Dunlop Tyre

[AJ55YOO]

I have laid my hands on a 215/55/16 Dunlop SP Sport 01 97W Extra Load (730kg) tyre to possibly replace my Firestone (nearing wear indicators) front tyre (its an odd one, the rest are Dunlop SP Sport RF).

 

I'm told it will be fine on the Gal as 'Re-inforced' is basically the same thing as 'Extra Load'.

 

I've read previous threads on here but would appreciate confirmation either way from the 'Experts' on here........

[mumof4]

Extra load is same as reinforced.so im led to believe as we have one of those tyres on our car and its given no probs! :angry:

[AJ55YOO]

Extra load is same as reinforced.so im led to believe as we have one of those tyres on our car and its given no probs! :angry:

Cheers Mumof4 (Is that you in your Avatar???????)

 

Best to make sure with 'owt like that, wouldn't want it giving up the ghost in the third lane of the motorway with 3 kids, the dog and the wife on board!!!

[mumof4]

No fraid it aint me in the avatar!! :angry:

 

 

Ours has been on our car for about a year now....also got a firestone and 2 torneo stunner heavy load ones!! :blink:

[Bigjeeze]

Its not about reliabilty or wear it's about safety. Also if you have odd non standard tyres - you could find your insurance company refusing to pay out in the event of a serious accident.

 

I would check with a reputable tyre shop.

 

I think it looks Ok but don't take any chances.

[Dave-G]

I use the stunner extra load ones too ...

 

Circa

[AJ55YOO]

I'm hopefully going to take it down this weekend for fitting to National, they charge

[mumof4]

I use the stunner extra load ones too ...

 

Circa

[sanjsanj]

I've heard this from someone but i'm not quite sure: You must have reinforced tyres on this type of vehicle otherwise your insurance is invalid at all times.

 

Is this true? in which case:

 

first of all no one told me this when I bought my car and secondly how do the tyre people know that it needs reinforced tyres??????????????

[mumof4]

make sure you tell em!!!!!! Because they are not all bright sparks !!

 

The R i am assuming in the tyre number stands for reinforced..heavy load are the same as reinforced..i have heavy load and reinforced tyres on mine.

 

 

If you had bog standard tyres..then yes if an accident i will assume the insurance will be invalid as they are not made to support a 3 tonne car!!

[jkspoff]

Check out 'my tyres' for competitive pricing, they have recommended fitters too, just type into google so I'm not advertising a company or anything. Very cheap.

[sanjsanj]

3 TONNES????

I never knew it was that heavy. :ph34r:

Well that obviously explains why the 0-60 times are appauling! :)

[NikpV]

now 2 tonnes I could believe - unladen kerb weight is about 1800kg - tdi auto - IIRC

[mumof4]

Appearances can be decieving!!.....

[mumof4]

Hang on..handbook out......well..if i could find it under all my junk!!

[mumof4]

mine..1.9tdi

 

kerb weight=1666-1956

payload=464-754

permissable gross weight=2420

permissable axle loads=1240/1280

 

This is manual..auto is heavier

 

these weights include one driver/spare wheel/fuel/coolants/

[mumof4]

these weights are in kg by the way

[mumof4]

ok..so with one driver it is just shy of 2 metric tonnes.

 

so with full capacity if you talking on average 75/80kg per passenger....(6 other peeps in my case)..you talkingabout 2 and a half along with paraphanalia!

 

 

 

So i appologise,,3 was wrong..but i was close!!!!!!! :ph34r:

[Masked Marauder]

The R i am assuming in the tyre number stands for reinforced..heavy load are the same as reinforced..i have heavy load and reinforced tyres on mine.

 

Assumption is the mother of all cock-ups.

 

The "R" stands for "Radial" (as opposed to the now defunct 'cross-ply')

[tim-spam]

The 'R' in the tyre size number does not stand for 'reinforced'. I think it stand for 'radial', although I am not 100% certain. A reinforced tyre will be marked as such - sometimes RF or XL is used, but the words 'reinforced' or 'extra load' will usually be written somewhere on the tyre.

If you use mytires.co.uk, you can specify reinforced tyres when searching - this means that only reinforced tyres will be listed, and makes things much clearer. That is where I bought my new tyres a few weeks back - I chose the Nokian NRHi tyres (215/55R16's), and they are an unbelievably amount better than the Dunlops which they replaced - highly recommended.

[NikpV]

ok..so with one driver it is just shy of 2 metric tonnes.

 

so with full capacity if you talking on average 75/80kg per passenger....(6 other peeps in my case)..you talkingabout 2 and a half along with paraphanalia!

 

 

 

So i appologise,,3 was wrong..but i was close!!!!!!! :ph34r:

and it only took 6 posts to get there as well :o :o :) :D :o

[mumof4]

The 'R' in the tyre size number does not stand for 'reinforced'. I think it stand for 'radial', although I am not 100% certain. A reinforced tyre will be marked as such - sometimes RF or XL is used, but the words 'reinforced' or 'extra load' will usually be written somewhere on the tyre.

If you use mytires.co.uk, you can specify reinforced tyres when searching - this means that only reinforced tyres will be listed, and makes things much clearer. That is where I bought my new tyres a few weeks back - I chose the Nokian NRHi tyres (215/55R16's), and they are an unbelievably amount better than the Dunlops which they replaced - highly recommended.

You are quite right about the R..

 

I was wrong yet again :ph34r:

 

 

getting to be a habit this morn!! :)

 

just out of interest, how much were the tyres you got?

[mumof4]

and it only took 6 posts to get there as well     

 

 

 

Well...i hit google search as well to confirm my converversion..

 

I got there in the end though! :ph34r:

[mumof4]

The R i am assuming in the tyre number stands for reinforced..heavy load are the same as reinforced..i have heavy load and reinforced tyres on mine.

 

Assumption is the mother of all cock-ups.

 

The "R" stands for "Radial" (as opposed to the now defunct 'cross-ply')

Sorry MM..didnt see your post there!!!! :ph34r:

[sanjsanj]

OH MY GODDDD

 

does this mean that 215's dont need to be reinforced?