Hideous low profile tires

Some people like the look, not me.
Very expensive alloy rims to go bang on rough going.
Very expensive tyres to do the same

Must be the "Wank Factor" having an effect.

Disco.

so many companies have them now but what concern's me is the tyre pressure and the ride

Some one said they need to be 38 to 45 psi in them is that so ?

I have one disk removed S1 L5 and the disk above that is torn in 6 places according to last MRI

My last car a magna they had normal tyres and they put them up 38psi and in 15 minute drive i can say my pain level went through the roof , so what sort of damage is doing to the people out there

I just bought BA Ford Fairmont with 215/60 profile tyres and I run them at 32 and my pain level has dropped the ride is good and it is automatic less stress on the back joints but I think 60 profile is my limit no more

Mick T3

Have no worry, you are a completely sane individual. It is not you.
Uninformed fools have low profile tyers. They know not what they do. Great for pose value, like long eyelashes, used to impress the unwary.

It isn't much use talking to salesmen or women (gotta love gender equity) about the issue as they haven't been programmed with the appropriate software to recognize your wisdom.
Have you actually found a salesperson who knows anything about such things?

A wide tyre cannot conform to road imperfections like a thinner tyre can and the wider tyre will in many cases have less grip. SMOOOOTH roads the only exception. Great for aqua planing and on icy roads makes driving so much more interesting.

Wheel manufacturers love them, as any car that ever drives off road or even into a pothole with low profile tyres bends the rim if there steel or wrecks it if its alloy.

Low profile tyres are for the hotmix racing circuit where compromise in road surface is not an issue and multistage shock absorbers reduce the risk of tyre wall damage.

Kevin H

Low profit tyres on 4x4's and SUV's are just terrible...

Gidday

Out an about an hour or so ago and spied a shiny black Colorado dual cab that looked like it had been to the ARB shop and the owner had ticked all the boxes.

Crowning glory was some of the flashiest alloys I have seen shod with rubber bands. Would not have been bigger than 50 profile.

Just great for the gravel, not to mention some corros.

Cheers

I think they are ridiculous in every way. However, some 4wd's are so powerful these days, many of them need the big rims so that the brake calipers can fit. That is the case with the Range Rovers.

Saw a brand new 100 series a few years back at the local servo with the lowest profile flashy chrome rims and two of the same on the wheel carriers at the back. Was going to post something, but thought someone might take exception to me deriding someone else's choice.

Silliest thing I'd seen for ages. Obviously useless for off-road, but the thing that stuck in my head was ..... how fast are you going to drive a 100 series to the point where you'd get any perfromance benefit out of them ??????? Flipping thing wouldn't corner anywhere near the performance potential of those tyres...get it on a Maserati or a Porsche or a Ferrari ....... but a 100 series ???

"Tires" is another word for getting tired. We actually have tyres on our vehicle, and low profile is all about "wank factor" as mentioned.

I can't see how anyone could think those things look good. They always remind me of a stagecoach wheel i.e all spokes an no wheel.

It really shows how little the Europeans think about Australia .

All of the Europeans have ridiculous tyres.

When I bought my 2002 Discovery 2 it had 18 inch rims and 55 series tyres which were soon replaced with 16 inch rims and 70 series , which IMHO are about the lowest sensible profile, I would rather have 75s.

Now with a D4 you cannot fit anything below 18" and those 18" are from a bankrupt UK comapny and cost $500 or so each. OEM is 19inch.
Ahhh the stories I hear about damaging rims and multiple punctures.
Regards Philip A

Quote I am sure you will find the "bankrupt" company is not as they are still making and selling the rims. Unquote

My information as at 1 week ago from customers seeking to buy, is that Compomotive is operating at a low level under administration and that delivery times are uncertain.

The wheels certainly look good as they should at $500 each, with their indentation to allow disc clearance with a corresponding increase in material inside.

BTW at the same club meeting we were informed that an Australian wheel that is supposed to fit, doesn't, without grinding the disc caliper.

But isn't the issue LR offering only 19 and 20 inch wheels on D4 and RRS?
Regards Philip A

what sort of tyre pressure would you have to have in this type of tyre and rim set



cannot see any thing good in driving some thing with such a low profile tyre

what is the ride like ? at 40psi

as i said before with a back injury kid put my magna up to 38 and it was driving steel rims so give

painful experience



thank you

Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread topic. It is relieving to see that I am not a deluded eccentric. Every salesman I talked to from Toyota, Hyundai and Kia implied that all was well with low profile tires. They were a bunch of deceivers.

I now won't go with the flow and buy a new vehicle with inappropriate rims and tires, but instead will find something, probably used, that has smaller rims and higher profile tires.

Thanks, everyone.

Wankers in show ponies. They look good on street machines but not on Hiluxs and the like.