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Old 21st January 2016, 10:58   #1
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Fiat Palio 1.1L Stile: Upgraded to 14" rims

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This is about my colleague's Palio Stile 1.1 Petrol version which he acquired last year. The car had done 27000 kms and still running on the stock Good year 165/80-R13. As the stock tyre had developed bubbles and needed immediate replacement, the hunt started.

After a few visits to a couple of tyre shops, we got to know that we are not going to find a 165/80-R13 locally and then looked for online sources. It was surprising that the price of this particular size alone is comparable to a 175 or 185 profile tyre. And thinking of a long term solution we decided on a rim upsize.

Ordered a set of 4 nos - 14" rims + wheel caps of Fiat Punto from 99rpm.com, 165/70-R14 from snapdeal.com, tubeless tyre valve set from ebay.in. This was all in the last week of December. 99rpm was closed till new year and we had been waiting or the rims for about 10 days. The rest of the stuff had reached us already. Finally the rims & wheel caps arrived on 8th Jan. We were all excited to proceed with fitment.

On 10th, we set out to a nearby tyre & wheel alignment shop and got the fitment done. Took a test drive and felt a difference in the noise levels and above all no more wobbling on the steering wheel. Just for info, the Punto rims are 5.5x14" rims with ET-41. After fitment, the wheel track didn't appear to have changed. So I presume the Palio wheel also came with a similar offset value.

Everything went well, except that the alignment guy revealed that one of the tie-rod ends is jammed and hence toe-in could be adjusted on only 1 side. Replacing the tie-rod will be addressed soon.
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Re: Fiat Palio 1.1L Stile: Upgraded to 14" rims

165/80/13 can be replaced with 185/70/13 which is easily available. My Stile 1.1 runs on them.

Best of luck with the new tyres!
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Old 22nd January 2016, 09:03   #3
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Re: Fiat Palio 1.1L Stile: Upgraded to 14" rims

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165/80/13 can be replaced with 185/70/13 which is easily available. My Stile 1.1 runs on them.

Best of luck with the new tyres!
Hi Directinjection,
Yes, the tyre shops suggested 175 & 185 profiles. But for the puny 1.1 litre engine we decided not to strain it with a wider tyre.
Also a wider tyre would compromise on fuel economy marginally. I personally felt, for a powerful 1.6 P or 1.9 D Palio a wider tyre would do all the justice but not for a 1.1 Stile.
-Ilango
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