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with 18's you cant get a 'correct' size tyre in the 40 profile. 215/35/18 is the 'correct' size if you wanna maintain speedo and NEVER rub.
Having said that 215/40 is fine provided your wheels ar the same offset as stock. Might take the edge of your performance tho, i had 225/40/18 once and it really did take the shine of my acceleration :) My new tyres are 225/40/17 with no problems :)
Hey all.
Well after a long drive and a bit of research, I need tyres.
Story is my bmw 3 series is a 2002 model. Now it currently has 28,000 K's and has all 4 original Bridgestone Turanza's. They still have 50% tread although i think i need tyres regardless. I'm currently looking at getting Potenza RE050's.
can anyone recomend any other tyre ? ?
Looking for handling, quiet & comfortable.
Thanks in advance
I recently bought a set of Toyo Proxes 4s, highly reconmend them as they're not too expensive, off the top of my head they were $170 a corner.
Got them from tyrepower, the bloke recommended them as a cheaper alternative the to the Potenza.
Performance wise they're fantastic, major step up from my previous tyres. Lots of grip, the car feels that much more stable than before. I have way more confidence when driving hard.
And they do alright when emergency stopping in the wet too
im sure Ain's glad u got em :p
Leaning towards Bridgestone Adrenalin Potenza can get those for $170 a corner.
Needing some for my Astra as well hmmmm
I've got Toyo Teo+ on my convertible at present and very happy with them. Quiet - Yes! Comfortable - Yes! Performance - Not too bad, but don't seem to offer the same road holding as the original Dunlops . . . that only lasted for 30,000 km! Have been told to expect much more from the Toyos.
Wife's G hatchback has Firestone Firehawks (over 30,000 km so far and no sign of excessive wear), and they too seem to be fine, but much noisier.
potenza is a good tyre i would recommend them..
other brands to look at:
Kumho (good cheap alternative always seem to be sticky and low road noise)
Sumitumo (not known by many but had #1 tyre for 2008)
maragoni (itailian tyres, similiar to pirelli patterns but a few hundred cheaper by the 4)
pirelli ($$$ but)
yokohamas (if you dont mind forking out a bit again)
roadstones (good replica brand and cheap, hard to find nowdays but)
tyres i'd say stay away from due to bad experience:
Dunlops (overpriced fast wearing and dont have that good of grip.)
Toyos (sorry guys :P, found they have quick wear and seem to have very skinny sidewalls)
Firestones (exploding tyres...no thanks!)
Tyres heard bad stuff about:
Falken
Goodyear (over priced for what they are)
GT Radial
Continental
i run the marigoni's on the barina
ive heard good things about Nankangs