Brumby Tyres - What Size

Robbo78 · Post by **Robbo78** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:22 pm

I've got a 91 Brumby ute and it's due for 2 new tyres (stock standard rims all round). At the moment I have 175/75 13" tyres all round.

A quick ring around town today chasing new tyres from the 4 local tyre dealers reveals that 175/75 13's are not in stock and hard to come by BUT all of them can fit 175 /70 13's and have them in stock

I'm not up on tyres - am I going to notice much of a difference or is there a better tyre size I could put in the rims??

subaruby · Post by **subaruby** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:24 pm

i'm no expert but i don't think there is a huge difference in the tyres, check out the link for comparisons

http://www.exploroz.com/Vehicle/Tyres/SizeCalc.aspx

However you mentioned only replacing 2 tyres, I would suggest that you need all for tyres the same size.

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:36 am

Need all 4 tyres to be the same size if you want to use 4WD.

subalex · Post by **subalex** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:28 pm

You'd be better off fitting 185's with a 70 or 65 profile. They'll be much the same diameter and there'll be heaps of choices in that size too since a lot of medium sized and small cars have used 185's. No need to worry about being too big for the guards or anything like that.

Robbo78 · Post by **Robbo78** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:40 pm

Hi, thx for all the suggesstions. As a temporary measure I went for a set of 175 70 13's at $50 bucks each (inc GST) fitted and balanced from Benalla Auto (http://www.benallauto.com.au). They're chinese made things branded as BCT ... be interesting to see how long they last.