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Sidewall construction and layout is slightly different on lower profile tyres so they load the sidewalls different.

Falken ZE912 (and some FK452) used to have wider than normal tolerance for rim widths. The tyre is now discontinued as mentioned above although there are still some sizes available until sold out. Falken also released a bulletin that basically overrode the technical spec sheet that was released saying that it is no longer valid and to abide by their latest technical data book which lined them up with everything else. The only advantage with Falken now is that they do still produce some oddball size tyres to suit slightly wider rims that you wouldn't be able to get otherwise. 195/45R14 is a good example of this.

Not really much out there for small car tyres 225/45R16 (up to 9" wide) is available in some road legal semi-slicks. 225/40R16 (up to 9" wide) there is 5x Falken ZE914 in the country but then no longer available that.

And a second update that I'm sure a lot of people are aware of as well. Nankang now stock the 225/40R14 in a NS20 in NZ. I'm unsure if this is a long term thing or not (it'll probably depend on sales). Legal up to 9" wide rim. There is currently 25 in NZ and they have got more on order. Pricing should range from $200 to $250 a tyre.

It has been a while since I've been here but thought I'd give you a tyre size update. Falken currently has 195/45R14 ZE914's available in NZ. Legal up to 7.5" wide rim. These are classed as a NRO (no re-order) so once they're sold they're no longer available, roughly 150 in NZ currently. Depending on who you know, they're roughly $150-$200 each.

I know this was a while back but unfortunately still nothing. I've gone through most of the main suppliers in NZ (there will be a few I don't deal with) for tyres with a list of sizes that might suit and can't find anything. These are the sizes I looked for: 195/40R14, 205/40R14, 205/45R14, 215/40R14, 215/45R14, 215/50R14, 225/40R14, 225/45R14, 225/50R14 Most of these sizes just don't exist in general but I did my best to check every possibility. I don't see any option suitable at all unfortunately.

Ahh sorry, disregard the 195/45R14 option. I misread the new chart because I'm an idiot (and can't read sideways). Falken has discontinued the ZE912 and they also completely redid their catalogue changing the min/max rim sizes so it was in line with most other tyre manufacturers. I'm looking into it to see if anything is available but it's not looking promising

The only 205/40-14 I've ever seen in existence is a low speed trailer/golf cart tyre which is not suitable for road going vehicles As for the front. go for 195/45R14 - Falken still make them and may have some more coming into NZ. (Currently no stock) I can look into this tomorrow. I know your post is a month or so back but I'm doubting you've found anything since.

Legend, thanks for the response.

What is the correct ruling when it comes to this image in regards to tyres with sidewall tread This is a tyre we sell a lot of for example, and on a lot of the Ford Rangers we put them on, the sidewall tread sticks out of the guards but the rest does not.

I'm looking forward to seeing this. I'm guessing it'll just get the PDF updated on the LVVTA site?

Sparky said that's also a possibility. I'm going to leave the circuit as it is and I'll just put the maintenance charger on it to keep it in check.

Yes. I spoke to my auto-sparky and he said it's likely the dimmer has pooed itself. Weirdly enough, the problem seems to have stopped so I'm just going to keep an eye on it and see what happens. I've since also bought a trickle charger to help with keeping the battery in check while it's parked up.

Oof I hope not. The alarm was new and installed by a sparky only a couple of years ago. Thanks for that though, I will have a look into it.

Car is a Silvia S12. It has slowly drained it's battery over time. To be expected as it just sits there but today while driving it, I noticed that the interior light was on really faintly (LED). When I get home and check it, for some reason it has 6v when it should be none. I open the door and it goes up to 12v as it should, then close the door, it's dims down till the lights off, but then the 6v returns again a split second later. My initial thought is to inspect the dimmer for it, but thought I'd post up to see if anyone could offer other things to look into just in case? It does also have an alarm which uses this circuit to lock the doors if the door hasn't been opened after disabling the alarm.

Expensive coilover shocks going in so he doesn't want to modify them. (Running the shock and spring seperately though.)

I don't think this is too big a deal, but just double checking on behalf of a mate (he can't get in touch with the local certifier in Whangarei to ask) S12 Silvia with H190 solid rear axle. He's changing the shocks on it to something else and the lower bush is wider than the factory one. Is it ok to cut the existing u shaped bracket off the diff, and then make a new one (out of 3mm folded plate steel?) and weld it on? The spring is run separately so is not load bearing as far as that goes. Bracket in question:

Commenting to sub, don't know how to do it otherwise.

This would be a similar case in this size also. I did some research through our suppliers and found about 10 different brands that do the size. I can possibly look through the technical data of some of them to see which of them is the skinniest. @dspec_tt131 let me know what brand and pattern you've currently got and I can do some comparisons.

Ah right, the only 195 that can go on a 7.5" rim is the 195/45R14 which Falken do bring into NZ. That's a huge height drop though.

The range on the LVVTA guide includes the maximum and minimum of the major tyre brands. I.e. If Hankook had a 195/65R14 good for 5" to 6.5" but then Toyo has 5.5" to 7" the range allowed would be 5" to 7" (Example only) Falken were the only brand to have there product range outside of the normal specs from other brands, but they've since reigned that in and are now on par with everyone else. Unfortunately you're best bet is to go to a 205/60R14.

It's all good, I managed to convince the seller to drop it off for me. Thanks for the offer though.

Hey guys, I'm in the process of bidding on a small bbq on trademe, and am hoping someone would be able to pick it up and drop it off at Beaurepaires on Parumoana St for me? It'd easily fit into the boot of a car. Auction ends on Tuesday. Ideally I'll flick through the funds to you so cash can be paid for it on pick-up. Will obviously pay for your time also. Thanks guys

Is it one of those if they are there, they have to work things? Like a spare wheel, if it's there, it has to be bolted down.

No problem, it's much easier to do from each individual items side and far more reliable as well. This is what we do to all of our mobile phones, laptop and wireless printer in our workshop. All up, we're at about 15 different items on WiFi. We do have a non-provider issued modem (Draytek) though as we run a VPN also, so this does allow us to have more devices connected whilst still maintain performance.