Wheels and tires.

Hi. First post so excuse me if I babble on. We recently bought a 2002 HSE petrol which is simply fantastic! However...... being an ex london RR its Blinged up to the eyeballs and rides on 22" rims with super low profile tires. 295/30/22 this may be fine for crusing the kings road but I really would like a little more meat and not get stuck on the gravel drive way! I realise the simple option is to change the wheels/tires to something more conventional.

Is there another option? Has anyone come across tires for 22" rims that are a little bigger than the 30s?

We are not going too far off road and do tow a trailer alot. A road bias would be good and nothing too extreme as we love the nice quiet ride.

Please help. Will also be looking to get the wheels refurbed as mounting the kerb outside of Harvey Nicks has played hell with the finish. many thanks

Generally, I think you'll find the road holding with 22" bling busters pretty lousy.....the best option in my opinion, is the 18" alloys or similar with Pirelli Scorpion ST tyres....255/55R18 I think is the size - otherwise you can get horrendous tracking/tramlining problems. London traffic crawls so slowly that the 22" horrors may have been ok, but I'd hate to travel long distance on them

these are best round town..

my 22s run a 35 profile, i dont know if you can go much bigger without getting issues with clearence. as far as traming goes i dont have a problem on mine with that, it has got bilsteins and polys on though so perhaps that helps. enjoy the bling mate, i think they look well sat on wheels that big.

arron beast unleashed said:

i think they look well sat on wheels that big.

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:nopics: Bet they look cock.

see, looks sweet.

arron beast unleashed said:

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see, looks sweet.

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All show and no go springs to mind...

Doesn't do it for me.

no go! you cheeky git, its had plenty done to the oil burner under the bonnet and out drags my mates 4.6 auto all the way upto and past the legal limit. granted the v8 was completely standard but still i think thats pretty good for a diesel.

whats been done to the lump?

straight through exhaust, boost controller (running 20 psi), cold air closed induction, injector nozel size increased and brake pressure adjusted to suit, port matched inlet manifold, remap and a kevlar clutch to take the extra power. goes nicely and sounds good too, and being a manual box it helps no end.

Thanks everyone for your comments. If robhew86 dislikes those wheels he's gonna hate the ones on mine. but as I said they were on the car when I bought it. have found some 285/45/r22 which will do the job and hopfully smooth out some of the bumps.

Thanks again, and dose the beast of Bodmin live there?

arron beast unleashed said:

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Those wheels dont look too bad actually, but again i wouldnt have em.Also yer number plate is ilegal

Only advice i can give is yes smaller tyres, and harder compound, the snow and ice ones are good, and ware very good, i do a lot of town driving so the softer ones go on the edge (turning corners all the time) so it will save you in the long run to have them harder

hi there........
i can agree with arron,i ve been in his RR,and i can tell ya
it goes like stink and handles the tarmac very well for a big lump,not that i am calling the RR a big lump,lol.
arron has been featured in LRO,but i forget which issue(when i fined out i will let u know)it has all the info in black & white.......

tasker-bumble said:

Thanks everyone for your comments. If robhew86 dislikes those wheels he's gonna hate the ones on mine. but as I said they were on the car when I bought it. have found some 285/45/r22 which will do the job and hopfully smooth out some of the bumps.

Thanks again, and dose the beast of Bodmin live there?

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Don't get me wrong they're lovely cars, the standard ones are more to my taste...without all the 'bling'

arron beast unleashed said:

straight through exhaust, boost controller (running 20 psi), cold air closed induction, injector nozel size increased and brake pressure adjusted to suit, port matched inlet manifold, remap and a kevlar clutch to take the extra power. goes nicely and sounds good too, and being a manual box it helps no end.

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Where did you get the remap done? Or is it a plug fuel map bastardiser?