure the tyres are all good and the wheels are proper Omega rims.

[Andy B]

Yes you could use them.

Speed rating is a max speed rating.

As long as you dont take your car over the max speed rating then you are fine. Seeing as the legal limit is a max of 70 mph, you will always be fine. Even with remoulds (if they are still available), you are still fine up to the legal limit.

Beyond the limit is up to you, but you can always get the ratings by doing a search online. 215/55 zr16 etc

The ZR part is the speed rating if you were not aware.

Hope this helps.

That's good news then, I'll look for some N rated tyres when I next need them http://www.blackcircles.com/general/speedrating They should be a lot cheaper than the W/Z's mine's supposed to have. I may even go for some dead skinny tyres too, I'm sure they'll be OK as we don't ever drive over 70 mph on the motorway.
All that research that car & tyre manufacturers go to and they could haave saved themselves the time, effort & money.  :-?

[Big Fra]

Yes you could use them.

Speed rating is a max speed rating.

As long as you dont take your car over the max speed rating then you are fine. Seeing as the legal limit is a max of 70 mph, you will always be fine. Even with remoulds (if they are still available), you are still fine up to the legal limit.

Beyond the limit is up to you, but you can always get the ratings by doing a search online. 215/55 zr16 etc

The ZR part is the speed rating if you were not aware.

Hope this helps.

That's good news then, I'll look for some N rated tyres when I next need them http://www.blackcircles.com/general/speedrating They should be a lot cheaper than the W/Z's mine's supposed to have. I may even go for some dead skinny tyres too, I'm sure they'll be OK as we don't ever drive over 70 mph on the motorway.
All that research that car & tyre manufacturers go to and they could haave saved themselves the time, effort & money.  :-?

Saucer of milk?

[Andy B]

Yes you could use them.

Speed rating is a max speed rating.

As long as you dont take your car over the max speed rating then you are fine. Seeing as the legal limit is a max of 70 mph, you will always be fine. Even with remoulds (if they are still available), you are still fine up to the legal limit.

Beyond the limit is up to you, but you can always get the ratings by doing a search online. 215/55 zr16 etc

The ZR part is the speed rating if you were not aware.

Hope this helps.

That's good news then, I'll look for some N rated tyres when I next need them http://www.blackcircles.com/general/speedrating They should be a lot cheaper than the W/Z's mine's supposed to have. I may even go for some dead skinny tyres too, I'm sure they'll be OK as we don't ever drive over 70 mph on the motorway.
All that research that car & tyre manufacturers go to and they could haave saved themselves the time, effort & money.  :-?

Saucer of milk?

A worthy reply I thought, to a rediculous statement!      

[Big Fra]

Yes you could use them.

Speed rating is a max speed rating.

As long as you dont take your car over the max speed rating then you are fine. Seeing as the legal limit is a max of 70 mph, you will always be fine. Even with remoulds (if they are still available), you are still fine up to the legal limit.

Beyond the limit is up to you, but you can always get the ratings by doing a search online. 215/55 zr16 etc

The ZR part is the speed rating if you were not aware.

Hope this helps.

That's good news then, I'll look for some N rated tyres when I next need them http://www.blackcircles.com/general/speedrating They should be a lot cheaper than the W/Z's mine's supposed to have. I may even go for some dead skinny tyres too, I'm sure they'll be OK as we don't ever drive over 70 mph on the motorway.
All that research that car & tyre manufacturers go to and they could haave saved themselves the time, effort & money.  :-?

Saucer of milk?

A worthy reply I thought, to a rediculous statement!      

Reply seems a little bit arsey, imho.

Plus a little contradictory.

[albitz]

I think I may have read on here recently that the rating relates to the weight of the car as well as the maximum possible speed? :-/