Right, I have tried the search function but to be fair its pony! (Either that or I can't drive it properly...) I need some new tyres for my van. The ones on there are ancient and under-rated. I've got 15" rims so think I want something like 185 70, 75 or 80 R15 with a load rating of 92+ and speed rating of about a P. I've seen the same tyre recommended on here several times maybe by MorkC68? Any one got any recommendations for tyre or supplier? Cheers D
I've got a Barum Vanis at each corner. In the last two years they haven't burst or come off so it's a thumbs up from me.
Assuming you would like to retain a similar diameter to the original 14inch tyre and want a reasonable choice of commercial rated tyres you should be looking at 195/70x15. mytyres.co.uk has a good selection from £51 to £96. 92 load rating is 630kgs per tyre, not really enough for the back of a campervan. I use Pirelli CHRONO 2 195/70 R15C 102R.
Incidentally, 185/80x15 is about 3.9% larger than the original tyre and you’ll be travelling faster than the speedo indicates. In theory.
Thanks both. Here's what I don't get about tyres: What width can I go up to on a 5.5 inch rim? They're currently 185 so would 195 be ok? I want to go slightly oversize (80 instead of 70) as I want a longer ratio for when I pimp my engine later this year.
Go for 102 rated - seems the standard for a van tyre. 92's you'll find often have a max pressure of 35lbs which just demonstrates how weedy they are. I should know I'm stuck with a pair on the front of mine.
Those Hankook ones I put up there ^^^ are 102 8 ply so should be all good. Just need to decide whether to change the wheels too now.
I got my last set from vwbitsandbobs (Danbury) for £360 delivered for four pretty much 'as' new goodyear tyres and wheels i think these are the ones the brazilian bays roll over here on until danbury puts alloys on them.
Baysearcher - the tyres Ive got on our Gasburners are Yokahama C Drive 2's, 195/65 x 15 XL 95 reinforced's - Ive found them really good & hold the road quite well http://www.blackcircles.com/catalogue/yokohama/cdrive2/195/65/R15/H/95/f?returnurl=/order/tyres?&width=195&profile=65&rim=15&speed=Any&minpricerange=0&maxpricerange=0&manufacturer=yokohama&displayall=999&tyre=22094979
195/65x15 is 2.6% smaller than standard so you’d be going slower than the speedo indicates and they are almost 1% smaller than 185/70x15. 95 load rating is 690kgs so good enough for a campervan.
Ive checked ours out (with calibrated GPS) and a speedo reading of 60mph we got a true reading of 57 mph on our measuring equipment
