Another tire option: I have been running Pirelli P6 Fourseasons tires on my conversion Honda Civic del Sol. They claim to be M+S, but the tread is not that aggressive and I don't use them much in the snow. They do very well in rainy and clear weather, though. I've had them for almost 10 years and 30,000 miles and they still have good tread left.
The tires on the del Sol are 185/60 R14. Mike -----Original Message----- From: EV <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mr. Sharkey via EV Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 1:46 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Mr. Sharkey <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] LRR Tires: Research tips? > Your choices will probably be wider if you splurge for > 15" wheels and fit lower profile tires... David, thanks, I'll look into the Nokian's. 185-65/14 will work although I'd prefer them in 60-series tires. This ~would~ be a whole lot easier if I was willing to bump up a wheel size, but there are multiple issues to deal with, clearance issues, style issues and worst of all, wheel issues. VW does not make an OEM 15" wheel with the required 4x100mm bolt pattern. Aftermarket wheels seldom run true enough for my taste because they are universally lug-centric instead of hub-centric. The other problem is that it's kind of a crap shoot as to what the offset of aftermarket wheels is going to be. Factory offset for this car is 38mm. The wheels I put on this week are VW OEM 14" 45mm offset, and 195-60/14 tires are within 2mm of rubbing on the rear springs, and are interfering with the body in the front on locked-steering wheel movement. I avoid after market like the plague (oh yeah, that's a totally relevant excuse these days!) I *could* buy aftermarket wheels (assuming I could work out the offset problems) and then have hub adapters machined for them. Oh boy, another project.... If I actually needed another project, I'd have replacement front wheel hubs machined to accept VW's range of 5-lug wheels. The rears would be a bolt-on disc brake rotor swap. I have a recycle yard stocked with those type of parts at my disposal. Yes the Invicta's were noisy. Especially for me because my car has autocrross-prep suspension, urethane pivot bushings throughout. They were also uncomfortably like driving on ice all year 'round as well. May well be that a small tradeoff in energy efficiency will be worth the added ride comfort and traction. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
