Which tyre size

cajef

flea72 wrote: »

The chassis plate also states 185/65, but online searches show either
So which do i go with?

If that is what the chassis plate states then surely that is the size that should be fitted.

Gloomendoom

OP try putting your reg number in the yellow box on this site...

http://www.blackcircles.com/

It should come up with the correct tyre sizes for the car.

OddballJamie

Gloomendoom wrote: »

OP try putting your reg number in the yellow box on this site...

http://www.blackcircles.com/

It should come up with the correct tyre sizes for the car.

He already knows the correct size, think the decision is whether he's gonna swap all four for the proper size or just the two that need replacing.

photome

Gloomendoom wrote: »

OP try putting your reg number in the yellow box on this site...

http://www.blackcircles.com/

It should come up with the correct tyre sizes for the car.

It doesn't for mine!

The plate in the car is a much better guide

Gloomendoom

That is why I said 'should' and not 'will'. It seems pretty accurate to me. I've just entered six reg numbers and it failed on one, a 1981 Triumph, but came back with correct size when the vehicle make and model were entered manually.

forgotmyname

Usually a wheel with have a range of 3 tyre sizes. If the original were 185, you could fit a 175 or 195. Depending on the wheel.

A 165 tyre on a rim designed for a 185 tyre will have that stretched look that silly people with VW's go for.

The wheel is wider than the tread.

If you have 165 all around then stick to 165's. Unless the tyre shop say the tyres are wrong for those wheels.

flea72

So just looked at blackcircle. Using my reg it gives 165/65/15. Inputting car make/model it gives 175/70/14 (which i think is pre-facelift size, my car is new shape) Handbook states 185/65/15

So you can see my confusion

As already asked, what difference does 165 or 185 make as they both fit a 15" wheel?

mgdavid

Bongles wrote: »

What does your handbook say?

With the best will in the world, the car handbook is a more reliable source than what a tyre fitter or online search comes up with from your registration number, as you are discovering.

echo ...see post #3

Iceweasel

flea72, you've missed something here.

It doesn't matter two hoots what it says on some web-site - or what a tyre-fitter says - and it also doesn't really matter what your hand-book says. They have been known to be wrong before now.

What EXACTLY does it say on the tyre fitment label on the door-post? That is the definitive information.

In most EU countries that is a legal statement which is checked in the equivalent of the MOT - the TÜV in Germany for example.

Those sizes and no others are what the car manufacturer give approval for, and what an insurance company would check for.

Gloomendoom

flea72 wrote: »

As already asked, what difference does 165 or 185 make as they both fit a 15" wheel?

The 185 tyre will be wider and taller than the 165.

If you stick the sizes into this tool it will give you a guide as to how much taller. Bear in mind that it is only a guide though as the actual dimensions of different types of tyre with the same nominal size can vary.