ARTICLE: Choosing The Right Set Of Tyres for your Car

[hellspawn]

what would be the difference in GC if i switch from 175/65R14 to 195/55R15.will it increase or decrease and by how much?

[v1p3r]

Originally Posted by hellspawn

what would be the difference in GC if i switch from 175/65R14 to 195/55R15.will it increase or decrease and by how much?

Ideally your upsize should be 195/50 R15, but 195/55 will do just fine. With 195/55, your GC will increase by about a quarter of an inch, or a little over 6 mm.

[DRAGONLORD]

My Esteem currently runs on 155/80 R13, was recommended 175/70 R13 or 185/65 R13. My question is, already my car scraps the bottom on speed breakers , will it get worst with the other recommended tyres ??? Should I just stick to 155/80 ?

[DRAGONLORD]

Also, can I stick to --/80 R13s and increase just the tyre width from 155 to 165 or even 175 ? Since I heard 175/70 does not foul the tyre well.

Need to take a decision asap so please help,

Thanks in advance.

[kpzen]

Originally Posted by DRAGONLORD

My Esteem currently runs on 155/80 R13, was recommended 175/70 R13 or 185/65 R13. My question is, already my car scraps the bottom on speed breakers , will it get worst with the other recommended tyres ??? Should I just stick to 155/80 ?

With 175/70-13 and 185/65-13 your esteem's GC will reduce by 2mm and 4mm respectively.

[DRAGONLORD]

Thanks kpzen, what about if I stick with --/80 and increase width, does the logic hold true if 175/70 doesn't foul tyre well, then 175/80 shouldn't either ? Next question being is 175/80 R13 available in any brand of tyres in India ??

[BUSA]

175/80/13 is a very wrong upsize for the Esteem. Ideal upsize is 175/70/13, all new Esteems came with this size.

[krazydriver84]

Hey Guys,

My 800 is running on stock tyres and stock rims.

Please could somebdy advise me on the upsized rims and tyres I might be able to put.

[GTO]

Look at the excel sheet in the second post, krazy driver. That ought to have recommended upsizes for the 800.

[nripin]

I have a set of 12" Alloy Rims i want to put for My Zen,The OE Size is 13"

When i downgrade to 12" what size is Recomended for me?

I checked the Excel sheet but found none there :(

Please help.

[kpzen]

Originally Posted by nripin

I have a set of 12" Alloy Rims i want to put for My Zen,The OE Size is 13"

When i downgrade to 12" what size is Recomended for me?

I checked the Excel sheet but found none there :(

Please help.

you will need 12" 114.3 PCD alloys and 145/80-12 tyres.

[iraghava]

Or you could get yourself a set of OE 12" Zen rims.

[binz]

Originally Posted by iraghava

Or you could get yourself a set of OE 12" Zen rims.

Isnt the oe 13"?Or did you mean M800 rims?

[kpzen]

Originally Posted by binz

Isnt the oe 13"?Or did you mean M800 rims?

All MPFI Zen(s) came with 12" rims.

[nischalreddy]

before i became member of this club, i changed my stock swift diesel tyres to 205/60/r 14 with HR alloys(on dealers advise.). i feel i am doing ok. will there be problems.please let me know. i do lot of high way driving