If you are familiar with SS3, there's a tyre shop near the community hall and basketball court area, name's Hup Soon, they offer pretty competitive pricing plus they are Bridgestone dealers. Let me know if you need pointers to getting there.

This post has been edited by GRexer: Nov 25 2008, 12:25 PM

A year old(I supposed it's a used set) Parada Spec-2 at RM185 each is VERY expensive, considering that new ones can be had for the same price or even lower.

It's ok to mix with different profiles but it's better to keep the thicker profile at the rear as a thicker profile in front might cause the front to be taller than the rear.

A comfortable tyre with good grip would be the Michelin PP2, Goodyear Eagle F1 is decent as well(best wet grip IMO) but they seem to always have premature shoulder wear.

195/55/R15 (updated 10th of December 2008)
Falken ZE-912 RM165
Hankook V12 Evo RM200

Both from Jooi Seng, Klang

chinesepunk123, for RM200 for 16", probably the Falken ZE-912 fits your budget, well... it's the best value/performance rubber at the moment on the market from my point of view.

whis, AD07 should be around RM250-270 for 195/55R15, almost the same price got a few different options like the S-Drive, RE-001 also around that price if not mistaken.

Klang.. Maybe coz close to port, can spent less on transporting fees probably? No ideas. I find that when they offer you cheap tyres or high trade-ins, they'll most of the time charge u something else expensive to cover back. So what I usually do is just get tyres cash and carry there and install at my regular shop instead, prefer to trust my regular shop with my set of wheels which easily gets scratched.

Yokohama Parada Spec-II can be bought at around RM150/each in most of the major tyre shops in Klang Valley.

If you don't have the correct tools, just send it to your tyre shop, tell them you want to do a rotation, normally they don't charge extra especially if you are doing balancing for all the wheels.

Yeah.. but remember to change the wheels as well as the stock wheels would be too skinny to fit them 205

Great price for the tyres, don't mind sharing where you get it at the price? RM650 for 4 pieces + alignment and balancing inclusive of trade in?

Opposite giant corner shop? Got a name or something? Is it near the Carrefour? So I suppose RM650 is considered as "with trade in"? Sounds like a great price for a trip there

A.Drive AA01 or A.Drive AR01?

Well.. you can try Hup Soon in Sunway(look for Tee, the person in charge there, looks around 40-ish of age) or SS3(I usually go to the SS3 branch), they are both competitively priced.

I would suggest the Falken ZE-912 for that size of 185/60R14, they go for around RM135(Klang)-150(HupSoon) each. Best bang per buck tyre for the price in my opinion. IF you need directions, you could always drop me a PM. And no, i do not operate any of the shops I recommend.

Either Hankook V12 Evo(around RM200-210 each) or Falken ZE-912(RM165-180/each), couldn't really think of other models at the moment, probably can get Michelin PP2 for around RM200 also for the older stock(before price increase)

If fact the few choices u listed, only the Yokohama A-Drive can be considered.

For RM250/each, you can easily get the Falken ZE-912 which is a lot better than the ZE-326.

Sunway you can try Hup Shun, look for Tee and negotiate till you are happy with the price. Or you may try the shop Vannus mentioned in USJ14

I would recommend any of the Hup Shun over Tek Ming, anytime, Tek Ming kinda operates like Klang's tyre shops(some of the shops, at least), there's always a lot of hidden charges, like the price they quote you maybe didn't include balancing or maybe even installation. So if you decide to shop there, do check and make 100% sure that the price you pay is the "all in" pricing.

As for Hup Shun, if you are taking sets of 4, you can negotiate for alignment also also nitrogen fill up for the tyres.

Best bang per buck tyre for 14"-15" is the Falken ZE-912(also known as ZIEX-912), roughly RM135-150 for 185/60R14 and RM165-186 for 195/55R15

So it makes RM1580 in total that you are actually paying. Manage to find out how much each tyre costs? So that you could at least find out how much you will be paying for the wheels. Coz for RM500 trade in value, you probably can sell your set of wheels yourself for more than that price although it might take some time.

