Really? I can find those, easily.
LEXiiON
LEXiiON
Close, Sweden
Regarding the topic, I cannot shed any light on this.
And honestly, I haven't ever even thought about this. I've used several DOT tires (Like for example Mickey Thompson ET Street) without any issues.
We have car inspections every year and atleast here they never check the tires for anything else than the tread depth.
At this moment my T-bird sits on Mickey Thompson ET Streets, my Viper sits on Toyo R888's, my fathers Terminator sits on Nitto NT05R. Doubt atleast 2 of those tires have the certification you're searching for as neither Nitto nor Mickey Thompson are sold in Sweden or as of what I've found, Europe at all.
Why must you have the E certification?
Which tire model you have buyed have the E-Mark?
Yes, i know you'll get tires in 275/40R17 . But you'll get only the old Toyo R888 in 315/35R17b. I think they stopped production for 3 years and than comes the R888R.
With R888 you'll buy a semi slick with old production date. The R888R will have better warming up and better wet conditions. For street driving is R888 no sollution. It's a track tire
But why the obsession of the E-mark? That's what I don't get.
I've never heard of anybody ever checking that here in Sweden.
Can you step up to an 18" wheel?
I know the TUV cert wheels are outrageously expensive but maybe it will open the door for more tire options that are road legal.
The Austrian law says if you have a car younger than 1.1.1982 it's only allowed to use tires with E-Mark. If not it would be a hard deficit for the yearly TÜV tecnical inspection.
I know that the most guys only look on the correct tire sizes. But for the hole EU it is necessary on all your car parts. I know that they technician check the E-Mark on aftermarket LED-lamps for the license plate!
Today i see no chance for that. I have a Corvette LT1 with a lot of modifications. It takes more than one year to get ok from TUV for Supercharger, Brembo brake system, KW coilovers....
And at the wheel/tire combination was the only way to change rear from 275/40R17 9,5J to the OEM combination from the ZR1 to 315/35R17 11J.
In Austria for our exotic cars it's really not easy. If you drive an European car like Volkswagen, BMW.... It would be much easier to modify it, because here you get a lot of parts with EU certifiications.
I know it is stupid. For our hobby "car" , i live on the false continent. For this you have many more options and liberties in the States ;-)
This makes me thankful to be an American.
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This makes me thankful to be an American.
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Atleast you can get a supercharger legal.
There's absolutely no way for me to get my Procharger legal on my Thunderbird. None.
The only way is to bribe a technician to write it in under "Special circumstances". The legal way is a dead end.