Tyres

[fred130111]

Looking to replace my rear tyres as the idiot who owned it before put 205/40/17 all round.

Fronts are fine
But with the rears I was looking at getting 225/40/17 which from what I have read are fine but the tyres I want to get are Toyo T1-R and they don't do that size but they do a a 235/40/17 or a 225/45/17

If I get the 235's I will have to up the fronts to 215 right?
But if I get the 225's they are up from 40 to 45, Is this that much of an issue?

Don't want to spend a huge about just some semi decent tyres.


Thanks!

[craig]

Depends on wheels widths at rear.

http://91mr2.com/wheel-and-tire-calculator/

[fred130111]

Thanks mate, yeah not sure of the offsets / widths etc , they are old cheapo fox racing wheels. Will have a look later

[Martin F]

Might be just as cheap buying a set of 2nd hand alloy wheels with good tyres, failing that, http://www.oponeo.co.uk/?gclid=CM2_kM2K ... tAod72AAJg

Cheapest by quite a long way

235's will be fine for the rears depending on rim widths, i'm sure whatever size is on the front will be fine, it's not as if you are running WOT round a race track all the time

[fred130111]

Thanks Martin,

Yeah I will need a new set of wheels at some point! Thinking lenso samurai d1r but for now.....

225/40/17 seems to be a incredibly rare size?

My main concern / question is would using a 45 instead of 40 at the rear have a negative effect on handling? I notice people tend to go down to a 35....

Thanks

[craig]

35 profile is simply to keep the rolling radius of the wheel/tyre combo the same as stock....

On that link above, you can play with the tyre profile to see how much the speedo over-reads by.

[fred130111]

Yeah I thought that would be why, apologies for the stupid questions. Never really cared about tyres sizes on all my other cars I have owned so my knowledge is very limited

So basically increasing to a 45 would mean the speedo will over read slightly ( not that bothered as have a GPS unit wired in ) And will also mean that there will be more flex on the tyre wall? But I guess this can be countered by slightly increasing tyre pressure?


Thanks.

[craig]

Yeah I thought that would be why, apologies for the stupid questions. Never really cared about tyres sizes on all my other cars I have owned so my knowledge is very limited

So basically increasing to a 45 would mean the speedo will over read slightly ( not that bothered as have a GPS unit wired in ) And will also mean that there will be more flex on the tyre wall? But I guess this can be countered by slightly increasing tyre pressure?


Thanks.

No such thing as a stupid question! Yeah, 45 profile on a 17 would over-read on the speedo due to the difference in rolling radius compared to the original wheel/tyre. In addition to this, you could have problems with arch/suspension/tyre clearance if the tyre profile is too big. I personally wouldn't go larger than a 40 profile front and back on 17s.

[fred130111]

Thanks dude! yeah had a think and its also lowered on tein super street coilovers so will probably be best trying to get hold of some 235/40/17!

Seem to be so much more expensive than the 225
Anyone got some suggestions that will be similar to the Toyo T1-R's


Thanks

[craig]

Falkens are good mid range tyre. That's what I'm running at the moment.

[benjo]

I've always run 215/40/17 front 235/40/17 rear but have just put 245/40/17 on rear feels and looks great cars lowered and not had any rubbing issues

[Martin F]

Falkens are good mid range tyre. That's what I'm running at the moment.

The two times i have had falken tyres i have found the tread to go down super quick, wouldn't recommend them for a mr2

[fred130111]

hmmm, everywhere I am looking it seems that the 235 is double the price of the 225

I guess I will have to measure to see if I can fit a 45 profile without rubbing. Literally cant find a 225/40/17 anywhere

[craig]

Falkens are good mid range tyre. That's what I'm running at the moment.

The two times i have had falken tyres i have found the tread to go down super quick, wouldn't recommend them for a mr2

Strange. I've had falkens for years and never had a problem with them. I had Toyo t1r once and they wore down quickly.

[fred130111]

Falkens are good mid range tyre. That's what I'm running at the moment.

The two times i have had falken tyres i have found the tread to go down super quick, wouldn't recommend them for a mr2

Strange. I've had falkens for years and never had a problem with them. I had Toyo t1r once and they wore down quickly.

I agree, the Toyo's do seem to wear pretty quickly.

[cosmos]

Other tyre options to consider are, Uniroyal Rainsport 2 or 3,
and Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta which look good on www.tyrereviews.co.uk.

[rev3turbo]

Thanks dude! yeah had a think and its also lowered on tein super street coilovers so will probably be best trying to get hold of some 235/40/17!

Seem to be so much more expensive than the 225
Anyone got some suggestions that will be similar to the Toyo T1-R's


Thanks

215
http://ears.co.uk/tyres/yokohama-ad08-t ... 43786.html

235
http://ears.co.uk/tyres/yokohama-ad08-t ... 43656.html

job done.. dont be buying falkens, toyos, nexens or other rubbish, you've a mid engined sports car which requires decent tyres

[QUOC2008]

Forgot those yokohamas good in tye dry rubbish in the wet get michelin supersport or goodyears F1 asymmetric 2 extra load... Best road tyres in the world grip 97%dry and 93%wet and much cheaper then those

[Martin F]

Falkens are good mid range tyre. That's what I'm running at the moment.

The two times i have had falken tyres i have found the tread to go down super quick, wouldn't recommend them for a mr2

Strange. I've had falkens for years and never had a problem with them. I had Toyo t1r once and they wore down quickly.

I live near the countryside remember

How's the trip going ?

[fred130111]

Thanks dude! yeah had a think and its also lowered on tein super street coilovers so will probably be best trying to get hold of some 235/40/17!

Seem to be so much more expensive than the 225
Anyone got some suggestions that will be similar to the Toyo T1-R's


Thanks

215
http://ears.co.uk/tyres/yokohama-ad08-t ... 43786.html

235
http://ears.co.uk/tyres/yokohama-ad08-t ... 43656.html

job done.. dont be buying falkens, toyos, nexens or other rubbish, you've a mid engined sports car which requires decent tyres

Lol not going to be going to be tracking much / if at all dude, I need to work out if I have a 7j or 7.5j rim

If 7.5j I will go for 235/40
If 7j I will go for the 225/45 ( can not find a 40 anywhere )

Done a bit of looking and checked reviews, in order cheapest to most expensive.

Kumho KU39 ( apparently pretty good ) £67 a tyre
Toyo Proxes T1 Sport ( meant to be better than the T1R ) £84 a tyre
Goodyear Eagle F1 ( heard a lot of good things about these ) £91 a tyre


p.s remember mine is an N/A so not going to be breaking any speed records any time soon