Which Tyres

[coopertrooper]

I am currently running Avon ACB10's 185 50 13's which are no longer produced.

It appears my options are CR500's on a 55 profile. How do I work out if these will work?

[Shaun_E]

Did Avon tell you they no longer make them? They are still on the website here. The CR500 is a radial tyre as opposed to the crossply ACB10 but, by all accounts, will happily work with the same camber settings. I'm running CR500s at the moment and they are a great road tyre - probably the best I have tried on the Caterham - and still good on track although not likely to provide the ulitmate grip that ACB10s will.

[rubystone]

Michael - if you're looknig to sell the car, why worry about changing the tyres? Equally, loooking at your thread on spark plugs, much better off to have the car serviced by a specialist before selling it than trying to do a diy job yourself

[Finchy172]

The CR500 are a good tyre, they wear pretty well and in dry running them the opposite way will increase life as well

[racecardoctor]

you need to change the camber from the ACB10 settings though, they are a radial tyre and need some static camber

[coopertrooper]

Car needs an MOT and the rears are on the limit.

Spoke with Caterham and they suggested CR500's will run without mods.

[rubystone]

coopertrooper said:

Car needs an MOT and the rears are on the limit.

Spoke with Caterham and they suggested CR500's will run without mods.

Yes they will.