G day all

I have just been reading the threads about tyres and I have a couple of questions that I hope someone can answer for me.

I had a look on the federal tyres website and the specification table had a column heading LI/SS, what does this mean ? under that heading was numbers like 94w and 95v ( wear caracteristic maybe ? )

My car has standard 17'' wheels with intensa tyres, 235/45/17 and its time for me to replace them. Can a wider tyre be fitted to these standard rims (safely) ?

Any comment would be appreciated.

DG

PS thinking about 4 tyres

dunlop sport max

goodyear eagle fi

falken fk452

federal 595

Has anyone had any experience with these tyres 'Sava Intensa' they were on my car when I baught it and im not sure how many k's they have done, but I have noticed the very edge of the tread starting to wear quite noticeably and the grip is also noticeably less now. Thus the time for new rubber. The grip until lately has been ok.

I believe 245 fit the stock 17" rims but for some reason they are far more expensive, so most dont bother as its only likely to be a minor improvement.

I think the "LI" means the laod index that the tyres are able to take (Per tyre). So when it is written 94w or 95v then the 94 and 95 mean the load index and the w or v refer to the speed rating.

As an example, that someone will clarify shortly I should think, a W or V speed rated tyre means that it is able to withstand a specific top speed for a 10minute period before the tyre destructs and you crash. Say that the V rating refers to 260K/mh, then it is able to sustain this speed for only 10minutes.

I should think that wikipedia.org would be able to shed more specific light.

I.B.

This is the link that explains it all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_code

I.B.

This is the link that explains it all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_code

I.B.

Cheers I B that answers my question.

DG

This is the link that explains it all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_code

I.B.

See IF You Can Decypher these puppies...

What do you mean decipher these?

255mm wide, 30% of the width in height (profile) 76.5 mm high and on a 24 inch rim... Is that what you mean?

Sava itnensa's get chopped out a fair bit.

I have Federal SS595's on my car, mate runs them on his drift car.

235/45/17 are $130 or so fitted and balanced. they grip better than the factory dunlops did And they smoke well for those times leaving places that require a smokeshow ;p

Sava itnensa's get chopped out a fair bit.

I have Federal SS595's on my car, mate runs them on his drift car.

235/45/17 are $130 or so fitted and balanced. they grip better than the factory dunlops did And they smoke well for those times leaving places that require a smokeshow ;p

Yep, I know of guys running Federals and seem to be very happy with them and can't realy complain about the price, but im not sure where that cost was from, I checked with a couple of suppliers locally and the cheepest was $155 with a lot of haggling with the other guys charging $170.

Anyway still got a month or so before its time for me to change tyres, ive kind of been leaning towards the Michelin PP2'S a bit more expensive at $280 but a very good tyre, or so im led to believe.

Its a bit of a head _ _ ck choosing tyres with so many out there and so many opinions, guess I'll just go with my gut untill I find one that suits my kind of driving and that grips to my expectations.

DG