Hi bros, need your advises.
Driving a 7 years Iswara 1.5 manual, long version aka taxi version.
Stock tyre 175/70/R13, on Falken SN828 tyre.
Recently raining season, skidded twice on water accumulated area.
Would like to improve the tyre.

If improve the rim to 14', will it be better? What rim size and tyre is recommended?

if to change tyre only, which one is good?
From the limited choices, looks like only Michelin XM1 and Conti CC1 and Yokohama A.Drive are ok.

thank you very much on the input.

If 14 it will be 185/60/14.

Refer here http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Tire-Size-Calculator

Keep to the 3% rule

Best tyre for you will be Yokohama C-Drive 2. Performance with comfort.

Drive carefully, bro, skidding is dangerous.

Some prices for you as a reference

185/60R14
BRIDGESTONE AR10 82V - RM215 3S Specialists Ara Damansara (Feb-13) B+A+N.Gas
Bridgestone Turanza AR10 - RM175 Hin Leong (Feb 12)
Continental CC5 - RM180 Moh Seng Tyre Battery, Malim Jaya, Malacca. (May 12)
Falken ZE322 - RM140 Jooi seng, Klang - (may 12)
Falken ZE322 - RM140 Soon Jaya, Tmn Merdeka, Malacca (Indonesia) May 12
Falken ZE912 - RM150 Soon Jaya, Tmn Merdeka, Malacca (Thailand) May12
GOODYEAR DURAPLUS - RM180 3S Specialists Ara Damansara (Feb-13) B+A+N.Gas
Hankook Optimo ME02 - RM210 Drive-in Motorsports Sri Petaling (Sept 12)
KUMHO KH17 - RM165 3S Specialists Ara Damansara (Feb-13) B+A+N.Gas
Michelin XM2 - RM 191 3S Specialists Ara Damansara (Feb-13) B+A+N.Gas
Michelin XM2 - RM185 Hin Leong (Feb 12)
PIRELLI P6 82H - RM182 3S Specialists Ara Damansara (Feb-13) B+A+N.Gas
Radar RPX900 - RM140 Yu Leck , Rawang (Feb 17 2013) - Made in indon by Omni Tyre
SILVERSTONE M3 - RM168 3S Specialists Ara Damansara (Feb-13) B+A+N.Gas
Sime Astar A100 - RM160 Moh Seng Tyre Battery, Malim Jaya, Malacca. (May 12)
Yokohama A.Drive - RM147 Hin Leong (Feb 12)
Yokohama C.Drive2 - RM 168 Hup Shun SS3 (inc Valves & Balancing) (Jan 13)
Yokohama C.Drive2 - RM153 Hin Leong (Feb 12)
Yokohama C.Drive2 - RM160 Jooi Seng, Klang (may 12)

SOS


This post has been edited by cfa28: Mar 29 2013, 10:52 AM

Thank you!
now going to shopping for 14' pcd114.3 rims.
Not sure easy to find or not. 2nd hand pun kena take already.
Dunno Jooi Seng got or not.

There should be plenty of 14' Rims for Iswara. Always remember Never buy from the first shop that you visit.

Check out the Tyres shops at Sunway, etc or even where you normally service your Car. They may give you reasonable price as you are a regular customer but its always better to have a sense of the market price.

Good luck.

imho....stick to the 13" wheels and 175 width tires... wider tires are more prone to aquaplaning while skinner tires can cut through water easier...

perhaps get tires that are better performers in the wet... and perhaps drive more safely in the wet.

Thank you for the input!
Now what i am going to do is checking the 2nd hand rim price and tyre, if way too much over my budget, then i will change Yokohama A Drive and drive slowly on wet surface, then evaluate again.

This post has been edited by ahfatt: Mar 29 2013, 01:59 PM

this.

although on the same page, better aquaplaning performance/comfort tires are available for 14/15" compared to 13". however, if your engine performance are not tip top, you will suffer from poorer pickup and worsened FC especially in traffic jam conditions.

However for 13" size, the models are limited..

I would suggest to go for 14" and look for better tyre, at least got plenty of choice..if still dont have, can try 15"... Sure so manyyyyu choices

IF you're going for 14" for "safety", then I'd recommend you stick to the 13"s. There's not much difference in 'safety' going up by an inch. The breadth of the tires count - that's the contact surface.
Your skidding is more likely caused by worn tires than smaller rim size. And remember, going up an inch means having thinner tires, so the overall diameter is still the same. You would have changed nothing (except your bank balance)
My personal opinion: Change to 13-inch tires with better threads. I'd say something in the range of Conti CC's or Yoko C-Drives.

problem: c drive/c drive 2 afaik not available for 13"
even cc5 iinm minimum also 14" as with c drive 2

Wow... times have changes a lot. I'm getting old I guess
The last set I got were Michelin Certis. NEVER regret those - the best set my 'ol Saga ever had (and still has). They were RM135/pc when I bought them in 2010. Maybe the thread starter can still get them?

i dont think those exist anymore, XM2 is the current fad, and iinm also minimum 14"

with bigger rim & tyre..feel underpowered