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Re: Tyre confusion
« Reply #15 on: 02 September 2017, 07:44:27 »
The 1993 - 2003 Omega chassis is essentially identical to that of the 1986-1993 Senator/Carlton chassis that was originally designed to run with 205/65/15 tyres on the 6 cylinder versions.

Many UK Police spec Omegas were supplied with 205/65/15 tyres on steel wheels.My experience with these cars is that the steering,ride and handling on this spec is superior to the 235/45/17 retail spec (albeit with slightly less ultimate adhesion) and none of the tramlining etc you get with low profiles.

However, the look of the 15" steels is inferior....
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Re: Tyre confusion
« Reply #16 on: 02 September 2017, 10:42:36 »
Pre facelift 2.5 v6 cd omega's ran on 205/65/15 alloys as standard
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Re: Tyre confusion
« Reply #17 on: 02 September 2017, 13:26:08 »
Quote from: Stige on 02 September 2017, 06:29:04
I hate modern rim sets as all 4 rims are the same width so I cant put 205 up in front or something... So have to run 245s in all corners on both my cars...

Not on mine they aren`t  8)
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