what is your preference? comfort and quiet or spirited driving style?
15" kumho ecsta range should be around 200 bucks. continental comfort 5 is comfortable but sidewall is much softer
thus unsuitable for spirited driving style.
also, accelera atr sport is quite decent for its dirt cheap price.
17" cost me less than 230 each and am currently trashing it here. the thick tread is kinda suitable for the rough asphalt road.

you have to change both of the front tires to new ones at once.
other option if you're on tight budget ; if your rear tires is still in good condition, swap both of the rear tires with the front ones and buy a used tires(similar brand / model / tread pattern tires / age) to replaced the worn out tires.

Spirited driving lol.

CC5 is a tad bit too pricey

We use the same tire!

Am looking into FM901 or Hankook.

Both around 200.

Any comments from users of ContiPremiumContact 2??

guys.. is 195/50/16 consider a rare size?
cos i check the tire price list at autoworld and there's only 1 recommendation for this size..

Hi all, I have many questions in my mind right now. Hopefully someone can enlighten me about it.


I am currently driving MyVi SE Manual 2010 and mileage about 40000 km already. Ok, about last month, I noticed 2 things about my tyres, (1) my front tyres had worn out already and (2) there are a humming sound came from my back tyres. So I changed the front tyres to Continental and back tyres to Silverstone. The mechanic said the humming sound is came from the uneven tyres surface resulting from the old absorbers.

So I changed the both back absorbers with new one. 1 absorber cost RM 80 so both cost me RM160. But after that when I drove the car, it not smooth anymore. Feel really bumpy and "keras".


1. Is this bumpy and "keras" feeling is from my cheap absorbers or is it from the new tyres? (Maybe new tyres a bit hard? I don't know lol)
2. If it is from my absorbers, do you recommend me to change to new more branded and good quality absorbers or just use this first?
3. can I know the brand and price of decent absorbers currently in the market?
4. Best for me to change the absorbers (if recommended) at the Perodua Service Centre or just any workshop?
5. One more thing, when I going down a hill, when braking, the stearing will vibrate.. What are the possible causes? Is it the braking problem? Also when driving in high speed then braking, the car will "tersentak-sentak" one.

the falken ze912 seems nice, but the reviews damn vague..some say damn good, others say damn shit..lol

cos earlier batches have AA ratings.. newer ones have A rating for traction only..

quality dropped?

stay away from dunlop's indonesian made fm901. tread pattern is nice but with 220 treadwear rating does not
do justification to the performance.
its grip and traction in wet sux' big time. tires does not help esp. when we get used to late braking.
here is my experience with fm901 ;
-lousy wet grip.
-'floating' feel during high speed and the directional tread does not help in aqua planning.
-a lot more noisier than gsd3! i posted my experience using it in v1 tread.
even the achilles atr sport perform better than fm901.
hankook or federal is definitely a better choice.

quite rare. obvious choice is the lousy nct5 and maybe the slightly better csc2 which is oem of neo.
yokohama dna series used to have 'em in rare size.


- new absorber tend to be slightly harder than those worn out ones. depending on brand. those 'ayam' brand will not last long thou. better go for reputable brand like apm, sachs or monroe.
- the new silverstone tires might have a harder sidewall compare to your continental.
wait till tires fully run-in.
- you can change at any reliable workshop. psc usually charge higher.
- in your case, vibrating steering could be due to worn out steering bushes or tires / brake factor. have you do wheel balancing? since its already 40k km mileage, about time to do brake fluid bleeding and get rid of the bubbles.

ze912 used to be good but compound is on the softer side, hence the shorter tread life.
the new tread pattern with slightly different compound does not offer as much driving pleasure as the old ones thou.

The other tire that I noticed is the Silverstone Kruizer NS700

Any feedback?

quite good in dry but wet grip sux'.
skid at further distance during wet braking.
if you really tight on budget, silverstone evol or achilles atr sport worth looking at.

Will keep note of that

Thanks!

I am using CPC2 195/50/R16. Grip is good for the price you paid, especially wet. Noise? Not really good, kinda noisy, maybe my car's insulation not good? Other users reported that this tire will wear faster, not sure...

Conclusion: For RM268 per piece, I cannot find any other tire that is better than this one in term of C/P

want to ask recommendation and price for :
245/45/19
and
255/40/19

budget around 3k if possible ~ silent profile ~ brand ?

changed to PS3 on Sept 2010.
After 11 months this is my thread pattern. any comments? how many % left?
covered 25k km.
in the next 2 weeks will cover 1000km for balik kampung trip
size 225 45 17
car 08 vw golf gti mk5



still thinking about my next tyre, but no michelin PSS or CSC5 for this size
any comparison of new GY assym 2 vs PS3?

pss smallest is 18"

hi any comment on Yokohama Drive R1?love to speed and whacking corner too...soo im planning to change to tis after 2yrs on contiC1 - SIZE 215 45 17 - any comment/shop recommendation ? budget RM350 per donut if can get lesser is bonus for me!...klang not familiar...kl area or rawang can..

speeding and whacking corner with traction class A tires? not a good thing to do bro.. always go for UHP/traction AA tires for your own safety..

17" and rm350? seem abit low on the budget side.. michelins ps3 and bridgestone andrenalin would be priced out.. i would go for hankook evo v12 or kumho ku31..

This post has been edited by reef_d: Aug 23 2011, 11:58 AM

ic..any specific shop on klang valley for hankook evo v12 or kumho ku31?