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Which Tyres?
« on: 13 August 2007, 15:40:22 »
I just bought these alloys:

What tyre size should I fit? Should I have wider ones on the rear?
Someone said 235/45/17 would be the best but i'm not really sure.
Cheers Rich
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Re: Which Tyres?
« Reply #1 on: 13 August 2007, 16:28:27 »
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I just bought these alloys:

What tyre size should I fit? Should I have wider ones on the rear?
Someone said 235/45/17 would be the best but i'm not really sure.
Cheers Rich
They look like the facelift 17s to me, so that would be 235/45ZR17.

Strangely, that particular size has a different setting on the instrument cluster and on the MID.
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Re: Which Tyres?
« Reply #2 on: 13 August 2007, 17:56:02 »
Yes they're 17" elite facelift alloys and TB gives the correct tyre size

are they the ones that were on ebay?
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Re: Which Tyres?
« Reply #3 on: 13 August 2007, 18:00:15 »
Nice, picture of car when wheels are on please, cheers  :o
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Re: Which Tyres?
« Reply #4 on: 13 August 2007, 18:05:52 »
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Strangely, that particular size has a different setting on the instrument cluster and on the MID.

Do I need to change the settings? And if so how?

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are they the ones that were on ebay?

Yes, I asked him how much he wanted for a buy it now price and he said £120 so I ripped his hand off!
Went and did a 5 hour round trip to pick them up today.

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Nice, picture of car when wheels are on please, cheers  Shocked

I'll sort one out

Cheers Rich
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Re: Which Tyres?
« Reply #5 on: 13 August 2007, 18:14:09 »
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Strangely, that particular size has a different setting on the instrument cluster and on the MID.

Do I need to change the settings? And if so how?

No idea if you need to - I guess its down to rolling diameter...

If you do need to, MID is Tech2, instrument is Tech2 after 98.
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Re: Which Tyres?
« Reply #6 on: 13 August 2007, 18:51:15 »
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If you do need to, MID is Tech2, instrument is Tech2 after 98.
All thats gone straight over mate head mate, whats that in laymans terms?
Mines a M Reg 1994 2.5 CDX if that helps
Cheers Rich
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« Reply #7 on: 13 August 2007, 20:47:50 »
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If you do need to, MID is Tech2, instrument is Tech2 after 98.
All thats gone straight over mate head mate, whats that in laymans terms?
Mines a M Reg 1994 2.5 CDX if that helps
Cheers Rich
In laymans terms, theres nought you can do on an M reg, so don't worry about it. Just be aware that presumably speedo and fuel computer may be inaccurate
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Re: Which Tyres?
« Reply #8 on: 16 August 2007, 22:07:15 »
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Nice, picture of car when wheels are on please, cheers

As requested, still no centre caps though

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1187298397/0#0

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Re: Which Tyres?
« Reply #9 on: 17 August 2007, 00:33:01 »
they set the car off nicely  :y, I have seen the later Elite wheels on many other vauxhalls with 5 stud fitting and they always look the part.

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Re: Which Tyres?
« Reply #10 on: 17 August 2007, 01:43:32 »
Could do with lowering 40mm now I think
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