[IPAddis]

Yes Ian A Griff 500

[Andy-CH]

Please let us know how your car handles. When I changed my rear tyres it felt very unstable in fast corners as if the sides were flexing. I wonder if you experience the same.

[hector]

I have a PAS Griff 500 with 215's on the front and 225's on the back.I have been told that 225's should be on the front and 245's on the back,does anyone have these fitted and will it make any odds?

[apache]

the more rubber on the road the better I should think

[richb]

quote:I have a PAS Griff 500 with 215's on the front and 225's on the back.I have been told that 225's should be on the front and 245's on the back,does anyone have these fitted and will it make any odds?

Hector, yes you have the wrong tyre sizes on your Griff. It is tail happy enough with 245's so I hate to think what it is like with 225's! Rich...

[hector]

Thanks for the info.rich.It appears I bought my car in January from official TVR dealer with incorrect sized tyres fitted.Any one see any mileage in getting on to them on the safety/handling front.The car is still under warranty but of course tyres are'nt covered,don't see why I should have to fork out for something they should really have checked before putting the car in the showroom though or am I wasting my time? being too

[GreenV8S]

quote:Please let us know how your car handles. When I changed my rear tyres it felt very unstable in fast corners as if the sides were flexing. I wonder if you experience the same.

There was a long thread about this recently, my experience has been that new tyres need to be brought up to temperature to finish off the curing process before they work properly. If you change all four tyres you might not notice the problem, but if you only change one end the new tyres will squirm more and produce less grip until you get them hot. That fits in with the symptoms you describe after changing the rears. Cheers, Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)

[richb]

Point is Pete that Hector's car was sold with entirly the wrong sized tyres. All dealers know Griffiths have 245's at the rear even if the dealer wanted to debate 205's vs 225's at the front the rears are plain & simply wrong.

[tvr_nut]

When I bought my Griff, I asked the dealer to change a front wheel, which had been kerbed. After about 200miles, I noticed it now sported a 225 on OSF, and 205 on NSF. The replacement wheel had come off a non-PAS Griff. Needless to say, it was changed with out any problem, but it didn't seem to effect the way the car drove at normal road speeds (it was December & first drive in the new car).