National Tyres fitted wrong sizes

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I was in Devon on holiday last month - and blew a rear tyre on Disco 3. It is fitted with 20" wheels and the had Grabbers on the back - as the other rear tyre was also wearing out, and was now stuck on skinny - made an emergency stop at National Tyres and they put 2 x continentals on the back (at a considerable cost).

Getting back from Devon to the midlands i noticed that the new continentals are lower profile than both the tyres they replaced and the front ones that are still on it.

Needless to say i am now starting a discussion with them (head office as no where near the branch) but was wondering what are the real implications of this regarding diff wind etc before i kick off?

Any advise would be very much appreciated.
 
Should have 275/40/20 fitted i think?

Dont think the D3 has as much of a major diff windup issue as the Freelander, but you could always try it on if you fancy a new set of tyres all round? :D
 
Never tell a tyre company you have a long drive ahead of you. They know you will be to far away to return and complain. The majority of the time you end up with whatever size they have on the shelf. Yes I'm a tyre fitter, though after 10 years in the trade I have a conscience, unlike the school-leaver aged fitters.
 
Thanks for those chaps - don't usually mind but the tyre bill came in at over £500.00 so was a bit hacked off when the dealer pointed it out when they serviced it and said it could have implications!! (reading that as your warranty will go up in smoke!)
 
Ok ok you CAN get tyres for about £80 a corner trade, but £250 for a 20" on the high street is about going rate...

Recently quoted a set of Michelin Cups for a M3 CSL...

Ahem, best part of 2 grand! :eek:
 
Sorry for a possibly stupid question but do the discovery's have traction control linked on all four wheels, I only ask because I had a wrong size tyre fitted to my zafira and it threw the traction control into a frenzy because that wheel was rotating 2 mph faster than the rest and the computer couldn't cope with it. Would this not happen because both rears where the same or does the landy not use all four wheels for traction control?
 
Yeah they do but depends on the sensitivity/sensibility of the traction control.

4x4s might be more relaxed because if the large difference in tread between old and new tyres!

Mark, is yours a BMW?
 
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