Hi,
I have been a member here for a while soaking up loads of info about the lovely A2, but find myself in a position where I have to ask the advice of the resident experts.
I have owned a 2001Y A2 1.4 petrol for the last 21 months and it is great - very reliable, economical practical and fun. It has various of minor problems that everyone seem to experience (rattles, erratic windows and so on) but these are minor/intermittent concerns and I have more important things in my life to worry about!
It has the standard 15*5.5in alloys (ET34 I believe) with Dunlop 175/60/15 tyres. The fronts were replaced at about 25000miles, but the rears are the originals and have done nearly 47000 miles.They are close to the indicators and are starting to perish (no surprises). As the fronts are getting close to the limit as well I have elected to replace all 4 at once. I would like however, to replace the wheels with 16" TT rims (5 spoke 16*7" wheels ET31) with Yokohama A539 195/45/16 tyres. These would seem to give a good balance between larger contact area and retaining some of the ride quality.
Can anyone confirm that this rim/tyre size and offset will work succesfully, from my calculations the inner clearence will be 7mm less and outer will extend 13mm more with the dimeter being about 5mm less. These seem to be quite small compared to the 215/35/17s that have been fitted, so I assume they will be ok but I thought i would check first. Will there be any problems when installing new brake pads?
This is a picture of the wheels:
http://www.theautochannel.com/autoparts/images/products/keystone/zob41274f.jpg
And here are the tyres, available for £175 for 4 (standard Dunlops are about £300)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/195-45-16-Yok...oryZ9891QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
James Corcoran (dc2100k)
I have been a member here for a while soaking up loads of info about the lovely A2, but find myself in a position where I have to ask the advice of the resident experts.
I have owned a 2001Y A2 1.4 petrol for the last 21 months and it is great - very reliable, economical practical and fun. It has various of minor problems that everyone seem to experience (rattles, erratic windows and so on) but these are minor/intermittent concerns and I have more important things in my life to worry about!
It has the standard 15*5.5in alloys (ET34 I believe) with Dunlop 175/60/15 tyres. The fronts were replaced at about 25000miles, but the rears are the originals and have done nearly 47000 miles.They are close to the indicators and are starting to perish (no surprises). As the fronts are getting close to the limit as well I have elected to replace all 4 at once. I would like however, to replace the wheels with 16" TT rims (5 spoke 16*7" wheels ET31) with Yokohama A539 195/45/16 tyres. These would seem to give a good balance between larger contact area and retaining some of the ride quality.
Can anyone confirm that this rim/tyre size and offset will work succesfully, from my calculations the inner clearence will be 7mm less and outer will extend 13mm more with the dimeter being about 5mm less. These seem to be quite small compared to the 215/35/17s that have been fitted, so I assume they will be ok but I thought i would check first. Will there be any problems when installing new brake pads?
This is a picture of the wheels:
http://www.theautochannel.com/autoparts/images/products/keystone/zob41274f.jpg
And here are the tyres, available for £175 for 4 (standard Dunlops are about £300)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/195-45-16-Yok...oryZ9891QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
James Corcoran (dc2100k)