Recommended Tyres

gazhawkins

Anyone got any recommendations on tyres for a 1999 Toyota Corolla 1.6 SR (Petrol) ???

Need 175/65 R14 82 H specification

Preferably looking for mid range brands (eg Good Year, Avon, Yokohama, Firestone, Hankook) roughly around £50 per tyre all charges included.

Currently have Good Year Eagles fitted, but these are now in the £70-75 range for this spec.

Looking for tyres that will last, generally good in wet and dry (not interested in Winter Tyres).


Many thanks in advance...

Round_The_Bend

Maybe these:

http://www.valuetyres.co.uk/product.php?utm_source=Tyres-online&utm_medium=comparison&utm_campaign=referral&id=71245

Hankook are a Korean company with a decent reputation. This tyre gets a decent review on this site:

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Hankook/OPTIMO-K415.htm

[Deleted User]

Best to find a Toyota Corolla forum and see what other owners use

http://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF-8&ion=1#hl=en&cp=19&gs_id=m&xhr=t&q=toyota+corolla+forum&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&fhp=1&qscrl=1&site=webhp&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=toyota+corolla+foru&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=bd7bffb750d84d3d&ion=1&biw=1066&bih=506&bs=1


or look here
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m4b0s393p0/Car_Tyres_-_MPV_Tyres_-_People_Carrier_Tyres_-_14%5C_inch_R14_inch_-_175_65_14_175_65_R_14
any from these down
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m4b0s393p52271/KUMHO_TYRES_CAR_KUMHO_KH17_SOLUS_KUMHO_KH_17_-_175_65R14_82T_TL_


delivery £3 per tyre and find a local tyre place to fit for roughly a tenner a tyre

mikey72

Blackcircles all around £50 fitted
Toyo Proxes CF1
Avon ZV3
neither I've used but both get good reports.
I would have said the Kumho, which I have used and are good, but they've had production problems, and no one how many are suspect.

rodenal

Must admit I'm not familiar with alot of the tyre models available in your size but I would personally avoid the zv3 and conti eco contacts

I reckon your best bang for buck will be eithe toyo proxes or conti premium contact 2 both of which are 50ish fitted. Infact I would take the continentals, not as good outright dry grip as the toyo but better wet traction and will wear slower, had some on a mr2 when I bought it and they were pretty decent.

Think yourself lucky you have 14s, a 17 inch sport contact 3 cost me 120 quid a couple of weeks ago due to a split in the sidewall of a tyre with 6mm left, heartbreaking!

mikey72

rodenal wrote: »

..............I reckon your best bang for buck will be eithe toyo proxes or conti premium contact 2 both of which are 50ish fitted. Infact I would take the continentals..............

Where have you seen the continentals for that price?
I may be looking for some soon as well.

rodenal

They were coning up on black circles, just had to scroll through to find them think they were showing as 55 fitted

Hintza

I know this is a huge generalisation but I thought Toyos were really soft, great grip but bad wear rate?

mikey72

rodenal wrote: »

They were coning up on black circles, just had to scroll through to find them think they were showing as 55 fitted

Only had them "T" rated when I looked.

rodenal

You're not wrong - oddly I can't seem to find premium contacts anywhere in anything but a T rating in that size - there are other continentals in the same price range but I drove a car on eco contacts and it was horrible. Still, I can't see the T's not being sufficient for most cars running 14's - unless it's particularly quick or heavy for a car running those size of wheels it should be fine.

rodenal

Hintza wrote: »

I know this is a huge generalisation but I thought Toyos were really soft, great grip but bad wear rate?

They aren't terrible (wear rate) unless you're using the extra dry grip all the time