Bongo Fury

Having settled for some 18" RX-8 wheels, now the time so think about tyres.....

Anyone care to advise me on the load rating for a Bongo......

At least 96, assuming you are fitting the same size tyre all around.
You'll probably find them hard to get with the 18" wheel - also rather expensive

Seen some 98's ....yep not so cheap....

pm'd ya

Whereabouts are you, we have a cracking tyre place here in wales, I know my 215 65 15's are £40.00 each fitted and 100 rated, so 18's prob would not be much dearer.

Dave, I am based near Windsor in Berkshire. However my partner is Welsh. I get to Aberdare, Ferndale and Maerdy quite a bit.

Getting to know that mountain road like a local.

18" wheels are significantly more expensive than 15".

David Edwards wrote: so 18's prob would not be much dearer.

You don't buy many 18" tyres do you Dave?

The price of 18" tyres is why I fitted 17" wheels

Give em a ring and see,lol, 01443 405791, Sardis Road Tyres at Pontypridd. Worth a call. Just did lol, £48.50 each fully fitted, is that good.

Hi. You'd ideally want either extra load or reinforced tyres. It's not possible to get 18" van tyres, they only go up to 16". The tyre company I work for fit plenty of 17, 18, 19 and 20" tyres to vans (mostly VW's but the odd Transit or Sprinter/Vito)and while they're all commercial vans, they're all used for the same purpose as a Bongo, and therefore don't need the 8ply van tyres they normally use. Even though our 2wd tintop seems to have a full set of van tyres on it!

Regards

Toby

i have just got a set of rx8 18"

got my tyre off ebay.

but best price locally was bathwick tyre. price was just to fit as have a mate to do that but £75 a tyre was best shout for 4 at that price

try them or ebay

forgot to say running 235/50/18 front is 97 and rear is 101

cheers

luke