General Tyre choice

Repsol Joe · Dec 19, 2008

Hi all, I have a GPS T-jet and im in need of a set of front tyres. been thinking of going to a 215 40 17 instead of the 205 45 17. doing this im hoping to lose a bit of the tyre roll in hard cornering and a bit better handling due to slightly wider tyre. I was thinking michellin but they are a hard compound so good in dry not so good in wet and I live in North Wales so its always wet!!!

Let me no wat you think and wat you think of the tyres your using, thanks in advance.

Joe

Vimto Rolf · Dec 19, 2008

Repsol Joe said:
Hi all, I have a GPS T-jet and im in need of a set of front tyres. been thinking of going to a 215 40 17 instead of the 205 45 17. doing this im hoping to lose a bit of the tyre roll in hard cornering and a bit better handling due to slightly wider tyre. I was thinking michellin but they are a hard compound so good in dry not so good in wet and I live in North Wales so its always wet!!!

Let me no wat you think and wat you think of the tyres your using, thanks in advance.

Joe

ive asked about this before mate:

https://www.fiatforum.com/grande-punto/169491-tyre-recomendations.html

https://www.fiatforum.com/grande-punto/170483-good-price.html

have a look at those two they should help a bit

Repsol Joe · Dec 19, 2008

Thanks Rolf, lot of info on them threads about different brands but not a great deal of info about changing tyre size

Vimto Rolf · Dec 19, 2008

Repsol Joe said:
Thanks Rolf, lot of info on them threads about different brands but not a great deal of info about changing tyre size

sorry i dont know much about tyres so it seemed wise to link you to some similar threads

punto_matt · Dec 19, 2008

Waste of time just stick to 205s and drop down to a 40 profile if you must.

Repsol Joe · Dec 19, 2008

Also wat about tyres with a higher load rating so the walls or the tyre would be stronger and have less flexi in them when cornering, just another thing my local tyre serives mentioned, thought I'd ask of peoples opinions on here too.

Thanks

punto_matt · Dec 19, 2008

Have you lowered it? Im suprised you find the tyres bad as the body rolls way before the tyres start to go.

Repsol Joe · Dec 19, 2008

No I haven't lowered it yet, it is a future plan as I cant afford it atm due to being made redundent. maybe the body role is more the problem than the tyres

punto_matt · Dec 19, 2008

It is. The body goes way before the tyres loose grip in corners so it cant be them imo

Repsol Joe · Dec 19, 2008

ok thanks matt, well I need some new tyres on the front anyway so i'll just put the same as wats on now.
have you lower yours on springs or coilovers

punto_matt · Dec 19, 2008

Springs for the time being mate. How many miles have you got out the fronts?

Repsol Joe · Dec 19, 2008

At the moment I done about 8350 miles and they will need changing very soon and thats driving with esp on at all times

Scotty Pro Platinum · Dec 19, 2008

you guys crease me sometimes.. I get at least 15k out of my tyres, in fact, I have only replaced them once in the last three year, except that I have a new car now... so ask me in two years time.

punto_matt · Dec 19, 2008

Repsol Joe said:
At the moment I done about 8350 miles and they will need changing very soon and thats driving with esp on at all times

Glad its not just me then. Im down to the indicators on the tyre so ive stuck them on the back and im now wearing down the back tyres which have gone on the front.

Scotty Pro Platinum said:
you guys crease me sometimes.. I get at least 15k out of my tyres, in fact, I have only replaced them once in the last three year, except that I have a new car now... so ask me in two years time.

Great, thanks for that. What engine do you have? Tjet? And what tyres do you put on? I did over 20k on my last set of tyres on my last car and they were no way near being replaced so meh

Repsol Joe · Dec 19, 2008

my tyres are well on the wear blocks, been to my local tyre service today and he said they need changing very soon. I do drive it hard on the bends thou, but thats the point in having a sporty little car, to drive it hard and have fun. isn't it

punto_matt · Dec 19, 2008

Yup, doesnt bother me in the slightest. If i was bothered about getting alot of mileage to my tyres i would of bought another 1.2

Repsol Joe · Dec 19, 2008

Too right matt, are you still using brigdestones or you gone for something else

Scotty Pro Platinum · Dec 19, 2008

punto_matt said:
Great, thanks for that. What engine do you have? Tjet? And what tyres do you put on? I did over 20k on my last set of tyres on my last car and they were no way near being replaced so meh

It's only a 1.4 Active Sport, just turned 5k miles on the original Pirelli tyres. Used to have a MK2 ELX before that and ALWAYS used Avon tyres, best bang for the buck (as they say in the USA)

If you are running tyres down at such an alarming rate << than 8k then you must be ragging the arse of your cars, especially at junctions.

tyres are made to last a specific amount of miles under "Normal Driving Conditions"

punto_matt · Dec 19, 2008

Still using bridgestones atm, when the rear tyres that are now on the front are all worn down then it will be getting Toyo T1R's or goodyear eagle F1's

punto_matt · Dec 19, 2008

Scotty Pro Platinum said:
It's only a 1.4 Active Sport, just turned 5k miles on the original Pirelli tyres. Used to have a MK2 ELX before that and ALWAYS used Avon tyres, best bang for the buck (as they say in the USA)

If you are running tyres down at such an alarming rate << than 8k then you must be ragging the arse of your cars, especially at junctions.

tyres are made to last a specific amount of miles under "Normal Driving Conditions"

Its not an alarming rate. Its got torque, its got soft tyres on it therefore they get worn down fast when im driving hard through corners so nothing to worry about. If i cared i would put cheaper harder compound tyres on it to make them last longer and not drive it so hard in corners.

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