Mid range tire choices

[culicine]

I'm looking to change out my tires on my honda civic. The yokohamas have done well - 40K kms, still plenty of tread, but they must be 4 years old now and rather noisy. As I only drive this car once a week or so, and not far, I was thinking to get a different brand - I was thinking of toyo, hankook, kumho, nitto, etc. Not top flight tires but should still be pretty good for a car not driven much. The size would be 225/45/17. Anyone used these brands and any recommendations? Most of the posting here about tires have been archived as they are rather old now, and tires have come a long way since. Thanks

[Kwasaki]

Most top name brands in Thailand are good tyres, I think it's a personal choice and you can only find out by trying out lots a different tyres, which is not always practical for most.

I have had lots of different brands and types and it depends on what you want in a ride.

http://blog.iseecars.com/2011/06/20/best-tire-brands/

Not everyone will agree of course.

[Ace of Pop]

Michelin Primacy suits the Civic,stops the front end noise. Pilots are better grippers but a shade noisier. The O.E. Goodyear were a bloody disaster.

[bkkjames]

If I only drove the car once a week, and your current tyres are ok, what's the hurry? Turn up the stereo and forget about it.

[Ace of Pop]

The Stereo on Full Blast wont cover the noise up, its awfull , Mr Honda wants his arse kicking fitting cheap tires, the Toyota Corolla got it right.

[culicine]

If I only drove the car once a week, and your current tyres are ok, what's the hurry? Turn up the stereo and forget about it.

Jut replaced the front bearings. Now i really notice the tires.. shows how noisy the bearings were. My wife said there's no hurry....she drives it most of the time now and I take her swift:) I figure I don't want to spend 5-6K a corner and only use it 5000 km a year.

[Kwasaki]

Michelin Primacy suits the Civic,stops the front end noise. Pilots are better grippers but a shade noisier. The O.E. Goodyear were a bloody disaster.

The Goodyear excellence on the ' city ' are good IMO.

The Goodyear Eagle F1 on ' yaris ' 1.5 version are noisey but do hold the road like on rails.

Did say not everyone will agree.

As for OP, if it were me I'd wait until they wear out, maybe change when they get to 10 years.

[NanLaew]

Not sure where the OP resides but every city and town has a street or an area where most of the tire and rim shops are located. Similarly, there's invariably several strung out along the highways on the edges of conurbations. Since you are looking for new tires on a not so new car, check out these shops as they frequently have bargain sets of virtually new tires when a customer has dropped by and shod his newly purchased car with after market rims and rubber. While I was getting a flat fixed last week, the shop I used had several sets of almost new, heavily discounted rubber. For example, complete sets of 5 'new' tires that would fit a full-size pickup or SUV were between 25,000 and 30,000 baht. I know from experience a year ago (!) that only one of them was almost 10,000 baht. There were other. smaller sized sets available from around 18,000 baht each.

[culicine]

Not sure where the OP resides but every city and town has a street or an area where most of the tire and rim shops are located. Similarly, there's invariably several strung out along the highways on the edges of conurbations. Since you are looking for new tires on a not so new car, check out these shops as they frequently have bargain sets of virtually new tires when a customer has dropped by and shod his newly purchased car with after market rims and rubber. While I was getting a flat fixed last week, the shop I used had several sets of almost new, heavily discounted rubber. For example, complete sets of 5 'new' tires that would fit a full-size pickup or SUV were between 25,000 and 30,000 baht. I know from experience a year ago (!) that only one of them was almost 10,000 baht. There were other. smaller sized sets available from around 18,000 baht each.

Hi, there are loads of new shops popping up in my area in Nonthaburi. There is a place with a large Toyo sign outside...I'll assume they sell toyo tires, so I may check them out. I'm note sure i will get the size I want off of a near new car, as I want to get 225/45/17 size. I guess I'll stop at all the shops and get prices in that size and make a decision after that. Most seem to be in the 4000-6000 price range. Kumho seem the cheapest at about 3700 each, based on what I can find on the net. The Michelin PS3 have among the best wet/dry performance, but steep at 6K a corner for this size; about 5K for 215/45/17, which is the size I have now (225/45 is closer to the stock diameter).

