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GTi tyre choice!


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Right time has come to get new front tyres again. £75 for 205s or £47 for 195s. Is anyone running 195s on their bathursts? Is there any difference or what difference should I expect? Is it ok putting non standard size tyres on without telling the insurance ****s or should I be telling them? so many questions so little time, fun though it is sliding round in the wet!

I can`t believe I only bought new front ones in January!

205s......Dunlop SP Sport 2000

195s......Dunlop SP Sport 2040

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erm dunno

i have them on my car

i have had the following, F1's, uniroyal rainsports, michelins, dunlops and i can say that the toyos kick ass big time!!!!!!

they are just so grippy in the wet and in the dry

and they are hard wearing as well

done like 8000miles in mine so far and still got like 1/2 the thread left

and lowered cars tend to eat tires.

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Good choice. The SP Sport 2000s are a shocking tire - barely adequate in the dry and appalling in the wet. The only reason they appear to be `half-decent` is because of the Lupo's excellent chassis.

Forget throttle bodies, air filters and exhaust manifolds, putting decent tyres on the car will shave way more off your `per-mile` time through the twisties.

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My tyres still haven’t worn out yet 9k now so i still haven’t decided

what to do - Can you put 195/45 15's on i thought they had to be 195/50 15 because they are closest in diameter to 205/45 15 ?

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I fitted Uniroyle last week mate, and totally recomend them mate, bloody fantastic in the rain (better than anything ive tried) and really good in the dry.

Good stiff tyres aswell.

Dunno how well the ware yet :?

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Ok then, please excuse me for asking:

It it ok to fit a 195 width tyre on wheel that was designed for a 205?

Is there a loss in braking power as there is less rubber in contact with the road?

How would a 205 / 50 / 15 be different handling wise to a 205 / 45 / 15?

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