Fitment on a NA for Work Equip 03's

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:53 pm

Your local tyre service will help you there - the manual has to be purchased for ordinary folk like us. Most manufacturers list approved rim sizes for each tyre size eg from Toyo Australia's website - Toyo T1R 195/50x15 is approved for 5.5inch to 7 inch rims only.

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:04 pm

Many mods can be approved Emily, but stretched tyres can't. I know people choose to ignore this sort of stuff and do it anyway, but I'd rather everyone understand the risks involved. Some tyre sellers won't care - a sale is a sale, but some do and will refuse to fit stretched tyres.

Here's a simple scenario - you're approaching an intersection in the wet, you brake hard and the car aquaplanes into the intersection and hits another car. Total damage on the other car say $15,000. Your stretched tyres may not have contributed in any way to the accident, but your insurance company can deny your claim, simply because they are outside legal fitment. You would be left with that $15K bill to pay. Is it worth the risk? Not to me, but you may feel it is. Not preaching to conservative line - just putting it out there for information purposes.

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:04 pm

oh i wasnt referring to stretched tyres as being an approvable mod, simply that most mods fail under some bizzar adr.

Also, there are a couple of tyre manufactures that allow a 195 on an 8" rim. I think there is a thread on club roadster :lol:

here is the adrs for wheels/tyres/suspension

Mr nanotech · Postby **Mr nanotech** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:25 pm

Im starting to hate this thread. People worry too much about legalities. The only sure fire way to be legal is to stay bone stock. I have wider wheels, bigger tyres, bigger brakes, flares and coilovers. That is just a few mods from the list. Car handles amazing and grips/stops remarkable. Is it legal? Hell no. Does that make it unsafe? Nope. It drives far better than stock ever did and I have no regrets. You guys worry too much.

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:40 pm

^ yeah I 100% agree with you, thats why I said like a page back dont mod the car if you are scared about getting in trouble lol.

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:01 am

bigdog wrote:Your local tyre service will help you there...

No they wont. My experience with local tyre shops show that they really know nothing about the laws, with a few trying to sell me 195/50r15 tyres which had a lower speed rating for my old celica. "don't worry about that, it's only a bit smaller..." "oh it's illegal? That doesn't sound right" "offset?" just to paraphrase a few...

Do your own research on tyres. But yeah, the legality stuff and voiding insurance is something to be mindful of.

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