[Beemer]

I 've always been reading in this forum ,people asking for the Tyres/Alloys size upgrade ..

Now we all know going for such upgrade would not have a good affect on the suspension and the ride quality ,still we blindly go for it and the end result is ,sooner or later we start complaining about the ride quality !

I know those big tyres/alloys look great but why do we forget that when the manufacturers are providing good/decent tyres as OE ,they aint fools ,they know what the car actually requires and what would serve the purpose .

I know many of you would say ,we 've to find the right tyre/alloys size upgrade for the car and that would not have an impact on the ride quality and so on but i would like to differ with them slightly .. let me tell you why ..

I Purchased the Octavia in june 2002 ,the version was Ambiente(with no alloys) .. I was looking for the after market alloys as the original ones were very expensive .. I had to wait for 3 months before i could get them cos the car(skoda as a brand) was new in the market and no body was ready to import the alloys ..

After its availability ,i got the 15in alloys fitted on the same OE tyres and the day i got those fitted ,i have to admit , i lost that exemplary ride quality ,by no means it was bad but yes it did suffer slightly ..
Now i was kinda surprised cos 15 inchers are meant for the Octavia and the co. itself recommends the same ,so why i had to compromise ,the reason being the configuration of those alloys were not what Skoda actually reccomends ..

I would say if you dont wanna compromise on the Ride quality(atleast i dont wanna) ,you should stick to the original tyres/alloys or you could always buy the same size alloys in the markets ..

P.s The above is based on what i 've actually felt and experienced many times but i may be wrong as i dont think i have much f knowledge about these stuffs ,so all those gurus who disagree please do enlighten the facts .

Thanx.