Re: Skoda Laura : Tyre & wheel upgrade thread Hi. I have very recently procured a 2012 pre-owned Skoda Laura 1.8TSI.
The car is fantastic to drive and there's a very big bump in the stability and the power as compared to my 2005 Toyota Corolla.
However, the tyres on the Laura (Good Year Assurance 195/65 R15) are a little used up and do not really perform well especially considering the power available on tap in the Laura. Also the right rear tyre had its belts broken and was causing a lot of hopping under acceleration. So I had this tyre changed to my spare tyre (a 2012 Goodyear NCT5 195/65 R15)
Now I do plan to get the wheels and tires upgraded on the Laura, apart from a few more performance upgrades but it is not going to be so soon. I want to spend time with 160 horses and get used to them before I feel that I want more power.
I have very recently put Bridgestone B290's 195/60 R15's on the Corolla. Since the Laura is the new toy in my garage and sooner or later the Corolla will have to go, I wanted to understand if I can put the Bridgestones (195/60 R15's) temporarily as compared to the stock size (195/65 R15's) on the Laura.
I do understand that the Laura needs performance oriented tires and I may face a fair amount of wheelspin and the TC light will keep flickering almost every time I push the throttle slightly harder, I do not want to unnecessarily spend on a set of tires and get stuck with them for another 25k to 30k kms.
If I could get to know the following:
1. Is this whole exercise possible?
2. If Yes, then approximately how much will the car's ground clearance reduce when the aspect ratio changes from 65(stock) to 60(Corolla's tires)?
3. Apart from the ground clearance, should I be looking at doing anything additional? (Please note that the car is on stock suspension right now)
4. Anything anybody over here would like to mention that I am missing out on?
Regards,
DM99 |