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FFG

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Looking at these on some refurbished rims but now need the tyres. Are the 7.50R16 which have a chunky thread the same as 7.50 80 16 which on some pictures look more like car road tyres? the 80 16 are cheaper (£91 fitted on ATS website) but the 7.50R16 are over £100 and up to silly numbers. Just want to be looking and ordering the chunky version - going on a S3 with 5.5x16 wheels and I've ordered inner tubes and found a fitter who actually knows what an inner tube is.
Also notice some are 8PR or state TT or TL in the model type. Avon quote C8 so is that cross ply and 8PR is 8 ply radial? - why so many variations.
 
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Hi
This is a 7.50 16 range master
8 ply rating radial
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This is a 7.50 16 Michelin xpc 6 ply rating radial
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These range masters last ages but at a cost. This is what I prefer on my 110. Other is my spare I have not changed back.
Try a truck trye stockist for other makes if you don't off road
Both are tube type
 
The 80 figure means the side wall is only 80% of the width of tyre so not as much ground clearance / height. See attached info.
 

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I got rangemasters 7,50R16 radials from ATS fitted, set of 5, for £475. I think they were 8 ply. Sorry, can't be a bit more helpful but there are some pictures of them fitted on in my thread which is somewhere in the Series forum (called SWB re chassis).
 
John Craddock have Avon Rangemaster 7.50s for £89 plus vat. I didn't think that was too bad, they last well on the road and easily outlive any of the cheaper 'chunky types'.
 
FFG said:
I looked at Craddocks but adding VAT makes them nearly £107 each and these are cheaper with free shipping: https://www.roundtriptyres.co.uk/avon-rangemaster-7-5r16c-112-110n-8pr-tt.html. Its getting expensive now as bought the wheels, had them blasted, paint (red oxide and limestone), tubes (£50 for 5) and tyres, then getting them fitted.
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Fit them yourself. It is very straight forward to fit tubes tyres yourself using leavers.there are plenty of YouTube videos and hgv tyres are fitted with tyre leavers. Also at series speeds with a chunkier tread pattern there is very little point in getting them balanced.
 
Rodeo Joe said:
It only costs £20 to have them fitted and you will know they are done right.
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Where was that from, the best I could find locally was £15 per tyre and some of the tyre places were really funny about fitting tyres they hadn't provided, which is why I did them myself. If they are tubed you know if they are done right because the tube holds air and the bead seats on the rim. It is no more difficult a job than some of the other things we do to our vehicles.
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Usually charges £15 a tyre. Also spoke to him about tubes and he said about French chalk so at least he has some idea about tubes. Rangemaster ordered and tubes also - should be here late in the week. Wheels all painted now so ready to roll. Got to get them on before Silverstone Classic and i'm in London all next week and from Sunday to Tuesday and going out for a meal with a friend on Wednesday night and travelling to Silverstone Thu am so not much time.
 
It would cost me more than that to balance them, everywhere local to me changes £8.50 to balance with an additional fee if they use too much weight!
 
dag019 said:
Where was that from, the best I could find locally was £15 per tyre and some of the tyre places were really funny about fitting tyres they hadn't provided, which is why I did them myself. If they are tubed you know if they are done right because the tube holds air and the bead seats on the rim. It is no more difficult a job than some of the other things we do to our vehicles.
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love the first link, think that guy has done a few over the years, pretty slick and would have taken no time at all if he hadn't been yapping
 
suburban said:
love the first link, think that guy has done a few over the years, pretty slick and would have taken no time at all if he hadn't been yapping
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It does not take long to be able to do them fairly quickly. I can now remove a tyre in a couple of minutes and refitting is a little quicker. It is one of those skills that is well worth learning. Although if you can fit them yourself you are more likely to change them because something better has come along and it wont cost you anything. I am on my third set on the series now and finally happy (7.50 ZXL's). None of them were worn or needed replacing, it came with road tyres, which were quickly changed for some second hand 205 muds, but really i wanted the 7.50's. If I had been paying garage prices each time they were changed I would have worn them out before replacing them or bought a set of wheels with tyres already fitted.

I have also noticed some people seem to get very touchy about fitting tyres yourself but they are quite happy rebuild brakes which are just as safety critical, or swap UJ's or other other things with just as much potential for huge damage if incorrectly fitted.
 
Not sure I could be bothered for what a tyre bay charges and I pay 120 bats a rangemaster at my local place. That includes welding on the lump hammers to try and balance the damn things.
 
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