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"No Stock & No Delivery Date", sadly. Normally my first place to check...
Off track a bit but just fitted Vred winter tyres to my Disco. Hard to get but good value and great tyres.
The issue with over sizing the tyres for the rim is too much sidewall flex, which defeats the purpose of having performance tyres in the first place. The widest you should reasonably go on the front is 245 and 275 on the rear with a standard wheel.
If you want a more progressive tyre try the Michelin Pilot Sport or the Pirelli Rosso Corsa, but be prepared to replace they every two years or so. I run standard Rossos on my Maserati and on the 911 and have always found them to give good grip and they slide very predictably provided they have good tread depth and more importantly not older that a couple of years. They do lose performance with age regardless of tread depth.
Neil
The UTQG Rating of the Vreds is 280 AA A, the F 452's are 300 AA A (same as the new Michelins), so rating much on a par.
The online reviews have slightly swung it for the Vreds for me though, for what I'm looking for.
Could I find any UK 265 stock? No :[
So, following Mile's advice re next best size, I've ordered the 275/35/18's in the Vreds which should be with me tomorrow, (though they are about 100 quid each more in that size) and hope that they are as rigid as the 265's.
Will post an update in due course.
Thanks all again for your pointers and excellent advice.
Seems the UTQG holds true, F452 on mine are lasting soooooooo long. Want to try the sticky pirellis again.
Anyone know the UTQG treadwear value for them?
Don't have my QP here at the moment, so can't check those,
but here are the numbers on my 550:
P Zero Rosso
Rear - 295/35/18 (99Y) load rating...160 / AA / A
Front - 255/40/18 (95Y) ......"........220 / AA / A
Pretty sure the rears on my QP have a load rating of 101Y, so will be interesting to see what the UTQG ratings are.
Hi Enzo,
The rears on my QP have the nineteen inch wheels. The size is 285 35 ZR 19 with a load index of (99Y)
Regards,
Paul
Hi Paul,
The OEM wheels on mine are 18s and run P Zero Rosso,
Fronts are 245 / 45 ZR 18 and are (100Y)
Rears are 285 / 40 ZR 18 (101Y)
Just don't have the UTQG ratings to hand.
I also have a set of 19s for the QP, running P Zero rosso's,
Fronts 245 / 40 ZR 19 (98Y) - 220 / AA / A
Rears 285 / 35 ZR 19 (99Y) - 160 / AA / A
Will be interesting to see if the higher load ones have different UTQG ratings
Regards,
Enzo.
Enzo,
I didn't know you had both sets of wheels for your QP. Do you notice any difference between the eighteen and nineteen inch wheel and tyre configurations?
Regards,
Paul