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| ![]() I am looking to get a new set of tires for my i20 (2012 face lift) Sportz CRDi. After reading this thread, seems like Earth 1 is a popular choice and XM2 is another choice if budget is not a constraint. Stock tires (Apollo Acelere) lasted for 32K in 4.5 years. Still good for another 2 ~ 3K KMs. However, the wear is bad and little uneven and due to which the car slightly pulls to left. The service center guy rotated the tire and it shown the same behavior, started to pull on the right side. They are assuring me there's absolutely no issues with shocks and wheel alignment. They advised heavily on changing the tires. I tend to believe since I did drive during these trials and observed the behavior. I welcome any suggestions & comments if I needed to check suspension more closer in addition to tires. Coming back to tires, I was just trying to learn from manufacturer's website and saw that XM2 shows discontinued in Michelin India website. May be it is only for 185/65 R14 which is stock spec of i20 Asta and Sportz. I am almost convinced for Earth 1. My driving is 85% city and 15% highway. |
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After 10k+ kms with the Earth-1's I'm very happy, they look in good shape and I feel they can do 40-50k kms comfortably. They're made for India tyres afterall. | |
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BTW, any recommendations in Pune for tire swapping? HASS is only suggesting Apollo Acelere or Bridgestone B250. I am not interested in either of them. Other than Lokamanya which is far from east of Pune, I am thinking of Tire Trax in Nagar road, anyone have experienced? Last edited by Pam81 : 2nd January 2017 at 09:44. Reason: Added location and a new query as well. | ||
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I was thinking of upsizing to 15" alloys to get a less bouncier ride, but then decided against putting down extra $$ on a 5yr old car. So, going by what I read above, Earth 1s seem to have a harder sidewall, which should help with a bit of stiffness. I am running Earth 1's on my Liva for the last 1 yr (approx 16k kms now), and am totally satisfied with it. No punctures (even on a trip to Spiti). ![]() The tyre shop guy also mentioned Bridgestone B290 (or was it B250), which were priced in the same range. Any idea on those? I would most probably be moving to the stock size on the higher variants (185/65 R14). | |
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I was also referred to the brigdestones but due to my prior experience with them on my i10, I decided to go with the Yokohamas. I've about 2500 kms on these and I'm fully satisfied. They are not as soft as the Michelin's on my i10 but that to me doesn't matter much. IMO they are excellent all-rounders. I purchased 5 pcs at 4100 each. Last edited by hrbheda : 25th January 2017 at 09:44. | |
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| ![]() Looking to replace my 60k kms old Apollo 4Gs on my Elite. What all choices I have for a spec. similar to stock tyre. (195/55 R16) Please suggest options. Thanks. |
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The rate was almost same across the multiple shops in Bangalore, that I enquired with; give or take a hundred rupees or so. Considering the effort to travel over to the cheaper shops, felt this was a better deal. | |
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Here in Delhi, I am getting the 195/55 R16 profiled for.....
I am totally confused which one to go for. | |
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Read in a few forums online as well as here in tbhp, that the initial experience is good and similar to what I had. However later, the behaviour changes slightly for the worse. Since online research helped me nada on finalizing the tyre make, I went with the option available at the nearest reliable shop. ![]() | |
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BANNED | ![]() A colleague of mine has put 205 profile tyres (Maxxis) in his I20 Diesel 1.4 Asta (old gen - first facelift version). Its been about 6-7 months now and he absolutely swears by the performance of these tyres. The car too, looks really mean and aggressive after he's put these tyres on. |
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