BlackLupoLad Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Hi everyone,I recently bought a set of bathursts with tyres off a guy on here. Alloys are in good condition as described, no problems there. However, the tyres were listed as all being 195/45/15, but upon opening, one was a 205/45/15. I contacted the guy about this but didn't get a reply. I'm not too fussed as was planning on changing a couple of the tyres anyway.The tyres are as follows (all with 5-6mm of tread)Toyo Proxes T1R 205/45/15Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 195/45/15Admiral SP712 195/45/15Marangoni Zeta Linea 195/45/15I know the toyo and goodyear are the best of the bunch, with the admiral being a budget tyre and I've never heard of marangoni, some internet research turned up mixed reviews.My question is, what would be the best combination to run on the car?Should I try and find a single matching Toyo 205 and run the wider pair on the back, with the Goodyear and admiral on the front, binning the Marangoni?OR Sell the Toyo 205 and try and get a matching Goodyear to run both Goodyears on the back with Admiral and Marangoni on front.OR another combination that you think would be best, I'd like to change as few tyres as possible as funds are low as I'm heading off to Uni soon.Sorry for the long post, any advice welcome Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 That will handle like a right bag of spanners when it starts to get wet and cold.It will also fail the MOT if its due soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLupoLad Posted August 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 is your point about the handling in relation to the tyres being all different brands, or if I ran 205s on the back and 195s on the front?MOT isn't unti April, but why would it fail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblet Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Stick with 195'sThe ones you go for is entirely down to your budget though.I think Defcon means if you ran the wheels as they are and went for an MOT it would fail because one tyre is an odd size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLupoLad Posted August 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 thanks for that Treblet.Oh i see, well the tyres arent on the car, I knew that running two different widths on the same axle is bad, so they are just sitting around until I decide what to go for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblet Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Go for the best of the 3 and stick with the Toyo's...Although I have to make it known that I bloody hate Toyo T1-R's horrible ditch finding tyres! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_273 Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Sell the 205/45 Toyo and get a new or part worn (if you can find one) 195/45 Goodyear.Then if you run the Admiral and Marangoni on the front they will wear out first, and eventually you will be able to get another matching pair for the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggled Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 I loved my Toyo Proxes I had on my last car. I got over 18k miles off them and still had 5mm tread left. Personally I think the Toyos are quite narrow compared to other tyres I had on the same set of wheels and have very vertical sidewalls in comparison. Like |__| as opposed to (__) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLupoLad Posted August 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 cheers for the advice guys, much appreciated. think I'm going to keep an eye out for a Goodyear and sell the Toyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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