True or False: ABS warning from reduced tyre diameter?
True or False?
The dude at my local tyre shop told me that dropping my tyres from 55 to 50 profile would run the risk of an ABS warning on the dash.
I did it anyway as I am sure my old tyres (225/55x16) are a little larger than the factory 225x15x60s.
I have dropped them so my snow chains will fit easier and I will get slightly better economy. Primarily I want to go harder round corners with the fat sways/lowered springs Kristian helped me fit last year this should be good.
Maybe I'm just nuts? My 225/50 seems tall enough... but the ride on Bilstein Sports on the way home this afternoon is ever so slightly sharper, though this outcome is a little less noticable than the handling improvement- it is woohoo hang on tight around the benzzz!Nick
I got 225/60/ZR16 Dunlop SP2000Es. They are made in Germany (ya! das gut!) but cost more than the better model (SP3000A) that is Made in Australia. (I had one anyway and wanted to get a match for it), but knowing the gurus that big companies hire to do their marketing the German one is better than the model up... Anyway I don't want directionals as the rims are directional which makes for too complicated a rotation procedure, so there isn't much choice. Apart from Pilot Sports and Conti Sport Contacts (M5 tyres!), the SP2000Es aren't a bad deal. Otherwise I would have stuck on the Conti Premier Contacts and been done with it...
Maybe I should have. Bah, I dunno oh well- how will life be on 50 series tyres I wonder... and will I get the ABS warning the dude thought I would get?
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