Tire sizes and performance / speed

[Peter Vee]

I have 265/75R16's fitted which is one size up from the standard 265/70R16's that was fitted by Nissan. (Granted mine is 3.0 GL)

When doing 120km/h on the speedo, I am 120km/h on the GPS (Nuvi and Montana).

I really wanted 285's, but then Repulse would not have fitted into the garage.

Groot skoene is mooi.

I have BFG Mud Terrain KM2 305 x 17 tyres fitted on my 4.8 GRX... speedo and GPS also match at 120km.. not noticed any difference in performance or fuel consumption... had these tyres fitted from day one so cant compare ;)

Peter

[jan.dup]

Had 285/70/16 KM2's fitted. My speedo is 7% out vs GPS speed and the consumption is about 1k/liter less than with the standard tyres. Also a power drop but not so that its any inconvenience/problem - the 4.8 have enough to compensate.

[Krippel6]

Hi Guys,

Thanks to Tinus I managed to secure some 285/75/16 MTRs. They are flipping awesome. The speedo now reads way more accurate and the car sits way higher. Here's some pics:

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After:

[Tinus lotz]

always a pleasure !!! happy you got a spare also just remember to rotate it in when you do balancing and rotate the tires every 5 000 km