1st of all th 16" tires with RM250 is not that good... the tires that you are saying is entree level only and don be such a cheapo, change to 16" use cheap tires...

sorry to be rude if don hav much budget 15" is nice...

normal usage is RM180 but the grip is so so only... especially wet...
the good tires starts after that...
skip Goodyear NCT5, Yokohama A Drive, Yokohama A Drive R1, Dunlop D-01, Bridgestone MY-01, Conti CC-1, Conti CC-5 and some others... those tires is entree level and will give you so so performance during wet, especially MY-01 it is rated B for traction worst others is A only... has a lot of bad experience on NCT5 so skip that too
Traction is tested for the tires during wet braking, the shorter it does the better rating it is... the rating started from C, then B, so on to A and highest is AA...
try Hankook V12 it is the best value tires so far in the 15" performance range... then others like Michelin PS3, Toyo T1R, Toyo DRB, Goodyear GSD3, Yokohama S Drive, Bridgestone RE001 or Federal 595 Evo will cost you around RM250/tire... these is those traction rated at AA...
then you have comfort premium range, although these tires did not perform up to performance range but still ok la... Yokohama C Drive, Michelin Primacy LC, Bridgestone ER series, Conti CPC series and CSC series...
so up to you to decide... u must put your budget in then choose what you want... Comfort, Handling and Noise... these 3 are the main things on the tires, if helps you to decide which to get...

BTW once you use higher range of tires and get the feel... you will never turn back... it gives you more safety and also the grip you has during wet is totally different from the normal tires...

This post has been edited by michael9413: Dec 19 2010, 10:34 PM

it will not hit ur fender if your rims offset is corrent... but as i said... stick to 15" if you are not prepare to pay more than RM250 per tires for a good tire...

205/45R16
Comfort Range -
Yokohama C-Drive (Philippines) - RM245 Hin Leong, Klang (Jun 10)
Yokohama A.Drive R1 - RM230 (Tek Ming Sunway) [trade in old tyre) Nov-10
Dunlop LM701 - RM235 (PJT Pusat Bandar Puchong) Nov-10

Performance Range -
Bridgestone RE001 (Japan) - RM350 Jooi Seng, Klang (Oct 10) - Added 6/10/10
Hankook V12 Evo - RM 300 TMK II (Feb 10)
Toyo T1R - RM355 TMK II (FEB 10)
Hankook Ventus V8RS - RM230 (Tek Ming Sunway) [trade in odl tyre) Nov-10
Hankook Ventus V12 evo - RM250 (Tek Ming Sunway) [trade in old tyre) Nov-10
Yokohama S.Drive (japan) - RM360 (Tek Ming Sunway) [trade in old tyre) Nov-10

the price list is copied from the AutoWorld forum...
from there u can see even decent (for me la...) Hankook V8RS (older model) cost you more than RM250 without trade in... V12 should be around RM280 without trade in...
if you are not prepare to pay for that pls use 15"...
if you use a comfort tire compare with performance tire it will give you different feel... and of course it will slightly improves your car's handling although not much but u can feel it...
used NCT5 (stock), Hankook V12 and now PS3 on the same car (no mod at all)... it's perform different on different tires...

that is ok ok... on the premium tires range but not as good as performance...
monitor ur tires pressure weekly as feedback said that it's side thread wore off quickly when the pressure is not enough...

16" tires will never be more comfort than 15"...
use 15" la...

try Falken 912 for comfort... Hankook V12 although it is in performance series but also not bad...
then C Drive or Dunlop D-01 is ur next choice...

most of the performance tire is not good in comfort...

ur size correct replacement should be 195/50 R15... but 195/55 R15 still can use...

honestly yes... 16" is a bit over lo... lowered the ride a lil then put in 15" looks nice... even i saw a few maintain 14" but changed rims and lowered the ride... looks nice also...
it is just personal preferences... for me i'll try to maintain my ride on 15" tires...

for comfort no 16" and 17" pls... thats all don listen to all the comments and want to do it your way then go ahead...
i'm a Vios with 195/55 R15 and it sucks more fuel similar as 16" also cos i'm on performance tires where the rolling resistance is higher than normal tires... but what i want can be achieve without upsizing the rims and tire, Handling and Traction capability of the tires is very good... of course do not compromise my ride's comfort... i still can corners at the high speeds without problem... so what u need is a good tires which can give you a good amount of traction during dry and wet...

u wan better handling then F**K A Drive... i take another Myvi and install PS3 (195/55 R15) tires on it then it can beat your ride's handling easily coz the tires that you are using not as grippy although 195 vs 205... wider tires does not means more grippy, u need a good tire compound to do it too...

cheers...

Y ppl don understand that better tires will give them improvement on handling and also traction of the cars

This post has been edited by michael9413: Dec 20 2010, 11:06 PM

i think u got ur mindset fixed... go ahead and get a set of 16" and experience urself... then you know what is the problem after some time, further more the tires cost you more for 16"... entree level tires same price with my 15" performance tires

bro it is Falken 522... Skip that tire... it is like GY NCT5 after 50% wears, it's traction in wet sucks...

that is entree only... it does not reach the level...

Michelin PS3... cheaper than RE001, perform better in wet and a bit more comfort...
price for 195/50 R15 should be less than RM250... but i think RE001 is also around there...

RE001 is ok but not as good as PS3 in wet... traction rating for RE001 in wet braking is A but PS3 is AA...

PJ area??? try Sunway Tek Ming or Hup Soon and see...

well Myvi is dangerous to do all those higher speed corner... depends on your skill and setup...
Try to install Rear Stabiliser and see, it will improves the handling...

my advice is PS3... even you change to 16" u also cannot do it coz the suspension setup is not made to do these kinda corners... the ride height is too high so the center gravity is high, dangerous on high speed corners...

change one at a time... try 15" wheels and rear stabilizer setup... then you feel the difference... if not satisfy then find lowered springs to lowered ur ride...

Go shops and ask, I had been told by some forummer at autoworld... He did it on his wife's ride much better in handling....