david craker
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My wife has a Ve Sportswagon 2008 with 19" low profile mags and tyres..
I have a VE sedan with stock alloys and 215/60 R16 tyres fitted that are quite close to only having about 30% remaining tread.
We have a camper trailer (under 750kg) and a pop-top caravan (under 1 ton) that have been towed on-road and light off-road and all have 14" wheels and tyres.
This combination has been used many many times since 2010 and has worked ok until now, my sedan was the rig for bush and free camping and the sportswagon for van parks and easy camping.
Stepping into the end of 2021 and with greater free and bush camping being needed now for our touring, the proposal is to swap wheels and tyres from both cars so that I may start to fit something a little better and a higher profile to the sportswagon and make it available to use the greater storage space on our camps.
I have 6 x Bridgestone Dueler H/T 245/70 R16 tyres with good tread (4x on older 6 stud Colorado rims (to be removed) and 2x off rims) and wondered if these could be fitted to the stock VE commodore rims and then fitted under the sportswagon for our bush and free camp touring use.
I could of course sell them all and use the funds for other tyres but I would be keen to make use of what I have here now..
Has this sort of use of wider and more rugged SUVtyres been used by members here and how did it work out..
I have a VE sedan with stock alloys and 215/60 R16 tyres fitted that are quite close to only having about 30% remaining tread.
We have a camper trailer (under 750kg) and a pop-top caravan (under 1 ton) that have been towed on-road and light off-road and all have 14" wheels and tyres.
This combination has been used many many times since 2010 and has worked ok until now, my sedan was the rig for bush and free camping and the sportswagon for van parks and easy camping.
Stepping into the end of 2021 and with greater free and bush camping being needed now for our touring, the proposal is to swap wheels and tyres from both cars so that I may start to fit something a little better and a higher profile to the sportswagon and make it available to use the greater storage space on our camps.
I have 6 x Bridgestone Dueler H/T 245/70 R16 tyres with good tread (4x on older 6 stud Colorado rims (to be removed) and 2x off rims) and wondered if these could be fitted to the stock VE commodore rims and then fitted under the sportswagon for our bush and free camp touring use.
I could of course sell them all and use the funds for other tyres but I would be keen to make use of what I have here now..
Has this sort of use of wider and more rugged SUVtyres been used by members here and how did it work out..