what DOES your PLACARD SAY?

Hez · Post by **Hez** » Wed May 21, 2003 9:04 pm

hey how big wheels does it say on your cards?(located on edge of door)
Mines 215/45R17
Is dat the same for everyone?

dAsh · Post by **dAsh** » Wed May 21, 2003 9:36 pm

Should be, that's the standard adr sticker that should be fitted to fto's.

G1 · Post by G1 » Wed May 21, 2003 9:55 pm

no way mine says 205/45R16 and thats the standard specs for a GPX

i dunno how you managed that, but i guess the people that complianced it bent the rules a bit?

Hez · Post by **Hez** » Wed May 21, 2003 11:40 pm

thats why i wanted ppl to put down dere specs coz i knew they would be different..

D-TRAIN · Post by **D-TRAIN** » Thu May 22, 2003 11:53 am

Yeah my tyre placard is still the original one from Japan. Specs for 16" and 15" only.

dAsh · Post by **dAsh** » Fri May 23, 2003 4:45 pm

This may help you D-train:
P 195/60 R15
P205/50 R16
215/45 ZR17 ( Mivec Only)
Straight from my engineers tyre placard book.

Hez · Post by **Hez** » Fri May 23, 2003 10:16 pm

hey dash mine i think is exactly the same. placard book? mines on the side of door.

Richc2 · Post by **Richc2** » Thu May 29, 2003 2:43 pm

For some compliance workshops, especially in Victoris, it does have the 17" 215/45 (Mivec Only) written on the placard. The reason is because when the workshop used the test car for ADR compliance it had 17" wheels on it hence it is written there. There are no standard 17" wheels on any FTO models. It is also incorrect as the correct tyre type for the FTO on 17" wheels should be 40's instead of 45. This causes the speedometer to be incorrect if you use 45's. On the other hand, ppl using 17" or even 18" wheels with this placard wouldn't have a problem with RTA as the rules state that you could only legally increase the size by1 inch of the stock wheels unless you have engineers approval. My mate had a problem when he wanted to register his FTO last time.