Whom did you talk to? Tee? If Tee also say price fixed then memang fixed la Nego for free nitrogen fill up lo

RM150/piece for 205/50R15 is cheap considering it's considered as an odd size

Think there's probably something wrong with the labelling of your tyres, Vios comes with 175/65R14, most would just upgrade to 185/60R14 or 185/65R14 for more choices of tyres. The tyres you've listed are not available locally except the Falken ZIEX ZE-512 and it's a very old model.

Current bang per buck is Falken ZIEX ZE-912 for 185/60R14 at a price ranging from RM135-150 each depending on where you shop for it in the Klang Valley.

You can always change to 185 in front first, no harm doing that.

But why only fronts are worn out? Rotation not done?

In fact, ZE-512 itself performs quite shitty. And I doubt it has the size of 175/65R14 locally. Malaysia's tyre business is a bit odd as in they only bring in "common" sizes and thus the other considered as uncommon sizes either not stocked, or costs more.

Depends on the car, some cars are ok with running 2 different widths front and rear as some cars have smaller track on the front. And you are right that there's no 14" for Toyo T1-R.

How fresh are your rear tyres? You might consider talking to the shop and trading in your rear tyres so that you can have a full set of 185/60R14. Is it better than putting the fresh tyres in rear, if you had to, better to stick with wider tyres in the front than rear as the Vios is a front wheel drive car.

Which Vios is this? The second generation VIOS? Then those wheels are 5" wide, not entirely perfect for 185 width tyres but it's still within manufacturer recommended specs. 5.5" would be perfect for 186 width tyres.

Yes, the Falken 912 that I mentioned are the Falken ZIEX ZE-912, it's available in 185/60R14, this I'm VERY sure as it's checked in most tyre shops locally, not on overseas websites. If both sides of the shoulders wear off than the middle, then it's a case of underinflation, but if only one side of the shoulder, it might be alignment or camber(but if both side of the camber is near equal, don't bother adjusting it, consult the Toyota service centre regarding this issue as they seemed to have a pretty wide tolerance for camber) issue.

And yes, the XM-1 is available in both 175/65R14 or 185/60R14 or 185/65R14. In fact, it even has 155/65R13(but I ain't too sure about local availability on the 13" size)

I think it's better you just stick with the stock 14", changing to 15" WILL reduce the comfort level(which I don't think is a good idea considering this is your parent's daily drive). Either get the 185/60R14(closer to the original size of 175/65R14) or 185/65R14(slightly bigger diameter, but more comfortable due to the slightly increased sidewall height)

KIN alignment is in Sunway, back row same as LINKS performance, if it's easier, it's behind Redzone and Kakimotor row.

This post has been edited by GRexer: Jan 12 2009, 07:15 PM

Advice would be to give other tyres a try, as the Goodyear NCT5 would probably cost quite a bit, but would be considered costly for the performance it gives.

If you are willing to try other size and make, then give the Falken ZE-912 a try, they are selling for roughly RM150/each complete with installation and balancing, and 4 pieces will get free alignment.

XM-1 is more biased towards comfort and fuel economy, hence. The Pilot Precedia 2 would be the more performance biased model for Michelin.

Yes, 185 width will still fit 5" wide wheels.

Problem with you changing to 15" also is that since like you mentioned, your parents basically don't give a damn about the car as long as it runs, running 15" will end up with thinner profiled tyres, and also a higher possibility to get the 15" wheels dented since I doubt your parents will be avoiding potholes and the like.

Not too sure about the 195/50R16, probably very limited choices which is why most people would just go for 205/50R16, if not mistaken, Hankook has the 195/50R16 sizing.

185/60R14 and 175/65R14 sidewall height difference is just 2.75mm(with the 175/65 being taller by 2.75mm), kinda negligible I reckon.