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mattylondon 8th November 2017 12:38 PM

Are PAX run flats still available?
 
Looking for PAX tyres in 245/690R500A for the D3. The Michelin website says there are no matches. The rim is a metric size 235x500, roughly 9¼ x 19⅔ in old money. Doubt there's a tyre out there that will fit.

Dezzy 8th November 2017 03:50 PM

The PAX wheels are different on the inside than standard wheels, they have grooves for the tyre bead to sit in and not much of a well as the PAX band sat there. I think the tyres have been discontinued so might be a complete wheel and tyre replacement, unless anyone else knows different?

mattylondon 8th November 2017 03:57 PM

That's right Dezzy. There's also an internal band that takes the weight when flat plus a special get to cool the tyre. There are used ones on ebay, but nothing new so I guess they are discontinued. :(

PsYcHe 9th November 2017 08:40 AM

Yup.. I think they were discontinued a good while ago. I think the cost put people off and they swapped them for normal wheels when the first tyre replacement came round.


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