For anyone in the tyre market

yeah i think it was a good deall as they were $433 fitted when i rang other shops they were going to sell all the other tyres that were similar from anywhere from 420 to 465 so with the warrenty and all and the stories i thought it was a good deal. btw mathews tyres at chatswood sydney.

gday jonny.
$433 was that change over for tyres and rims x 5.
looking foward to september(landcruiser park/fraser island)

nah it was for 4 tyres only my spare is brand new!

thats what my boss told me but i dead set dont have a tyre placard any where even in the manufactures book its got tyre pressures and thats it.

sorry guys didnt mean for your heart to skip a beat i meant each $433 each fitted................................. sorry

Que? $433 each????

They're around $256 each balanced and fitted here in Syd.Talk is cheap ...
Rohan (Sydney)

sorry again it was a long day and ive got fat short fingers. they were $233 fitted just checking yep i typed it right $233 fitted each tyre.

Spot on Diamond. "Unroadworthy", without an engineer's cert, in NSW and SA too.Talk is cheap ...
Rohan (Sydney)

sorry guys yes they were only 233 fitted. ok do you know where i can get info on from the RTA about road worthiness. could you also spell out to me what the numbers mean and how you calculated the millimetres please and as rohan stated they are unroadworthy so how do i get a eng cert for them? any help is greatly appreciated.

Jonny, in which state do you register the vehicle?Talk is cheap ...
Rohan (Sydney)

nsw in sydney but ive changed the tyres scince its been registered. ive just rung up the rta the bloke on the other end of the phone said it doesnt matter what size you go to that its not unroad worthy unless you decrese the load rating on the new tyres ive put on so now im trying to sorce this info out and even if i havent how do i know that the tyres that were on it had been decreased? arrrgggggggggg.

Sorry, dumb question. I re-read your post above about Chastwood Tyres so assume its NSW.

Read these:

http://www.toyo.com.au/tech_info10.html

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/vsi09.pdf

For the tyre size calculator, try these:

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

http://www.tyresave.co.uk/tyresize.htmlTalk is cheap ...
Rohan (Sydney)

Firstly, he's talking out his a^$e. It is clearly stated in the regulations, as you'll see when you read the above.

It doesn't really matter what was on it before, its the vehicle manufactures specification, shown on the tyre placard and/or in the vehicle handbook, that matters. Just refer to the tyre placard for the load rating. Its likely to be around 107. As long as the new tyres are more than that, you're fine there (but still have to consider the size). If you can't find the load rating for the new tyre, just call Chatswood Tyres and they can tell you.

The RTA maintains a list of "approved" engineers if you want/need to go that way. Or, I've been given these details:

"Mobility Engineering and I recall a figure around $80-100 was mentioned. His numbers are 9482 4572 and 0414 266 001 (fax is 9482 4571)."Talk is cheap ...
Rohan (Sydney)

thanks for your help printed the regulations offand the size is fine but after a whole heap of ringing aroundfound that the original tyre rateing is 110s the coopers are 109q way under the original so as annoyed as i am i got my girlfriend to ring up the place and told them what predicament im in no thanks to them and told us no worries come in a nd discuss it so tomorrow ill go in and see what they have to offer.
its really annoying even thought they asked me if it was fine to get those tyres i did say yes but asked what will it effect and will it be fine. the answer i got was no worries its all good mate your speedo might be a little slower but youll hardley even know it. if you carnt trust the people in the buisiness who can you trust. all this came from your post too about AAMI insurance if it wasnt from my own curisostiy i would never of known.

Hey Jonny, sorry the post stired up so much angst for you. At least, I guess, you'll be able to be confident in what you have once you've sorted it out.Talk is cheap ...
Rohan (Sydney)

yeah it wasnt anything bad you know just curioscity on my behalf i should be thanking you because if i were to of had a ding (touch wood) the insurance company would of come out looked at the car and said these tyres are under rated bang there goes everything. so thanks for your info.
ill let everyone know how i go tomorrow ok. if they know whats good for them theyll give me 4 new tyres no questions asked that are the correct ones.
caio

OK. Good luck.Talk is cheap ...
Rohan (Sydney)