What is the final word on 185 tyres on a 2000 TC?

solihulls_finest

solihulls_finest

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I've read through a lot of posts on what rubber to fit on P6's, and I want THE FINAL WORD from experienced members on whether it's pratical to fit 185-profile tyres on the standard rims of a 2000 TC.

- The car came with 165/80R14s from factory.
- The previous owner of my car fitted 175/80R14s with no problems
- Some people say that you can fit 185/80R14s on a 2000, others say that this causes problems with the suspension, which was different on the P6Bs to accomodate the wider tyres.

Can we solve this once and for all?
 
Before I changed the boots on mine, I did the same set of searches and postings.

IIRC Chris York answered this for me by saying that the problem on the 2000/2200 was with the rear top link. On the 3500, this link has a kink in it, and on the 2000/2200 it is straight. Therefore in order to take the wider tyres on the 4cyl, you would need to acquire the 3500 kinked link for your car.

Is that right Chris?

In the end I found a set of 165/80R14's, it keeps the steering lighter on non PAS :)

Brian.
 
I run 185R14 tyres on my 67 2000 but on the wider V8 rims. The suspension difference is in the rear top links which are straight on a 4cyl & cranked slightly on a V8 presumably to accomodate the wider wheels & tyres. I am running standard 2000 top links & now & again I get a squeak from the back normally with rear seat passengers & I put this down to the inner wall of the tyre just touching the links but they are not constantly rubbing though I do intend fitting V8 top links.

Regards Colin
 
IIRC front hubs are different to the 4cyl cars as well, to accomodate the extra offset on the wider V8 rims, the same reason the rear toplinks are cranked away from the wheels.
 
Also don't forget - 185/80 X 14 are a bigger rolling diameter than 165/80 X 14 so your speedo on a 2000 will read slow. Nothing wrong with this as long as you are aware - in fact a more relaxed top gear is arguably desirable. To sort 100% you would need either to re-calibrate your speedo or use a different profile 185 - 185/70 is pretty close.

http://www.roversd1.nl/sd1web/ and then click on bodyshell, then drivelinecalc

http://www.jdo1.com/

Chris York
 
I always ran 185's on my 67 2000SC in New Zealand, and even had 14" Series 1 SD1 alloys on there in latter days, also with 185's on there.. never had any problems at all. I probably only did about 50 miles a week, but she was my daily runner for probably about five or six years before I added a 3500S and Citroen BX to my fleet..

She was well known around Christchurch in the early to mid 90's..
 
Ive done thousands of miles on 185s on my 2000 after buying a part worn set from a 3500 complete with hubs (should be changed now because of the age!) and have never had any trouble at all, but it does b8g&er up your speedo!
 
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