Space savers

[dodgerover]

May 26, 2014 22:43:04 GMT dubmeister said:

155/15 FIRESTONE 560s go well on a space saver rim and are tall too
As i work for Pirelli as a tyre builder /curer etc i have often wondered why they make spacesavers to be so curse word as it would be easy enough to make the tyre the same way as the rest ,never managed to get an answer yet though off any of the boss types

Hi do you get the chance to buy any of the DA (Defective appearance) ones? Got offered a load years ago but haven't had anymore since

[moggyman]

Don't know if this will be any good (not cheap though!)

www.vintagetyres.com/item/265/165hr16---550r16--165r16--avon-turbosteel-acr6d--car-tyre--road--radial--tl

[dubmeister]

May 27, 2014 15:45:02 GMT dodgerover said:

May 26, 2014 22:43:04 GMT dubmeister said:

155/15 FIRESTONE 560s go well on a space saver rim and are tall too
As i work for Pirelli as a tyre builder /curer etc i have often wondered why they make spacesavers to be so curse word as it would be easy enough to make the tyre the same way as the rest ,never managed to get an answer yet though off any of the boss types

Hi do you get the chance to buy any of the DA (Defective appearance) ones? Got offered a load years ago but haven't had anymore since

They slash the sidewalls on any tyre deemed defective or below standard in any way, one month we scrapped 1.2 million quids worth of tyres coz there wasnt enough carbon black in them !!!

[concertocharlie]

I was always told it was because of the size difference to the normal wheels, I had a car, can't remember what now, that had a normal 15inch steel wheel as a spare to it's normal 17 inch alloys, that steel wheel had the space saver stickers 50KPH etc on it, its all because a car would lose control easily with the odd wheel, not tyre safety,

[kabman]

Longstone do a 165HR16 Avon Turbosteel but they are the thick end of 200 quid each

[Rich]

May 30, 2014 15:54:17 GMT concertocharlie said:

I was always told it was because of the size difference to the normal wheels, I had a car, can't remember what now, that had a normal 15inch steel wheel as a spare to it's normal 17 inch alloys, that steel wheel had the space saver stickers 50KPH etc on it, its all because a car would lose control easily with the odd wheel, not tyre safety,

No, it's definitely tire safety. Have you LOOKED at the tread pattern on the sodding things? The Pirelli ones is just a big P repeated all the way round. Great for water dispersal I'm sure.. Also, they are stamped as temporary use only. How much more notice d'ya want

[v8ian]

Spacesavers don't look like they will do the job, especially as most only seem to have 3mm of tread when new, The other question stemming from this is why are small narrow tires so kin expensive the obvious answer is low volume against production costs, certainly not material costs.