[culicine]

Michelin Primacy suits the Civic,stops the front end noise. Pilots are better grippers but a shade noisier. The O.E. Goodyear were a bloody disaster.

The Goodyear excellence on the ' city ' are good IMO.

The Goodyear Eagle F1 on ' yaris ' 1.5 version are noisey but do hold the road like on rails.

Did say not everyone will agree.

As for OP, if it were me I'd wait until they wear out, maybe change when they get to 10 years.

Goodyear eagle F1 have a few varieties. Which is the noisy one? There are F1 directional 5, assymetric, and assymetric 2. I like the look of F1, but have never used them.

[Ace of Pop]

Your best bet is to stay with Michelin ,just as your finest idea is to use the Swift.!!.. The Accord had Eagle NCT 500, I think, but we swapped after a week for Noise reasons to Pilot Sport Mich, . The Civics on new Primacy. The T/Blazers on O.E Bridgstones , but lipstick on a pigs a waste of Beer Tokens.Tyre Plus undercut the prices substantially by the Way.. The Worst tire ive ever had here were Goodyear aqua jets.

[Ace of Pop]

Just noticed , you have Accord size on Civic.

[stubuzz]

Check the tyre information on the sticker.

[Ace of Pop]

Never seen that here. Looks open to a fiddle to me

[culicine]

Just noticed , you have Accord size on Civic.

I have 215's at the moment, but actually the 225/45/17 are much closer in overall diameter to the 195/65/15 of the original.

I have 7.5" lensos, so they should fit perfectly. Not sure if this size will rub in the front on turns or not.

I was going to go old school (like those old mustangs/camaros) - wide 15" wheels with 215/60/15, but this is a rare size and the choice is limited, tire wise.

[ThaiBob]

Very pleased with the new Toyo tires on my Altis. They were a tad cheaper (not much) than the equivalent Michelin and are Japanese made.

[culicine]

Very pleased with the new Toyo tires on my Altis. They were a tad cheaper (not much) than the equivalent Michelin and are Japanese made.

Good to hear, which model of tire was it? There are a few toyos.

[Ace of Pop]

Michelin are 100 % Thai Made on sale here. I use a new TRD Altis quite often, and the Rubbers Good. Perhaps Honda should follow Toyotas Honesty and see that the Road Tested Car is fitted with the same ones until an upgrade. Not just buy some outdated rubbish at a price.This years City is Dunlop Shod ,but as Kawasaki rightly said he has a decent Goodyear.

[Kwasaki]

Goodyear eagle F1 have a few varieties. Which is the noisy one? There are F1 directional 5, assymetric, and assymetric 2. I like the look of F1, but have never used them.

F1 eagle 5's are directional 215/45ZR17 84W when I say noisey I mean noisier than the excellence GY on the ' city ' on bumpy roads but there only 185/55 so you would expect that.

GYF1 on a smooth highway are fine and on both I run with lower pressures than OEM rec's.

It sounds to me like although you don't do a lot of kilo's you seem to like the aesthetics of a wide high profile tyre if I am correct then just go with the cheapest you can find at the size you want but make sure your rim size will suit.

[culicine]

Goodyear eagle F1 have a few varieties. Which is the noisy one? There are F1 directional 5, assymetric, and assymetric 2. I like the look of F1, but have never used them.

F1 eagle 5's are directional 215/45ZR17 84W when I say noisey I mean noisier than the excellence GY on the ' city ' on bumpy roads but there only 185/55 so you would expect that.

GYF1 on a smooth highway are fine and on both I run with lower pressures than OEM rec's.

It sounds to me like although you don't do a lot of kilo's you seem to like the aesthetics of a wide high profile tyre if I am correct then just go with the cheapest you can find at the size you want but make sure your rim size will suit.

Thanks, I like the wider tires. One the originals it was so easy to engage the abs. To me they seemed to skinny and going fast around corners wasn't fun at all. I notice now in my old tires they lose traction on hard acceleration, probably because the rubber has hardened. I'll be spoilt for choice as there are a lot of wheel shops in my area.

[ThaiBob]

Very pleased with the new Toyo tires on my Altis. They were a tad cheaper (not much) than the equivalent Michelin and are Japanese made.

Good to hear, which model of tire was it? There are a few toyos.

I haven't checked yet but they were purchased at B-Quik here in Pattaya.