Performance 165/80R13 tyres?
Discussion
In the good old days, there was a wide selection but now? Dunlop SP sports are still available at bizzare amounts (about £70 each mail order plus fitting etc) I tried Fire stone "skid hawks" on my last plus 2 and found them too hard, are there any sticky/soft 165 tyres available now?
Mark
Mark
I had difficulties last year looking for same size tyres for a plus 2 - 165/80 R13
1) the only H rated ones available from anywhere (and I did some searching) at that time were Michelin (XAS FF I think) at £125 each plus fitting Vat etc. - though there is a small limited choice of other tyres rated at T - take a look at the tyre finder here.
2) consider also - the other problem was my car was on the original GKN lotus alloys which were designed for a tubed tyre, they do not have the lip inside the wheel for the tyre to seal against - tyre fitters at two different centres said that would not fit tubes to the new tyres because they said they were unsafe in modern radials - I must say that I have had three experiences of tube failures over the last few years - the ribs in the tyre rub on the tube till a hole results.
My solution (though not a cheap one!) was to use it as an opportunity and fit new 14" wheels (minilite) and 175/70 R14 tyres so that the rolling radius remained virtually identical.
Let us all know what you decide upon at 165/80R13 and how they suit the car
Dave
1) the only H rated ones available from anywhere (and I did some searching) at that time were Michelin (XAS FF I think) at £125 each plus fitting Vat etc. - though there is a small limited choice of other tyres rated at T - take a look at the tyre finder here.
2) consider also - the other problem was my car was on the original GKN lotus alloys which were designed for a tubed tyre, they do not have the lip inside the wheel for the tyre to seal against - tyre fitters at two different centres said that would not fit tubes to the new tyres because they said they were unsafe in modern radials - I must say that I have had three experiences of tube failures over the last few years - the ribs in the tyre rub on the tube till a hole results.
My solution (though not a cheap one!) was to use it as an opportunity and fit new 14" wheels (minilite) and 175/70 R14 tyres so that the rolling radius remained virtually identical.
Let us all know what you decide upon at 165/80R13 and how they suit the car
Dave
Edited by dave_newcastle on Wednesday 2nd May 13:40
Edited by dave_newcastle on Wednesday 2nd May 13:44
Dave, a friend has got 185/60? 13 yoko a021 on his plus 2, still using the GKN alloys, I felt that it was over tyred and had too much grip in the dry, he wont drive it in the wet!! the Michelins are from memory a fuel economy tyre and are very hard, I had firestone fire hawks on my last plus 2 and had very little grip in the dry, they were truly evil in the wet!!I may end up going for the Dunlops, I'll keep you posted
Mark
Mark
It's not a moobile phone, but have you tried Nokian Tyres, I have a set of them on my Alfa GTV, 185/70-14 Nokian NSR2's. They are pretty grippy in all conditions.
They don't seem to do the NSR2 in that size but they have these
www.nokiantyres.com/passengercars_product_en?product=609314&name=NOKIAN+NRe
Might be worth investigating
They don't seem to do the NSR2 in that size but they have these
www.nokiantyres.com/passengercars_product_en?product=609314&name=NOKIAN+NRe
Might be worth investigating
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