hey i'm using 195/55/r15 tyres

if i change to 195/60/r15

what will it cause?

is it safe to use?

This post has been edited by vexus: Mar 9 2011, 10:50 PM

a lot of place should have stock already... USJ1 Quicksave have stock but limited size...

if you are looking for comfort, 195/55 R15 is better... Falken 912 is nice, RM200/pc but wears a bit faster when you use it like a performance tire... u can try Hankook V12 but it is directional tires, so it might be a lil noisy for you... but since you say MY-01 is ok then V12 should not have any problem... MY-01 sucks la, the grip in wet like float...

you cannot fit a R17 tires to a R16 rim and also the opposite... what is your original size...
use 215/60 R16 look for GR90 it is comfort and nice although the price is a lil expensive compare to CC5..


185/65 R14??? i thought wira should be 185/60 R14... C Drive or C Drive 2 is nice...

what is your stock size... if your stock size is 195/50 R15 or 185/55 R15 or 185/60 R14 then change to 195/60 R15 is not advisable because 195/60 R15 is over +/- 3% of your stock size... over 3% it will affect your electronics calculation and also ur ABS braking too...

why you wanna change to 195/60 R15??? not comfort enough on 195/55 R15???

Called Quicksave yesterday and they do have the size. Awesome price for such a good tire too.

my stock tyres is 195/55/r15

195/55/r15 a bit too hard

195/60/r15 - a bit cheaper

This post has been edited by vexus: Mar 10 2011, 03:07 PM

is possible persona use 17ich rim wit 215/45/17?

MY01 is good for dry i guess

so it's between Falken 912 and Hankook V12 then. will look into it

by the way, is there a calculation whether to determine the percentage of size of new rims+tyres compared to stock? just to make sure it won't go over 3% increment

nah... 195/60 r15 mostly is comfort tires sometimes cheaper does not means similar quality of grip u get from it too... 195/55 R15 u can go for Falken 912, Yokohama C Drive or Michelin Primacy for better comfort... but Hankook V12, Toyo DRB is not that bad for me in terms of comfort but some ppl might felt it is still a lil hard...

still ok coz your stock is 195/60 R15 am i correct??? but you might felt a lil underpower coz the 17" rims is more heavier than ur stock 15" and your contact patch is larger so more rolling resistance and make it's FC is poorer also...

dry gri... nah... not that good also... only good for handling coz most of the bridgestone tires have slight harder sidewall compare with competitor...

http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp

use this calculator to see...

Guys need some feedback, planning to rotate my tyres.

I've done alignment twice, once after 1k service, another at about 2200km when i changed my tyres (did alignment and balancing).

It's now at about 13000km, when i rotate would it be sufficient to just do balancing or will i need to do the alignment too?

if you alignment is not out by much it is ok... but advisable to do it la.. since now a lot of them offer in package already...

normally when you rotate tires, sure the alignment will be out.. might as well do altogether in one shot.

no... it will not... except your tire wear uneven... if you hold ur steering straight it go straight then ur alignment is fine... if u release the hand it pulls to 1 side (steering turn itself) then the tires have uneven wear or the road is slanted to 1 side... normally all the roads is slanted a lil bit to help to water flow to the side and not accumulate at the center...

This post has been edited by michael9413: Mar 11 2011, 08:57 AM

cool,, yeah might as well do alignment one time

actually. the bigger the rim the bigger the tire right?

Beside nicer in terms of looks, anything else?

yup.my ori tyre is 195/60/R15..but my fren told me the not too much difference of pick up and fuel comsuption since the 17inch rim more light than stock rim

all taiko here,

is there any significant different if OEM rim&tyre 215/45/17, 7j , ET 50
change to same aftermarket rim's size but with ET 40.

in terms of speedo meter, sure it will be remain. how about handling? so far it doesn't rub anything yet.

haha... well 17" lightweight rims might be lighter than 15" stock rim... depends...
the FC and also pickup also depends on the power of the car... if 1.6 using 17" surely the effect is more noticeable than 2.0, coz the power of 1.6 is lower and with such a heavy rim and high rolling resistance u need more power to turn the wheel so ur engine need to do more work... that makes you to step ur accelerator more than usual...
then the ride comfort that you enjoy now will be gone, but it will gives you better handling... traction is another say coz it depends much on the tire compound and design... so if you say u are ready to pay RM400 per 17" tires is ok, but u expect it to be below RM300, u will get those ok ok tires lo... so the traction is no good then your safety also affected...

ET i think is offset leh... so not much difference... but make sure the new offset does not clash with any of your parts in the wheel arches... if the tire offset further out the our handling might be better...

This post has been edited by michael9413: Mar 11 2011, 12:55 PM

yeah, mine 1 is 85/60 R14, sry about my mistakes...
What is the price range for c drive and c drive 2?
Do u know where can get it cheaper?

Just to confirm, can i change my tyre from 175/65/14 to 185/65 or 60/14 on myvi stock rim? and what are the tyre recomended?
v8rs? c.drive 2? pp2 still available???

juz install 17inch rim wit RE001 215/45/17 tyre..the grip was very good and stable when cornering and speeding..but the tyre noise was noisy than my stock continental 195/60/15 tyre..

I just changed my suspension to adjustable. after all the setting and alignment, balancing and chamber set to original setting, my car pull one side to the left very strongly. But before i change it was not pulling that strong. Sifu, any help?