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Postby steve58 » Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:24 pm

I need to change my rear tyres soon,tyres fitted now are235/60/16 ,the speedo is out.If I change the back tyres to 235/65/16 ,as they should be will this give a correct speedo reading,without getting problems with ABS or T/C .Van is a mk8 2.2 350 RWD.
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Re: Tyre profile

Postby Altransit » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:04 pm

All four tyres need to be the same rolling radius as each other, so you would need to change all four.
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Re: Tyre profile

Postby dumper » Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:13 am

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1990 190 lwb 2.5 di
1998 100 lwb 2.5 di
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Re: Tyre profile

Postby steve58 » Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:39 pm

Cheers lads.four new tyres it is then.
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