wild bill Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I know SLR's ran 205 tyres on 8'' rims but this is apparently not ideal. Toyo R888's only come in 205 or lower on 13'' dia so what does the cognoscenti reccommend can i use Toyo 205 50 r13 or do i need to use a different tyre size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markiebabes Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Hi Wild Bill, sorry don't want to h/jack thread I would be intrested in this also, as i am looking at some new tyres(toyo's) at the moment 😳 Speed rating confusing me ('H' rated 130mph which 205's are or 185's which are 'V' rated 149mph latter on the SLR??) Are you looking at stickier tyres 🤔 Looked at the A021 all round tyre just more expensive than Toyo's 🤔 Mark R 400 Superlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted May 22, 2007 Support Team Share Posted May 22, 2007 205s should be fine on an 8" rim. I'm running 205 CR500s and plenty of people run 205 A048s, R888s, etc.. The Mike Barnby mag wheels are 8.5" and people run 205s on those too. Yellow SL #32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted May 22, 2007 Leadership Team Share Posted May 22, 2007 I'm running 205/55-13 CR500s on 8½" rims. Stu. www.superse7ens.co.uk..........the rebuild 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild bill Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai-X Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Bear in mind that the CR500s are significantly wider than some/most other makes for the same specified width. Visually a 205 CR500 looks fine on an 8.5" rim while an R888 is obviously much narrower, looks too narrow IMHO, and is outside the manufacturer's spec (insurance issues???) As an example, I toolk this pic of a 175 CR500 next to a 185 yoko 21R Edited by - Dai-X on 23 May 2007 06:27:55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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