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Big and small tyres on a VX

Gorilla62

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Hi Guys and Gals.
Have 4 lovely 16'' alloy Statesman rims which have 2 good Dunlop SP Sports 200e 215/60/R16 tyres at 60% thread.
Now I need 2 new front tyres but folks in here have told me the 215/55/R16 are the best speedo reading size for the VX
so would it be possible to run the 55's on the front and the 60's on the rear or would I need either 2 new 60's or 4 new 55's.
Also without having to empty the boot will a 215/60/R16 fit into the spare tyre well and are the 16'' rims available in a standard steel rim.
Thanks
Kate
 
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Big-Al

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yes you could run different profile tyres ont he front and back but it would look lame.
Should fit ok in the spare tyre well and yes I believe you can get 16" steelies as the SS cop cars had them fitted as standard.
 

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As long as there is minimal differnce in the rolling diameter, it will be fine. Too much of a difference and it will give U an abs fault.
 

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Thanks for the suggestions guys and am just about to head off and get 4 new 60's and use the best of the 2 used tyres as the spare.
I've beed reading in here that the Commodores can have the speedo adjusted electronically, is this correct.
 

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You can adjust the speedo (and other things) by up-to 10% through the Mode switch. The instructions are in the manual.
 

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I've never played with the mode thingy so it looks as if I'll have to get busy reading the manual.
Thanks for the help guys.
 
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