195 vs 205 tyres

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:39 am

Thanks Hellmun.

Dorifta, Nissans coming with 225/x R16 has no bearing on the popularity or price of 205/45R16, which is what the stock MX5 NB8B came with. It is an uncommon size and is therefore a bastard to purchase good tyres for. :frown:

I ended up going the oversize KU36 for both the Crystal Blue & the SP. I got 2 full sets of Ultra High Performance road tyres for $1144 fitted and balanced where a single set of Yoko A-Drive R1s (performance road tyres) cost me $860 a year earlier (PP2s would have been $980).

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hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:31 pm

one of my reasons for going for the NB8A was it's tyre size, 195/50/15 is pretty much everywhere!

same with my Mondeo, I swapped it's wheels and went from an annoying 195/60/15 size to a much more common 215/45/17.

Boags · Postby **Boags** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:40 pm

hks_kansei wrote:one of my reasons for going for the NB8A was it's tyre size, 195/50/15 is pretty much everywhere!

same with my Mondeo, I swapped it's wheels and went from an annoying 195/60/15 size to a much more common 215/45/17.

The Mazda2 has hideously expensive sized tyres too. $200/corner for shopping trolley wheels??? I don't think so. I'll be swapping to a different size when the time comes.

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