dheath Posted August 2, 2004 Posted August 2, 2004 I've recently bought my first Westfield and need to get a set of new tyres. XFlow 1700. Any advice please. It will be used primarily for the road but it will be thrown around a track on occasion. Quote
stu999 Posted August 2, 2004 Posted August 2, 2004 What sized wheels, and more importantly tyres, do you have at the moment? What breed tyre is presently fitted? Quote
dheath Posted August 5, 2004 Author Posted August 5, 2004 thanks for replt - sorry its taken me so long to get back. Current tyres are 185/70SR13. The wheels are 6.00x13x24. Any advice greatly appreciated. Quote
S8ight Posted August 5, 2004 Posted August 5, 2004 . Any advice greatly appreciated. try round black ones (sorry couldnt resist) Quote
Crash Override Posted August 5, 2004 Posted August 5, 2004 Yokohama A021R's are pretty good, quite good in the wet for road tyres and warm up nicely for track use. Better in the wet then the 32's and probably laast longer aswell. No doubt someone will post there prefrence aswell, but it's mainly down to what your preference is and how much you are willing to pay. HTH. Quote
stu999 Posted August 6, 2004 Posted August 6, 2004 Mmm. I suppose that ultimately, it does depend on how addicted to track days you will get. Unfortunately, the softer the tyre (read traction/grip-well mostly), the more quickly it will wear. As a rule, the softer tyres seem to cost more too What breed tyre is presently fitted? Still no answer on that... I'm guessing that you are not too impressed with the ones that are presently fitted. There is *always* a trade off between longivity and traction. Unless, off course, you kit yourself out with another set of wheels and tyres-which would be used for track days only. Not so stupid as it first sounds... Quote
mb893 Posted August 6, 2004 Posted August 6, 2004 Yoko 32's are fine in the wet as long as you don't get silly with them and they should last (soft comp) around 3 - 5K miles (depending on the weight of your car and how you drive it). Yoko 48's (from what people who have them have said) are also very good and should last at least as long. Yoko 21's are a 'wet weather tyre' and have a deeper tread than the 32's, so should indeed last that bit longer and should be better in the rain - but why drive an open top car in the rain? Any of these are no fuss grippy tyres and are fine on the road and the track... 32's and 48's come in 185/60R13 and the 21's come in /60R13 and /70R13 from what I've seen. Other tyres that people say are good are Toyo Poxies (just my little joke there, I of course mean Proxies).... in the inimitable words of Blatman, "do a search" for a wider range of rubber in a wider spectrum of use. Quote
dheath Posted August 8, 2004 Author Posted August 8, 2004 Thanks for the info. I think the 32's sound as if they're just the job. Quote
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