Good tyres for Euro 17" Rims

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Originally Posted by aaronng

If you want a tyre that lasts long, ask for Yokohama C.Drive or S.Drive. DO NOT buy tyres through the dealer. The charge too much.

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Isnt it funny how some people have different experience with tyres. Over the last five years I have been trying to find some tyres that would last as long as the original Dunlops on my Euro.(36000k's)

Yokohama C drive was one I tried and only got 15000k's out of them, and VERY noisy after a bit of wear.
I wouldnt go near Yokohamas again.
Out of all the "top name" tyres I have tried on the 140,000k's I have travelled in my Euro, Michelin tyres were the tyres that came the closest, to emulating the performance of the original Dunlops.
I have allways paid top dollar for top brand tyres, but it seems to make no difference to how long they last.
I have just purchased the cheapest tyre I could find, which was a "Maxxis" brand for $175
My driving consists of 160k of highway driving on the M1 from Gold Coast to Brisbane ever day, and have often wondered if the concrete surface of the highway has any detrimental effect, causing me to only get 18 -20000ks from any tyre.

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Originally Posted by falco

Isnt it funny how some people have different experience with tyres. Over the last five years I have been trying to find some tyres that would last as long as the original Dunlops on my Euro.(36000k's)

Yokohama C drive was one I tried and only got 15000k's out of them, and VERY noisy after a bit of wear.
I wouldnt go near Yokohamas again.

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We put Yokohama C.drives on one of our cars in 2005, and they are still on now with lots of thread after driving over 33000km (original Dunlop SP2020e lasted about 30,000km before losing chunks of rubber off the shoulder. Less than 3mm left on the indicator too). The C.Drive is also quieter than Dunlop SP2050m and even my RE001. I'll let you know when they are worn out. THey are a hard compound tyre, so they are NOT for thrashing around on the street with. If you do, the tyre wears very quickly. These tyres are for sedate driving.

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Originally Posted by falco

Out of all the "top name" tyres I have tried on the 140,000k's I have travelled in my Euro, Michelin tyres were the tyres that came the closest, to emulating the performance of the original Dunlops.

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Why were you trying to emulate the performance of the Dunlop SP2050m? The performance was so bad that I think even Nankangs would have out-gripped it.

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Originally Posted by falco

I have allways paid top dollar for top brand tyres, but it seems to make no difference to how long they last.
I have just purchased the cheapest tyre I could find, which was a "Maxxis" brand for $175
My driving consists of 160k of highway driving on the M1 from Gold Coast to Brisbane ever day, and have often wondered if the concrete surface of the highway has any detrimental effect, causing me to only get 18 -20000ks from any tyre.

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Yes, concrete roads do wear tyres quicker. Have you tried any softer compound tyres like Bridgestones on this concrete highway?

Hi all.

Thanks for all the advice. I also spoke to a mate of mine (WRX freak) who'd just put on the RE001's a couple of months ago and was VERY happy.

So in the end I went for the Bridgestone RE001's. Got them for $215 fitted from Bridgestone in Box Hill.

So far so good, only driven 10 mins in busy traffic so far.

I'm approaching 100,000km's just put on a new set of yokohama c.drive's 17/225/45, coming from dunlop sport maxx's (they lasted 50,000km with about 3mm of wear left)
So far I've noticed the yoko c.drives are the quitest out of all three set of tyres I've gone through, handling wise they are quite up there with the oem or the dunlop's but i was after a quite tyre so overall I'm happy with that for $200 a corner I can't compain. Handling wise the Dunlop sport maxx's were the best hands down and much quiter then the oem's.

has anyone noticed that the new standard euros that come with the 17" wheels have 225/50 tyres? and not 225/45 tyres like the older models? :)

do the new euros have a bigger wheel arch? lol

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Originally Posted by corn_flakes

has anyone noticed that the new standard euros that come with the 17" wheels have 225/50 tyres? and not 225/45 tyres like the older models? :)

do the new euros have a bigger wheel arch? lol

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New Euros are meant to have 225/50 R17 like everywhere around the world.

are u saying the 2003-2008 model euros with 17" wheels should have had 225/50 tyres?

Does anyone have a view or experience about/of Dunlop Direzza DZ 101s?
They seem to be rated as either Dunlop's Premium tyre or one down from Premium and above SP 3000s.

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Originally Posted by aaronng

New Euros are meant to have 225/50 R17 like everywhere around the world.

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When it comes time to replace tyres CU2 owners will have the option of going for 235/4517s which should be cheaper than 225/50s due to the number of cars(Holden and Ford)that use that size.

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Originally Posted by corn_flakes

are u saying the 2003-2008 model euros with 17" wheels should have had 225/50 tyres?

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No, I'm saying the new 09 is meant to have 225/50 R17 worldwide.
The 03-08, the size depends on the country. We get 225/45 R17, but Japan and USA gets 215/45 R17.

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Originally Posted by Mike Star

Does anyone have a view or experience about/of Dunlop Direzza DZ 101s?
They seem to be rated as either Dunlop's Premium tyre or one down from Premium and above SP 3000s.

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try www.tirerack.com they got reviews and all sorts of stuff.

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Originally Posted by Hoyle

OK guys I need help and reading all 21 pages didn't help me much.

I'm not driving on racetracks, I'm just driving on suburban roads and freeways.

My OEM Bridgestones have had it after 39,000kms and Ringwood Honda have quoted me $450 each to replace them ... cough cough yeah right, guys. Well, they also suggested Yokohama for $250 (although at the time I didn't ask which ones).

So now I need new tyres for my Accord Euro Sport 2006. Cost is more important than performance, although safety is more important than cost (and noise is a factor too). I'd be happy to pay $300 rather than $200 if the tyre was going to last twice as long too.

So how do I choose? Any suggestions for further reading? Or just tell me what to get?

Thanks guys.

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theres a yoko distributor in ringwood, ringwood tyre and auto. small shop, i send all my irl mates there