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Hi All,

I'm looking into buying a set of 16"alloys and I'm wondering what size tyres to fit them with.

Initially I was looking at 195/45/R16's but I've been told that anything over size 40 severely limits the life of the gearbox. Is that true or urban myth?
In other words: should I go for 40'or 45's

note: my 6N2 isnt lowered and I wasn't planning on lowering it any time soon.

Cheers!

PH-VAP

The Tyres you need mate are 195/40/R16's

Whoever told you that a tyre profile over 40 limits the life of the gearbox needs a mental health check

6N2 GTI 00 wrote:The Tyres you need mate are 195/40/R16's

Whoever told you that a tyre profile over 40 limits the life of the gearbox needs a mental health check

ha ha ha ha !

Thanks mate!

I guess the reasoning behind this theory is that 45's make the 16" wheels 'too large' and therefore the gearbox needs to work harder to make em spin.
It sounded reasonable when I read it at the time . A load of rubbish then?

Cheers.

PH-VAP

No what the 45 profile on a 195 wide tyre against a 16' rim does is knock the rolling radius out - so your speedo reading will be wrong for a start.

Right, in the coming few weeks I should be the proud new owner of these..

http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http ... m=1&itbs=1

..fitted with Toyo proxes T1-R 195/40/R16

PH-VAP wrote:Right, in the coming few weeks I should be the proud new owner of these..

http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http ... m=1&itbs=1

..fitted with Toyo proxes T1-R 195/40/R16

Nice

I had 195/45-16 on my 7x16" BBS RX's when I bought them.

They rubbed like crazy in the inner wheel arches when i was turning.

195/40-16 is perfect. That's what I have on now.