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Originally Posted by kailashnj  Hi Guys,
I have an Indica 2005 model. Recently I upsized the tyre to 175/70 R13. Now after the upsize I feel the brakes are not working fine and when driving fast and you brake the feel of braking is absolutely nil. This is a huge concern for me.
Have you guys experienced such kind of problems after tyre upsize. |
When tyres are brand new, they may not grip all that well for the first 500 kms or so (this is mentioned in the tyre bible at the carbibles website). After tyres are run in, braking should improve.
With wider tyres than stock, dry braking should normally improve unless you got poor quality tyres. Hope you are maintaining correct tyre pressures. Wet braking could be worse than that of stock tyres because of increased possibility of aquaplaning, but I don't think this is the explanation in your case. There is also a remote possbility that your wider tyres ae fouling with the brake callipers. Note that as speeds increase, the tyre sidewalls will flex more and possbility of fouling increases. In any case, get your brakes thoroughly checked and also check the clearances from the tyre sidewalls to rule out fouling (I read somewhere that there should be minimum of 4 mm clearance to account for increased flex at higher speeds).