will these tyres fit?

Post by **CBA** » 26 May 2011 01:12 am

Aspect Ratio: 55
Tyre Width: 195
Diameter: R15

hope they do.. trying to cure some plough-on understeer I'm getting in the wet

and I wasn't even giving it any beans.. could be diesel on the road but I'm not taking the chance, I want wider tyres - end of discussion

Post by **CBA** » 26 May 2011 01:22 am

or can anyone sort me a list of what can I get away with on normal 13" steels? and the cutoff point for having to start to limit the steering angle?

Post by **Chris_C** » 26 May 2011 05:24 pm

Wider tyres will have less grip on slippery lubricated surfaces, weight per surface area is decreased (leg vs snowboard scenario)

Buy good tyres, not big ones.

FWIW, I run 195/50 15's on a correct offset 7" wide wheel

Post by **CBA** » 26 May 2011 11:28 pm

I'm buying Good, Big tyres - but inexpensive - maybe alloys.. the whole package.

Post by **Speedy88** » 27 May 2011 08:13 pm

Dude listen to chris, he knows his acorns. You will get much more grip in the dry but if you're having problems in the wet, you'll be better with a tyre which displaces the water better.

Post by **SteveP** » 28 May 2011 12:20 am

195/50/15's will be absolutely fine if you get a good brand, continental, toyo, bridgestone - spend some cash on them. I wouldnt've said that size was big enough to really badly affect wet weather performance

Post by **macplaxton** » 28 May 2011 07:59 am

Most things are over-tyred these days. Having messed around with wider, lower profile boots in the past, I've come to the conclusions that skinny tyres are the best (for my purposes).

155/80 13s FTW!

Post by **CBA** » 02 Jun 2011 08:13 pm

I'm winning a set of tyres for 2p

, brand new "winter" soft tyres - should be perfect a tad* over "correct" pressure

Post by **CBA** » 06 Jun 2011 12:00 am

I used to have winter tyres on the front of my 85' 340, that went round corners so much better... and with a bit of extra psi you don't really notice the fuel consumption increase with the softer rubber

I always get used tyres - a) they're cheap as chips, b) don't mind wearing them out in half the time because of over inflation - new tyres have too much drag, unless they're steel belted radial GT yada yada.

- the manual says 50.4MPG at 56mph, sure I get that if I really wring every mile out of the petrol but my odometer only clocks up miles now and again, no way to tell.

For this sort of purpose I think the winter compounds, slightly over inflated 44psi - really do the trick, good mileage and the grip is Nice*, for emergencies under 50mph just slam on - they pull up with an unbelievable degree o' violence, love em!, would be good for autotest

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