Thread: Comparison of Tyre selection for 19" and 20" rim

Hi Guys if anyone is interested my son just put a set of Goodyear Duratrec 255 55 19s on his 2015 D4. purchased at Tempe tyres Sydney for $310 a shoe. They have plenty in stock
Cheers

Originally Posted by Tinman

Hi Guys if anyone is interested my son just put a set of Goodyear Duratrec 255 55 19s on his 2015 D4. purchased at Tempe tyres Sydney for $310 a shoe. They have plenty in stock
Cheers

That's a good price. They have always been hard to get and more expensive than that.

Scott

They look a great tyre with plenty of side wall protection plenty of meat where it counts , but the only negative thing that I could say about them is the tread wear number, as we all know the higher the number the longer the tyre will last . There is plenty of variables here. The tread wear number for Bridgestone 697s is 600 the tread wear number for the Goodyear is 320 . Coming from Germany they make pretty good stuff. These tyres are rated for snow so softer compound like most European tyres are but they would have great handling in wet and snow. As my son said not a lot available for 19s at the moment, this was the same for the 18s when the first D3 came out and look what we have now.
Cheers

A mate who is a mechanic wondered if the calipers can be switched out to a size that would allow 18's has anyone heard about his as a viable pathway?

I'm not sure that is a conversation I'd want to have with my insurance company or even the cops if I had a major accident g5k.

At least without getting it properly engineered...

Originally Posted by g5k

A mate who is a mechanic wondered if the calipers can be switched out to a size that would allow 18's has anyone heard about his as a viable pathway?

Investigated that option. Retaining the original rotor, you need to go to a double piston caliper and due to the wheel offset, there is not enough clearance to the wheel spokes for the outside piston. I was going to get it engineered but could not find a viable source caliper.

Most viable retrofit would be to fit earlier model D4 smaller rotor and calipers to allow 18" wheels.

Originally Posted by cjc_td5

Most viable retrofit would be to fit earlier model D4 smaller rotor and calipers to allow 18" wheels.

This seems like a reasonable option would it be adequate in terms of function?

The 2.7's brakes were obviously adequate but as the brakes are not fitted to any current model I suspect that they could not legally be fitted to a current model. I fitted them to a MY10 D4 to allow 17" rim fitment although never engineered. They were removed for the new owner.