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Hi Folks,

The tyres on my newly purchased Ace Award Tristar 2004 are original and out of date apparently. I've been told they should be changed every 5 years???

I was actually thinking of purchasing some new Alloys for the van anyway and so can combine new tyres with Alloys at the same time.

First question - can I go a size or two bigger (ie more alloy, less tyre wall depth) with the Alloys than the present Steel rims without messing with the handling/ride?

Will fitting Alloys help me in my quest to get an AL-KO or BPW wheel clamp for lowering my Caravan Club insurance premium and helping me sleep at night?

I get the Van on Tuesday - so can't tell you what wheel size/PCD/bolt config. etc the original steel rims are yet.

Your help would be appreciated.

Yours - don't know much about Caravaning yet. It's my first.

John.

Thanks fella. I kind of meant bigger alloys but less rubber so same overall wheel diameter. Nothing silly like you see down Asda car park with the boy racers, just a little bigger.