URGENT: Tyre Questions

[Grumpy Rooster]

My tyres are slick so I need to get new tyres ASAP. ie this weekend. :(

Now the standard size on the SP20 is 195/50/16 on a 6" rim, which is a peculiar size and only gives me about 3 or 4 tyre choices.

BUT, if I go to a 205/45/16 size I have basically any tyre I want.

AND, the standard tyre is a Yokohama Advan A460 that I got 30,000km out of. I have been told that if I went to a Bridgestone RE711 in the wider size (the tyre I want to get), its dearer by about $40/tyre BUT, I would get a lot more km's out of them.

Can anyone help me out here about the size change and the km versus $$$ situation. I really need to know today.

Thanks.

Darren

[demuire]

Don't know about the km vs $$$ situation, but going up a wider size shouldn't be a problem at all :)

[Matty]

Tyre size change is 1.7% - ie less than the difference between new and worn tyres...

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

10mm wider (ie only 5mm per side) shouldn't be any problem to fit at all.

Dunno if you'd get more life out of the 711's - depends if you use their capabilities or not...

[Grumpy Rooster]

Well, I'm not exactly gentle on tyres, but they have to be better than the Yoko's.

Yoko's always wear relatively quickly from my experience.

[rodhog]

I am not positive but I did have 195/60/15 on MX
but it's a size smaller. I had good year NCT 3's V-rated and a really good tyre 30,000ks and slicked well. Don't know what size NCT 3's are in. But Wagon uses H rated different pattern to the V-rated ? about $160 same for F1’s

I run GY F1's 205/50/16 now and they are good but I find the NCT's to be a little more quieter in the wet and on crap roads like a little more rough, grip better than the F1's and they are the flagship tyre ?

I can get F1’s cheaper than NCT3 V-rated don’t know why?
Can anyone explain?