Thinking of upgrading my 4/4 to a narrow body 4/4 and asked the factory the tyre size which nobody seemed to know! Have heard that some have the speed tyre CR6Zzs but to use these on the road would probably damage them due to lack of heat required to race this tyre. Did borrow a +4 gdi from BHM for the morning which was a great drive with 16 inch Avons but lacked the feel of the 4/4 at lower speeds in my opinion although the extra power was great together with steering hardening up when cornering at greater speed! So now need to drive the narrow version! Anybody owning one woul appreciate advice on handling, suspension etc.
RogT 4/4 Ort Sand HDY
Roger ,
Thinking about this again , the factory fit 2 different Avon tyres to current cars, firstly is the CR6 ZZ that we have been discussing above , but they also fit the ZV5 , which is a much more "general purpose" tyre. I have those fitted to my +8 , and in general I am pretty happy with them. It cost me about £220 for a set , fitted, and I would expect to have to replace them after 5 years well before I wear them out.
The CR6 ZZ are approx £200 per tyre, and (provided you go for the hard compound) will probably be much closer to the wear limit at 5 years.
You might want to check with BHM which Avons were fitted.
Andy
