Hello there!

My head is swimming with info about tires at the moment. Could someone help a brother out?

Currently using the MC5 on the 1.6 Turbo. Looking to change them.

Reading reviews, there's a whole plethora of good reviews for this or that...Doesn't help in the decision making. It's like a bloody rabbit hole

Anyways, I've narrowed it down to:

1) Conti MC6
2) Hankook S1 Noble 2

However, these following tires have come up in the discussion as well:

1) Hankook V12 evo2 (this one comes up a lot, but wear and tear seems to be an issue?)
2) Goodyear Excellence (Came up once or twice in this thread)
3) Advan Fleva (Scattered across the forum. Usually comes up when MC 5/6 is mentioned)
4) Dayton DT 30 (this was recommended by someone in one of the 408's thread. Might be this one)

PS3/4 - This seems to be highly praised. Alas, the price is out of my budget. Sooo yeah. That's a no.

Would really appreciate some input guys. Or at the very least, point me in the right direction...what should I be looking out for?

The MC5 I'm currently using is actually not too bad. I'm looking for something that retains its handling but with a little bit more comfort. The only time when I need exceptional handling is when I go through Karak/genting. Only happens once or twice a year though.

I think I too am a more laid back driver. Unless I hit the highway...then it becomes a bit more of a spirited drive.

How is it changing from a 225/45 to 215/50? I'd imagine better comfort and FC. Or is it negligible? 215/50 is much cheaper as opposed to 225/45 right?

Thanks for the feedback bro!

Huargh! More options! Hahahahaha.

Thanks bro. I’ll look it up and see what the reviews say. Any local reviews for this tyre? Haven’t actually checked yet

When you say the balancing will go around 5k...you mean it’ll be off, or will only settle after 5k km?

Thanks for the input! Mere y ou on the MC5/6 prior to this?

You're comparing to the MC5 or MC6 yeah? Does anyone know how much comfort/handling would be affected if I were to change to 215/50? Or would it only matter if I push the car beyond a certain speed. I generally average 140 when I hit the highway. Admittedly, this doesn't happen very often.

However, I'm thinking I should get a tyre for the "worst case" scenario. The engineer in me

Another thing that I've been thinking about is the marriage between the suspension and tyre...Since the 408T is tuned for performance (hence the tires and suspension), what would be affected if I change the tires but keep the suspension. Would it be a minimal change in comfort?

Hmmm. That doesn't sound good. Thanks for the info. Will feedback to le wife. Since it's her car and I'm merely her driver. I do the homework, she gets to sit in the passenger's seat. Lol.

Well as you said, there is already a difference in the diameter of the spring. What other parts are you talking about? Both the NA and THP are essentially the same car; it'd make sense for them to share virtually everything?

Discussed with the wife and she seems inclined towards the Conti MC6 (Mostly due to the stock being an MC5 and her brother trusting the brand). Says she's ok with the current comfort level. Hmmm.

Out of curiosity, how fast have you pushed the car ever since changing tyres? I'm leaning more towards the FK510 and the GY Excellence myself. The Falken gets rave reviews but the GY seems to be a mixed bag. I'm more inclined to trust a fellow engineer though

PS: I did consider the PS3/4 but it's definitely out of the budget. More so considering I'm not a speed demon

Well, can't have your cake and eat it. Gotta trade one for the other eh? You're right though. Might just go with the MC6 since there's no critically bad review on it. Don't wanna get something else and have the wife bising later...especially since she's leaning towards the MC6.

Seems like the Excellence isn't too bad a choice, especially given it's price and actual usage. Thank you for the feedback. Appreciate it.

I think he's using the 215/50. Trying to emulate the NA's ride characteristic bar a suspension change.

Thanks for the feedback mate! Seems like my wife did a 180 and wants to go with the PS4 instead. Heh.

Thank you everyone for the valuable information! My wife and I now both do tyre spotting on other cars to see what tyres they use

Eh. Slight misunderstanding. She did a 180 degree change of heart. Hahaha. I can't imagine her pushing the car that fast. As long as I'm on the highway she doesn't get too kancheong. Going fast within the city highways...yeah. Hahaha.

Good thing she finally bought her own car. Learning how to care for it etc. Albeit I'm the one doing most of the caring for her

On an unrelated note, anyone managed to swap the driver's side wiper to the passenger's side? Someone did a tutorial on V1 but I think that's for the old model of the wiper blade. I can't seem to do it on the new one.

