Technical Tyres : your experience with different brands please

[Fiat Silo 1.4 16v 3 Door]

FireStone Firehawk TZ200

Good All round tyre

Grips good, quiet and wear well

Not a bad price too!

 

[Muppet1]

Have narrowed down my choice of tyres to the following;

195/65/15

Goodyear NCT 5
Goodyear EXCELLENCE
Pirelli P6000

Anyone have any views on the above or have them please.

Ta.

 

[Argonought]

Pirelli P6000

Anyone have any views on the above or have them please.

It's a good all rounder but personally I'd pay a bit more for the P7 as it seems to wear so well on the Stilo (something to do with it's asymmetrical tread I think :chin and it gives you a fair bit of feedback.

 

[fubar]

Personally as someone who drives in all weathers in the UK (a country which had probably less than 20 days of sunshine in 2008) I would rather go for a manufacturer approved all-rounder like the P6000/P7 than a summer tyre.

Surely if your car is fast then performance is not gonna be overly handicapped if your tyre is designed for ice & snow?

The Goodyear Eagle F1 GS D3 & Pirelli P-Zero Nero look increasingly limited in the severe weather safety departments...

 

[Muppet1]

Does anyone know the widest tyres i can put on the standard 15" steel wheels please, was thinking maybe 225 or 215.

 

[Argonought]

Does anyone know the widest tyres i can put on the standard 15" steel wheels please, was thinking maybe 225 or 215.

You'd do far, far better to spend your money on a decent tyre make than mess with changing standard spec.

The main advantage of the 15" is great fuel economy so why waste it

 

[Muppet1]

Well have just bought a set of 17" blades now so am awaiting them arriving, They need a bit of work though but did get all four for £170 with 3 good tyres on.

So thats that sorted now anyhow.

 

[fubar]

I'm gonna put these on my Coupe 16V. LOL!!!

 

[johnson550]

nifty

 

[jonathanbees]

bought a stilo 115 jtd fan 4 brand new wanli directonal tyres on it car had a very loud wheel bearing noise on the frount so i changed both but noise still there turned out to be the tyres so i put 4 kuhmo ku 31's on car is now supurb no noise atall