Euro 19" tyre question

[davidrotheray]

Running 19x8.5, would it be ok to use a 235/35 tyre? Or would that be too wide?? There are no 225/35 tyres that are correctly load rated, that I can find anyway....

[Crapdaz]

225/35 tyres are load rated 88.
88 = 537.5kg. max speed rating 240-300km/hr

225 would fit snug (also depending on brand & soft the side wall is)
235 would look nicer and have slight wheel protection (also depends on tyre you get).

[davidrotheray]

I think the minimum legal rating for a Euro is 88 right? I think they came with a 91 and 94 for the luxury from factory if I remember correctly?

Can anyone confirm that minimum 88?
All the ones I found were a 84 or so:thumbdwn:

[Crapdaz]

I think the minimum legal rating for a Euro is 88 right? I think they came with a 91 and 94 for the luxury from factory if I remember correctly?

Can anyone confirm that minimum 88?
All the ones I found were a 84 or so:thumbdwn:

they came with 92Y or something on the lines of that.
What brnad tyres are you going for?
Cause i looked at dunlop as an example for 225/35 only tyre you can get in that size is dunlop sp sport maxx at 88
e.g Pirelli Pzero Nero comes in 225/35 and rated at 88Y.

[davidrotheray]

Ahhh, fair enough.

Well what's the minimum legal load rating for the Euros, I think I was told 88, but not sure, need to confirm that first. If it is looks like I'll be looking at 225/35 again:cool:

[Crapdaz]

Ahhh, fair enough.

Well what's the minimum legal load rating for the Euros, I think I was told 88, but not sure, need to confirm that first. If it is looks like I'll be looking at 225/35 again:cool:

sorry i am a bit noob on this not sure about minimum legal, is there such legality for it?
As long as your not going to put like 4 off people weighing over 150kg each, but from all the tyres i've seen for that size i think 88 is the max you can get for load rating, but speed rating is another thing.

[davidrotheray]

Yeah, speed ratings are easy, but according to the law you need load rating correct too, don't get why it's not a commercial vehicle or so, but oh well.

[Crapdaz]

Yeah, speed ratings are easy, but according to the law you need load rating correct too, don't get why it's not a commercial vehicle or so, but oh well.

For maximum weight reasons with full load of people.
same scenario as why a lift has a label saying how many people it can hold @ this weight capacity.

[davidrotheray]

Yeah, I know how that works, but according to Mr QLD Transport, both need to be correct, even for non-commercial vehicles.

Accord Euro Ute anyone...

[Crapdaz]

Chop Top Euro Ftw!

[davidrotheray]

Did a quick check just to make sure, but yes, load rating as well. For QLD anyway, NSW FTW - bags bags bags:thumbsup:

''Load ratings of tyres must be at least equal to those
specified by the manufacturer on the tyre placard fitted
to vehicles made after 1972. For other vehicles, the load
rating of a tyre must be capable of carrying the part of
the vehicle’s gross mass carried by the tyre.''

http://www.roadsafety.qld.gov.au/qt/LTASinfo.nsf/ReferenceLookup/Modification_Jan05v2.pdf/$file/Modification_Jan05v2.pdf

So going by that, there usually the part on the tyre placard that says 'tyres fitted to this vehicle must not have a rating of less then **bla bla bla **' or something like that. Can someone check what it says? My Euro isin't at home with me right now :(

[euro77]

standard tyres for euro is 91V for standard Euro, and 91W for luxury Euro, so you really need to get tyres the same or higher than the standard spec.

[Crapdaz]

yup as euro77 said,

i read the manual and it confirms that you should be using same load/speed rating as the stock ratings.

[davidrotheray]

Yeah but that's the thing, theres the manufacturers recommended, and the minimum.

Got done for my old wagon with that shit, cop was having a bad day, and I had no tyre placard as car had respray. So according to them, load rating was down by 1 or so, but when I got home, turns out that's the manufacturers recommended they were quoting, not the manufacturers minimum specification. :(