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Originally Posted by Brutus Hi Mr. Vinod,
So do you mean to say that i am a lier.
Anyways, leave that alone, coz you can believe what ever you want to, and I'll explain whatever all i can to you.............. Offroaders abroad are mad enough to climb on rocks that are 5 feet high and straight as a wall, and a short wheelbase vehicle here would just topple over on its rear.
Take care,
Regards,
Bikram |
Hello Bikram,
I can see from your posts that you believe in walking the talk & putting your money where your mouth is! So, with your permission, I would like to place my dilemma before you.
(I am no off-road addict, while I love touring by road - have been doing so for the past 20 years (first in an OMNI, then a Tata Sierra & currently a 2WD Scorpio). My off-roading is restricted to whatever diversions I need to take during our regular - once or twice yearly - trips to Naukuchiatal and its environs in Nainital district.)
Now the dilemma - I have recently bought a Maruti Eeco for our use in Mumbai, and it came shod with
155/65 R13 tyres
RSR, another member of TBHP, very kindly informed me that as per the Maruti Eeco web-page, my car should have been fitted with
155 R13 LT tyres. I checked the Eeco web-page and found that RSR was quite right & that 155 R13 LT is actually what was quoted on the page. I have done a bit of Googling since then and learned about this 3% rule regarding tyre dia. for upgrading without having to change the original rim.
A lot of email exchanges between me, Maruti-Suzuki, Spectra Motors (who I bought the car from) and me again is still continuing. But my main questions are still not answered :-
1) What is the actual tyre size which the Eeco should be fitted with?
2) What size wider tyres I can go in for without changing the original rims?
I have observed that the ride with the presently fitted tyres (155/65 R13) on the Eeco is quite harsh as compared even to the Scorpio's and so I felt that wider tyres may ease the ride a bit.
At present I am on board an off-shore vessel in the middle of the Bay of Bengal and will be going home only around the beginning of August. And thus I cannot pursue the matter till then.
So, can you help me Bikram and tell me if both the tyres quoted above are suitable or not and what (if any) wider tyres I can safely fit?
Regards,
Shashanka