Hello!

Does anyone know how much the service will cost after the 100k interval? The front page only has till 100k.

Also, I read in the extended warranty booklet that the battery is covered under the warranty? I thought batteries generally aren't covered, or am I understanding this wrong?

Hello again!

Apparently the battery on the wife's Pug is lower than 50% and would require battery replacement at some point. I did some research around, and these two brands always pop up:

Varta
Amaron

So what's good for a DIN 66 for the 408 Turbo? Anyone care to chime in?

If you don't mind my asking, which Amaron is that? I see quite a few when searching. Is it the long life one?

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Another question regarding Varta...I see people commenting about GERMAN varta. However, I see lotsa KOREAN one being sold. Is this a myth or does it actually not matter where they manufacture the battery?

Whoah. Isn't DIN 75 a bit much though? Don't wanna give the SC reason to reject future warranty claims (on the extended 2 years warranty now). So seems like Korean made Varta is good as well eh? Any experience on this Amaron? I see some going with 18months of warranty.


Not to knock on you man...but I read a lot of mixed reviews about the marathoner. Some say its superb (like yourself), some complain of it dying right after the warranty ends. So I'm of two minds about it.

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Also, to the both of you, what's your driving pattern like? Any dashcam/car charger plugged in?

Thank youuuu!

Thanks for the feedback!


Ah...Alright. Thanks for that. So no biggie if I were to use a Din 75 yeah. I remember reading somewhere that the capacitor might be affected due to the bigger capacity. Or did I remember it incorrectly

Eh. Brain fart. Thanks for the lengthy explanation...but I actually meant alternator Sorry for that.

But good job on the explanation. Almost ELI5

Didn't know they got higher amp alternator. Did you retrofit one to your car since you're running a DIN 75? Or is the stock just fine since it's only about a 14% increase in capacity?

Nice. Thanks for all the feedback. Would be able to make more informed decision for the wife's ride

PS: Not an electrical geek. Just happen to know basic electrical stuff is all. Far too much to learn still.

A bit of a long shot, did anyone here change their head unit to something that has Apple CarPlay?

Anywhere I can go to that has more info regarding this? Seems to be a very niche interest and resources are hard to find

That's the same unit that I saw on Aliexpress. Considering that now since the current HU unit sot sot dy

Mind to share where that picture was from? I see a something plugged in, could possibly be the adaptor that allows for carplay. Wanna ask actual owners that installed that.

Looked up videos on installation of the HU for the 308...Since it's essentially the same car. Doesn't look too hard to be honest. I think most people could pull it off!

Thanks!

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Speaking of ECU remaps, what other mods can the 408T do?

Also, curious question. Vaguely remember this from college. If the exhaust/downpipe is modded to be without the catalytic converter...doesn't it effect the emissions of the car? Or is it only minor...or is it combined with something else. Also...would you need to apply for such a mod from JPJ?

Finally...I remember discussing this ages ago: Doesn't the cat converter provide some sort of back-pressure? Or is that why the ECU needs to be remapped to account for that. I'm guessing this mod only works for cars with ECUs that can be flashed.

Discussion for the sake of technical knowledge since I don't think I'd bother with doing any of those things

Yup. Saw some youtube videos...the U-shaped hook. Honestly, it looks quite doable! Gonna experiment with a normal screw driver to see if it'll budge. Not too sure it will though since it has a sort of hook that needs to be pulled out internally. See lah first can or not.

The adaptor only works on android system above a certain update...at least that's what I read. I don't have the highest amount of fate in android car systems (after reading some horror stories online) so wanna check with actual users to see if it's stable enough

Haaa. Finally something I learned in uni is useful

Regarding the emission, is there a significant amount of smoke? Or just the smell? JPJ isn't for any upgrading...it's for the emissions change. But if not visible, I don't think anyone would be the wiser, especially if the car looks stock.

How responsive does the car feel now? Vroom vroommmmm?

Nice. Thanks!

EDIT: Pugbunny Link seems to be dead? Opened from my phone and it's still the same thing

Is it in the "Peugeot 408 Owner Club Malaysia"?

EDIT 2: Nvm, I think I found the post. Did some looking around. Thanks again!

This post has been edited by marquis: Nov 19 2019, 01:50 PM