Punto Active Sport Tires 185/55 R15 V

[Srobboc]

Hello,

Doe's anybody know what make the tyre's are that come with the Fiat Punto Active Sport Mk2 and Mk2-B

The Current tyres are a miss-mash of all kinds of tires and i only need 1 front right tyre, as the rest of them are all new!

Does anybody know where i can get cheap tyres from, and how much they cost?

P.S. - Also my tyres sat 185/55 R15 V on the side wall,
but tyre fitter's say I need 185/55 R15 H.

Which one is correct?

 

[Citizen Smith]

Normally Fiat's tend to come with Continentals or Pirellis.
As for the V thats speed rating and higher the letter the better.

 

[Srobboc]

Cheers mate, going to get a new tyre soon!

Also is there a common problem with wiper support's bushes' breaking?

 

[Citizen Smith]

If its the one that i think your on about then yeah there pretty poor.

 

[StoneNewt]

Srobboc, you've got 4 different types of tyre on your car? If so I'd recommend getting at least a matching pair of tyres front tyres minimum. Some tyres have very different handling characteristics, especially in the wet, I found that out on my Cinqu' the hard way (went through a large puddle on the brakes, right tyre carried on gripping, the left locked up started aquaplaning, low speed stuff but a definite WTF? moment).

 

[dave]

www.mytyres.co.uk

 

[raton_laveur]

The brand of the OEM tyre really does not matter and it's quite common for car manufacturers to have more than one supplier per vehicle. That means that some cars of the same model, year, and version/trim line will come with Contis, others Pirellis, others GYear, others Michelin, etc.

Always buy the lowest speed rating that is sufficient for your car. An H-rated tyre is good to 130 MPH while a V-rated tyre will run at 150 MPH. The V tyre will always be more expensive and you will not receive any additional benefits from it. The speed rating is actually a rating of heat resistance.. The faster you go, the hotter the tyre will run so you need a tyre that resists heat better for a powerful car with a high top speed, speed limits and radars not withstanding. If you can get the correct size in a T-rated tyre and your car will not go faster than 118 MPH, then go for it and save some money.

I don't know what the MOT rules on tyres in the UK are. In Belgium you must have a matched pair (size, brand AND series) on each end of the car but the pair on the front don't have to match the pair on the rear. We also have limits on the replacement sizes you can use. Generally, you are limited to a size that the manufacturer uses. My old Clio came with 165/65 R 14 H's. I was able to use 185/60 R 14 H's because Renault used that size on a different version of the Clio for that year.

Also, the lower the profile, the higher the price given the same width and rim diameter. Have a look at Barum for a good tyre at a great price but of course prices will vary from one dealer to the next.

 

[StoneNewt]

Always buy the lowest speed rating that is sufficient for your car. An H-rated tyre is good to 130 MPH while a V-rated tyre will run at 150 MPH. The V tyre will always be more expensive and you will not receive any additional benefits from it. The speed rating is actually a rating of heat resistance.. The faster you go, the hotter the tyre will run so you need a tyre that resists heat better for a powerful car with a high top speed, speed limits and radars not withstanding. If you can get the correct size in a T-rated tyre and your car will not go faster than 118 MPH, then go for it and save some money.

I hate to, slightly, disagree with you here, but I've noticed that sometimes H rating can have lower prices than S or T rated tyres of the same dimensions (I assume H rated tyres are more common on cars, economy of scale etc), so go for the lowest price that's above your required speed rating.

 

[raton_laveur]

If you can find the same tyre in H that is cheaper than in T, by all means, help yourself to a bargain. As a general rult, H's will be dearer than T's. On the other hand, sometimes you can move up the range by getting an H even though you don't really need it. Going back to my days as a tyre salesman, you can only get the excellent Conti Premium Contact and Uniroyal R55O in H in the 185/60 R 14 and many other sizes. The T tyres are EcoContact 3 and Rallye 680. The same holds true from many other tyre makers, you gotta pay the price to get the good stuff. On the other hand, in many low profile tyres, T ratings don't exist. Some years ago the original Renault Scenic had a version that came with 205/55 R 15 V's. With only 105 HP, there was no way the car could get much past 100 MPH, but no one made that tyre in those days in anything less than a V. That really drove up the replacement cost as those were not cheap as it was a low volume size.