 | Home > Wheels & Tyres > Sidewall and handling |
 
|
|
|
| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769   
|
Yes. Lower profile means less roll
|
||
21st Mar 2014 7:08pm |
|
| Lambley Member Since: 20 Apr 2013 Location: Mid Devon Posts: 1435  
|
I was thinking about the actual thickness and sidewall strength rather than the depth, some tyres (BFG's) have a strong sidewall, so does that make them handle/corner better or does it make no difference?
|
||
|
21st Mar 2014 7:15pm |
|
| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20376
|
The BFG's certainly are stronger sidewalls but handling doesn't really make much difference as they aren't the type of tyres to go mad on.
The are an improvement though yes imo $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 |
||
|
21st Mar 2014 7:18pm |
|
| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
|
If you're going to be that serious about improving the handling, then you need to swap to 18 inch wheels (or 20's but they can make the ride very harsh) with much lower profile tyres. However, if you do the suspension mods that you've talked about elsewhere then I think you'll be pleasantly surprised and probably won't feel the need to mess about with wheels. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
||
|
21st Mar 2014 10:00pm |
|
| Lambley Member Since: 20 Apr 2013 Location: Mid Devon Posts: 1435
|
Cheers Anorak, I've bought a rear ARB today and I'm looking at probably Koni shocks and a Superpro bush kit, but wondered if the actual tyre mattered much, some have stiffer side walls than others, if not then i'll leave them as they are, after reading a few reports of Goodyear Duratrac's they are supposed to have a softer sidewall and are lighter, I don't suppose it'll make that much overall difference to body roll but I didn't want it to cancel out the suspension upgrades
Last edited by Lambley on 22nd Mar 2014 10:32am. Edited 1 time in total |
||
|
21st Mar 2014 10:25pm |
|
| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1423 
|
Sidewalls will make a difference Paul, but you'll slide about long before that. A softer compound rubber would make a bigger difference IMO
|
||
|
22nd Mar 2014 10:00am |
|
|
|
| All times are GMT |
< Previous Topic | Next Topic > |
Posting Rules
|
Site Copyright © 2006-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
