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On 20/05/2023 at 15:23, Kerry-TGI said:

What makes a 195/65 no good for 8" wheel but 195/40 is ok? Just that extra height makes it dodgier?

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Falken also released a bulletin that basically overrode the technical spec sheet that was released saying that it is no longer valid and to abide by their latest technical data book which lined them up with everything else.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.

On 03/05/2023 at 15:52, xsspeed said:

Do you know anything about 16s? specifically for 9, 9.5 or 10" wide

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.

On 10/05/2022 at 14:58, Flauski said:

No luck chief?

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.

On 18/04/2022 at 21:18, Flauski said:

Should have read this thread too. It's relevant to my 14x8 tyre options post. 

Could be keen on a full set of said tyres....though are they suitable for an 8" rim? I see some old talk on this forum inc a link to a letter from Falken saying the Z912 pattern is OK for 8“ (but 195/45 is not on LVVTA list.) 

Only other option I have heard of is the Toyo 225/40s but allegedly not sold here any longer, could possibly get (indent for months.)

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.

On 14/07/2021 at 15:07, KKtrips said:

Tyre tread is the part that rolls on the road, so the horizontal part and probably a portion of the part that rolls around the corner. But vertical (sidewall) tread is not part of the tread in regards to guard coverage.

I would expect coverage of the horizontal to the red line.

 

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.

On 20/06/2021 at 11:17, KKtrips said:

I just got the final version of the revised Tyre-rim Compatibility Infosheet approved last week.
It'll probably be out in the coming week or so. It's been simplified and reduced down to 1 page of comparisons rather than 6 pages.

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

On 20/11/2020 at 14:58, flyingbrick said:

secondly, its possible that the dimmer unit is always on with 6v being pulled across the lamp but at very low amps. Dont quote me on any of this, because I really have no idea what im talking about.

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.

On 16/11/2020 at 18:24, flyingbrick said:

It has a dimmer on the interior light? 

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.

Just now, AllTorque said:

The door switches earth the circuit. If you have a wire on that side of the circuit that has rubbed on something sharp and is just touching and has some resistance you may get 6 volts at the bulb. My money would be on the alarm is shitting the bed.

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.

56 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Placemakers are Milwaukee agents. Big stores like that are pretty good to deal with for returns.

So many Milwaukee agents around now. Repco, Sulco, Placemakers, The Tool Shed, NZSafety Blackwoods, Tradezone, Power Tool Centre etc etc

4 minutes ago, Yowzer said:

Workmate has a stupid expensive Snapon torque wrench. Snapon took over a year to calibrate it and send it back.

What good is a "quality" tool if you can't even use it?

Unrelated to thread, but tell him to ring "Torque Time".  He comes on site and does them.   Think hes Te Awamutu based but he travels all around the central North Island.

Edit// We get our ones done once a year.  Roughly eight 3/4" ones, two 1/2" ones, and I take my three small ones from home in which he double checks and doesn't charge me for.

Still love all our Milwaukee stuff.  Have had extremely good service with the local repair agent when it came to warranties and what not also. Including a fault with one of the tools that damaged terminals on the batteries, chargers and 3 different tools; all the damaged parts were replaced. (We didn't notice till it was too late).

Have AEG 1/2" impact guns in our store in Te Puke (tyre shop) and I wouldn't purchase them for anything more than tinkering in the garage.

If you doing anything with impact guns, please for the sake of the clips holding the batteries on, put some rubber bands around it, or cut up an old wheel barrow tube to help hold the battery on and stop the vibrations damaging them.

19 hours ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

Has anyone bought Deutsche connectors from Ali? Reviews look good, or am I better off getting them from Jaycar etc. 

Not a big cost cos only for bikes, just wondering if they come from same factory...

TBH most of Jaycar's products are China spec items that have been branded.  I've compared a few things from them and Aliexpress/Wish and they're identical but cost about 10x as much.
If you want Deutsch connectors, Repco can do the Narva ones, and can also get Hella ones. They're great but expensive.

Thanks guys, found the right one at https://basisnz.co.nz/.

Hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction.  I'm wanting to put a boot on my engine loom where it goes through the firewall to help step heat from the exhaust coming in.  Has anyone got any idea on where to source them from?  I've tried googling and am not having any luck here or overseas.

Hole is 45mm ID, and the engine loom is about 15mm OD. 

Most Nissan's seem to use a 60mm boot, which is no good to me. I can't get a drill in there to make the hole bigger either.

25 minutes ago, SiRge said:

yep

Sweet, he's just pulled it out from behind his house to start working on it again.  Looking forward to it when it's finished.

On 06/07/2019 at 20:30, SiRge said:

Guy I know owns it, was doing a 2jz conversion last I heard. It was somewhere in fielding I think

Sorry for the old dig-up, this is Dave's isn't it?

1 hour ago, Techbar said:

be interesting to see what it goes for - the insurance company keep telling me that mines only worth $1800....

I've got mine insured for an agreed value with Classic Car Insurance.

Been watching that one.  I actually want to buy it but sadly funds don't allow.  Its a great example of a factory condition one.