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[splintercat]

Ok, no shouting here...It just seems that tyre choices and wheel sizes seem to generate heated differences of opinion on this forum and I really want some nice advice.          I know that for handling in the wet and on the track 13 ins are perhaps not the choice of everyone, and perhaps 12 inch wheels are better  however I have 13 inch wheels, CRX Compomotive, and they really are a pretty wheel to look at so I am going to keep em.    So I would just like a few recommendations for good all year round road use tyre. So many people out there will say Yoko's A539, are good  and as many will say they are rubbish in the wet, however they are too expensive for me and so I am looking for any other recommendations.

Falken have been mentioned to me as a good all rounder but I seem to struggle finding local suppliers, and Nankang seem to keep cropping up but I can't find any reasonable reviews on them.

 

Secondly, it has been suggested that I use 165's rather than 175's  but being nowhere an expert on tyres I really can't work out why they would be better? in my head all you do by changing to a smaller size would be to screw up my speedo readings by 2 or 3%.

[cal844]

Nankang AS1 is a good tyre for the money

[mab01uk]

I75's are usually used on 13" Wheel Minis including the factory MPi Sportpacks because the 175/50 low profile means the overall diameter is not much different from the higher profile 165/60x12 tyres fitted to 12 inch wheels. 165 tyres in the 13 inch sizes are higher profile (height) than the 175 and are therefore not a common choice for Minis although the ERA Turbo did use 165/60x13 with larger 'bodykit' style arches but I think that tyre size is now hard to find anyway.....see link below.

ERA Mini tyre sizes:-

http://www.eraturbo....topic.php?t=315

Edited by mab01uk, 13 June 2021 - 05:51 PM.

[nicklouse]

Nankang are a dam good tyre.