yes... is good enough... it hold wells in wet or dry... but if you need better grip in dry then u might need to try those extreme tires...

what size you mean???? 17" or ur current one (what is ur current size)

yes, y not.... as long as in the same axle (front or rear) you have same model...

your original 14" size???? that size don have real performance tires la... more towards comfort...
i can put 185/60 R14, Falken 912, Michelin PP2, Toyo Teo Plus, both PP2 and Teo Plus is a lil expensive around RM200... 912 is nice and cheap, but the thread tends to wear a lil fast...

Hankook V12 or Nexen 8000

well teo plus is better la... if you say Kumho is good then Michelin XM1 also not bad... but it is not cheap...

well it can be consider quiet already coz there is much more tires that is more noisy... you are rite, directional is a lil more noisy than Asymmetric tires or Symmetric tires...
If you want quiet tire u need to find Asymmetric tires where is meant to be more quiet...
for 15" size PS3 is a safe bet, or you wanna try BS RE001 also around PS3 price but wet braking is not as good as PS3... cos it's traction is only A rated and PS3 is AA...
i'd V12 on Vios b4 for 1yr but now on PS3 already, while the V12 is swapped to SEG already... not much complaint on noise, of course i want tire which have lower noise but the most important is it's traction...
you need to set priority on ur tire preference, Traction, Comfort, Noise... rank urself...
comfort and noise is really depends on ur ride too coz it's suspension and noise insulation is different on every model...

PP2??? stock tires is PP1 is not PP2...
Nexen is within your budget, as below RM350 cannot fit much model in... you can try 215/45 R17 for GY F1 Asy but it is near to RM400/pc and Michelin PS3 where it is about RM450/pc... both is quiet and grippy...
if you don mind Nexen is nice and cheap, quiet some numbers of ppl using it and there is not much complaint for that value...

This post has been edited by michael9413: Nov 29 2010, 02:24 PM

then on that Traction is very important... go for Goodyear F1 Asy... should be below RM400
it is Asymmetric tires, lower in noise...
it is quite comfort as per feedback and it is grippy... Nexen 8000 feedback is good but Falken 912 ppl said thread is wearing faster than expected...

haha... the size you are on is hard to get nice tires... and 16" and 17" tires is much more expensive... at least u need RM300++ to get nice tires
or else stick to 15"... on 17" you should be on 205/45 R17 then you can get better tires to use... Hankook V12, Federal 595 Evo, Falken 912 and also Conti CSC3... best bet is Goodyear F1 Asy...

This post has been edited by michael9413: Nov 29 2010, 04:23 PM

good enough... T1R is a lil soft as per feedback... Federal 595 Evo is nice...
what is your size... how much per tires you are willing to pay?

well try Federal 595 Evo, Nexen 8000 or Hankook V12... 595 Evo and V12 is directional but noise is minimal...
those tires should survive 30k km...
GY F1 asy is good but about RM400/pc...

but as i said if you want to save a lil cost in the tires never upgrade it to 16" or 17" if not prepare to fork out some nice cash to pay for better tires or else u use cheaper tires and get less traction...

you are rite traction is more important that others... without good traction, easily it will cause you more problem... just imagine with better traction tires u r able to stop in shorter distance, if not u meet an accident how much it will cost you... the repair cost might be another set of tires???

This post has been edited by michael9413: Nov 30 2010, 06:57 AM

haha... BS ar... some numbers of their tires is not performing well in wet la... when u see their MY-01 (Traction B), RE080 (Traction A), RE001 (Traction A)...
all of them does not perform well in wet braking which is important for us (i think la...) coz our country rains very frequent and in KL, our driving speed is very fast... so it might fail you when you need the traction during braking...

look for Hankook V12 or Federal 595 Evo... personally i did have a set of V12 and it is performing well... some user of 595 Evo feedback, the tire is quite a neat performer also...

those special size i don think much ppl have info...

well federal is ok la... something like Hankook...

Last long or not depends on your driving also, of course the condition of roads also might affect it's wear rate...
both tires is considerably quite comfort and less noise already... compare to those aggressive directional tires like GY F1 GSD3, Yokies S Drive and some others...

i would say try Hankook V12... or Nexen 6000... F1 GSD3 is not silent at all...

then u can stick to those Dunlop D-01 or others local tires... but frankly speaking i really agree with Rascal Stitch...
to be safe than sorry...


agree a million times... ppl should get proper tires, not cheap tires... after accident regret also no use...

if about RM400 at the size of 215/45 R17 get GY F1 Asy... nice tire... silent with comfort...

This post has been edited by michael9413: Dec 2 2010, 08:44 PM

yea... V12 or Federal 595 Evo or Nexen ur choice...
but best is GY F1 Asy

ya ho... u have S1 evo also it start on 17" also

yes yes... S1 evo... need more feedback on those...

then F1 Asy or V12 is ur choice...

PS3 sidewall is harder than V12... V12 sidewall is more flex than PS3 during hard corner...
if you think V12 sidewall is soft then PS3 is just nice... just stick to ur stock tire pressure recommendation PS3 should work well but with V12 u need another 1~2 PSI to feel better...
using it b4 switch to PS3 and also the grip wise PS3 also slightly better than V12...

side wall sifter means more comfort... but handling will loose out a bit cos the tire sidewall will flex during the corner...
V12 i think did a great job la... but noise is very subjective... overall V12 user is quite happy...

S1 Evo starts at 16" as per bro KC mention... PS3 will not be that cheap 195/50 R15 easily cost you RM230... as i know 195/55 R15 is around RM260 now... Hankook V12 Evo is around RM190

195/45 R15 is odd size so u should maintain to ur current size...