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tyre size help requested
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:29 pm
by Pete Mac
I bought my van from JAL afew months ago, bit only today have I notice that I have two diffrent tyre sizes front and rear.
The front tyres are 195/80/15 and the rear are 215/70/15, is this normal and more to the point is it safe! Can anyone also give me what tyre pressures should these tyres be set at, many thanks Pete.
Re: tyre size help requested
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:47 pm
by scanner
They are the right widths, but the wrong profiles, standard size is 195/70-15 front and 215/65-15 rear.
There is a plate (or should be!) inside the driver's door opening showing tyre sizes and pressures.
Re: tyre size help requested
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:57 pm
by Pete Mac
There is a plate but its in Japanise ! cheers for the info many thanks Pete.
scanner wrote:They are the right widths, but the wrong profiles, standard size is 195/70-15 front and 215/65-15 rear.
There is a plate (or should be!) inside the driver's door opening showing tyre sizes and pressures.
Re: tyre size help requested
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:07 pm
by scanner
Pete Mac wrote:There is a plate but its in Japanise ! cheers for the info many thanks Pete.
scanner wrote:They are the right widths, but the wrong profiles, standard size is 195/70-15 front and 215/65-15 rear.
There is a plate (or should be!) inside the driver's door opening showing tyre sizes and pressures.
The numbers aren't and that's the important bit.
Re: tyre size help requested
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:33 pm
by francophile1947
I believe some later ones had those sizes that you've got - I think most of us fit the same size all round when replacing them, usually 215/65 or 215/70 (depending on what size you originally had fitted).
Re: tyre size help requested
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:42 pm
by Pete Mac
Many thaks Peter.
francophile1947 wrote:I believe some later ones had those sizes that you've got - I think most of us fit the same size all round when replacing them, usually 215/65 or 215/70 (depending on what size you originally had fitted).
Re: tyre size help requested
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:44 pm
by Ron Miel
Pete Mac wrote:Many thaks Peter.
francophile1947 wrote:I believe some later ones had those sizes that you've got - I think most of us fit the same size all round when replacing them, usually 215/65 or 215/70 (depending on what size you originally had fitted).
Yes, mine's plated for 195/80, 215/70 - although it's running on 215/70s all round at the moment. If you drop down to the earlier production Bongo's 70 and 65 profiles, or fit 215/65s all round, your speedo will read a bit fast - and you'll lose valuable ground clearance, also possibly related to uprated longer travel springs.