What Have You Done To Your Van Today?

[Badjamin]

Saying that, what width are your new rims? Staggered?

There 9j's I think

 

[Drive Wayne]

There 9j's I think

All round?

 

[Badjamin]

Ah... momo revenge are 8.5in... bleh

 

[Badjamin]

All round?

Yep... they wouldn't work if they were triangles

 

[Badjamin]

Yep... they wouldn't work if they were triangles

I couldn't resist sorry. Yeah theyre not staggered. I have 20mm spacers on the back and no issue

 

[Drive Wayne]

Yep... they wouldn't work if they were triangles

275's too wide for an 8.5! My original tyres were 35 profile, I ended up with 2 cracked rims...

 

[Drive Wayne]

I couldn't resist sorry. Yeah theyre not staggered. I have 20mm spacers on the back and no issue

Get some new staggered wheels!!!!!

 

[Badjamin]

So I guess I need some new 245/45's for the front then. Oh well! Hehe

 

[Drive Wayne]

So I guess I need some new 245/45's for the front then. Oh well! Hehe

Oli at Bognor would probably say 265's all round?

 

[Drive Wayne]

So I guess I need some new 245/45's for the front then. Oh well! Hehe

Or 255's with a 45 sidewall? Can you get those?

 

[Badjamin]

Eff me... tyres are expensive

 

[Vedubber]

Whipped out the DPF ready to be cleaned.

 

[ChestnutBrown]

Yep. The fronts are 275/40's like the old ones were but i think the offset is different so now she doesn't like any undulating road surface. @Bigsidavies has advised to go 245/45 on the front and I think he might be on to something. Although i wonder if a lower profile will wreck the comfort. Maybe 255... meh.

The height is a percentage of the width so 40% of 275 is 110mm and 45% of 245 is 110.25mm, so the 245/45 is actually a very slightly higher sidewall NOT lower. Zero loss in comfort in a like for like spec tyre.

 

[Badjamin]

The height is a percentage of the width so 40% of 275 is 110mm and 45% of 245 is 110.25mm, so the 245/45 is actually a very slightly higher sidewall NOT lower. Zero loss in comfort in a like for like spec tyre.

Oh my god I've gone cross eyed

So the side wall slopes inwards in this ratio and should slope away from the arch liner?

 

[ChestnutBrown]

Oh my god I've gone cross wyed

So the side wall slopes inwards in this ratio and should slope away from the arch liner?

In theory, yes, a tyre slope inwards more the narrower you go. I can’t comment on whether that would be enough on yours runs though, as I have no experience in that respect unfortunately.

 

[Jonesy68]

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Ambient lighting install finished

How easy are they to wire in?

 

[ben5560]

How easy are they to wire in?

Very, just tap into the back of the lighting circuit. So for the dash, use the back of the headlight switch. Grey/blue wire is the light signal and ground (brown)

 

[Jonesy68]

Very, just tap into the back of the lighting circuit. So for the dash, use the back of the headlight switch. Grey/blue wire is the light signal and ground (brown)

Cool, don't happen to have a link for the kit

 

[ben5560]

It's just an aliexpress one mate,I got the RGB version

 

[Vedubber]

With a nice new clean DPF, there is no point putting the crappy old exhaust back on…. Right?!