Tyre Advice
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Any reccomendations?
I had my Mk1 GL MOT for the first time in 3 years on saturday and it failed due to the two front tyres being excessively worn on the inside, so i need to get some new tyres
The ones currently on all wheels are bridgestone potenza RE040 165/50 R15, and looking now they either dont sell them anymore or are being charged at silly amounts.
So can anyone reccomend any tyres?.
(Wheels are standard G60 steels)
Cheers in advance.
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Briano1234 said
I would get tyres but then also get it tracked… as your alignment is off (y'all say tracking over there.).
Yes that's the plan haha, it had the same issue when I first got it and then I changed the wheels! Definitely need to
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mark1gls said
165 tyres are to thin for a 6 inch wide wheel, 195/45 R15 or 195/50 R15 seems to be the size for G60 wheels.
https://www.clubgti.com/forums/index.php?threads/g60-steel-tyre-size.200304/
Cheers!!
I did wonder if this was the case, they don't seem to be stretched at all to me but might be an idea to swap all 4 out then!
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Haha, I had no idea honestly! I brought the wheels with the tyres on and just left them on as shown.paceman said
That's a serious tyre for a mk1 golf unless you are running a serious engine. That was the stock tyre on the Lotus Elise, grippy! . I've gone with Toyo proxies CF2 on my std GTi. They seemed a fair price and have decent reviews for an all round tyre. Just my personal opinion but I'd steer clear of anything suggesting 'economy' I find they have minimal grip!
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