... So far I've looked at hankook ventus v12, kumho ku39 and [deleted] or uniroyal rain sport 3's ...
Ive been running kumho ku39's all round now for a while and cant rate them enough. Great in the dry, superb in the wet, always had full trust in them.
Due for my fronts changing now and ordering myself a pair again.
£64.86 a tyre on blackcircles so with delivery only £141.22 to your door.
205/55R16 is too big for the GP.. the ratio would have been off and the speedometer would then be inaccurate. Apart from that, a 55 profile would increase the ride height by a further 10mm
Thats very reasonable, hadnt seen them that cheap!
Can you explain that further?
Given the speedo is already inaccurate by design - & any speedo variation with 205/55R16 would only improve speedo accuracy. 10mm is equivalent to 5mm of treadwear.
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Pirelli P Zero Nero.
Dom
i took the tyre size that came from factory on my 15" steel rims, then inputted that into tyre size calculators and went for the one with the closest ratio.
if you put the factory wheels side by side with the rims and tyres i have bought, you will not see any difference between the two in height.
To be honest, 5mm of treadwear in my mind says that you'll be due for a tyre change.
I see your reasoning - but then you used 175/65R15 (the smallest dia/circ of the within spec options) as your reference tyre.
It may have been more appropriate to use 205/45R17 as the reference tyre – i.e. close to the mean or median.
Your 205/50R16 may have min dia/circ variation with a 175/65R15 – but it doesn’t have to be that exacting
(only within a reasonable tolerance envelope) … & it’s come with an awful cost penalty.
5mm of treadwear leaves 2 or 3mm (whichever to-one’s-mind) of usable tread-depth remaining.
To my mind your over-spending & under-using on tyres.
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... Must be a mindset from work as i'm an aircraft mechanic by day lol
I've plumped for Avon zz5, reasonable price. Good reviews, so will see how it performs!