New Tires What a Difference
06-14-2011, 09:57 AM
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I recently got rid of my Good Year Fortera's for Hankook Ventus tires. I absolutely love the ride now, its super smooth will get up to 85 before you even know it. I actually went with a bigger and wider tire and love the look now too. My tires look like the ones found on the ML500 or V8 X5-X6.
06-15-2011, 05:58 AM
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06-17-2011, 03:20 PM
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06-17-2011, 05:44 PM
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your car is not set up for that... your wheel is now 1" larger than stock. your speedometer and nav and turning radius will be off... when you think youre driving sixty you're actually driving 62mph... when you think you're driving 80 you'll be driving nearly 85mph...
your spare is now one inch smaller than all the other tires... so now when you go to put it on (if you need to) you will damage your awd system.
iirc there is a place in vagcom where you adjust tire size etc. but i dont know how or where... stumbled across by accident.
06-17-2011, 08:36 PM
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I must be in the minority. I am on my second set of the Goodyear LS2's on the 19" rims. They seem to do fine for me. Quiet and comfortable. They don't last very long, but neither did the Pirelli Rossos I had on my Touareg...
06-18-2011, 11:24 AM
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06-19-2011, 09:14 AM
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the overall diameter of the wheel will change to 3/10ths larger than oem settings. which equates to a speed of 62mph when your speedo indicates 60mph.
