Very very good rubber. Michelin LatX. Absolute Quality
mmmmmmm, niceView attachment 8694 Just an FYI on the winter/summer issue. I love these tyres, our lovely Suffolk roads/third world country dirt tracks have had me bumping up verges and driving off the edges of the tarmac to pass people and that's just getting to Halfords! I was prissy about my new van and its alloys but now its a 4x4. These are staying on all year.
@HotandCold IMHO the white steels with black hub caps, combined with the black of the tyres looks very classy . I'm not sure the polished hub caps look quite as nice, but it is all down to personal taste and opinion. As long as your happy that is what matters
Good Stuff; I have exactly the same tyre, did you notice any drop of in acceleration from a standing start?l have just fitted a set of T32 17" steels That I have had painted, tyres are Nokian Weaterproof all seasons 235/60/17. There is a slight increase in rolling circumference, about 3.5% and the speedo reads just 1 mph less than the GPS speed. I'm not sure about the white wheel against the white van, but it won't be like that for long (the van, that is)
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To carry on the retro look, I have bought some hubcaps from the New Beetle that will be going on when I have adapted them
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I didn't really notice a drop, but when I recently swapped my wheels and went back to the original tyres, my Mrs swore blind I had remapped it??I have only done a couple of hundred miles with the new tyres, I can't say that I have noticed any effect on acceleration and pulling up hills is fine. The chrome hubcaps need to be adapted to fit, in the picture it is just balanced on the wheel bolts. I am going to cut the original black caps to fit inside the chrome caps and bond them together. The chrome hubcaps are from the VW New Beetle, cost £174 for 4 from TPS.
Have you fitted your new tyres and wheels? @LozAnd the tyres arrived today.
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Just waiting for a call from the powder coaters.Have you fitted your new tyres and wheels? @Loz
@HotandCold IMHO the white steels with black hub caps, combined with the black of the tyres looks very classy . I'm not sure the polished hub caps look quite as nice, but it is all down to personal taste and opinion. As long as your happy that is what matters
Like these?@HotandCold you have got me really tempted to buy a set of 17" steel vw wheels and some hob caps.
Cookie Caps, probably a summer solution (dry days only)Like these?
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Hope @Polzeylad doesn't spot my Americanism......Cookie Caps, probably a summer solution (dry days only)