205 55 15s or 205 50 15s tyres

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Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:10 am

Hi which tyres would be best to run on my 15" bbs 205 55 15s or 205 50 15s and what brand thanks.
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:27 am

I run 15" bbs 205/55's rear and 205/50 fronts, Toyo t1r's and I rate them very highly!
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:43 am

Correct size is 205/55 15.
Getting harder to find these days,so the slightly lower 50 profile will be significantly cheaper.
I paid Blackcircles about £130 for a pair of Toyo's in April.
I would be wary of running different diameter's front/rear,especialy on an ABS equipped car...
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:33 pm

Thanks boys the 50s are a lot cheaper then 55s some are £15 a tyre cheaper !! would there be much difference in speed!
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:40 pm

I just had 2 Toyo proxes T1R's fitted for £105 all in, Company is called Ablefit in Bristol, The tyres are excellent, very grippy and look rather sexy too ( in a rubbery type of way!) Size was 205 55 15's by the way.
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:50 pm

I've just fitted 205/50 T1Rs, the car feels a bit more nimble, little bit less wallowy, if that makes sense?

However, I was running 55 profile budgets before, which explains a lot.
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 7:51 pm

thanks boys :? 50s 55s 50s 55s going :mad:
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 8:37 pm

If you can find the tyre you want in 55 profile go with that, 50 profile will lower your car by 10.3mm which will also mean a bigger arch gap (if your into the stance of your car) as overall the tyre is 20.6mm smaller than 55 profile.

Get the toyo's if you can, good tyres.
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thanks iam going for 55s toyo :cool:
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Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:32 pm

Would run 50's personally.. 55's have a huge sidewall.
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everyone on here seems to rate toyos i dont i have had seveeral better tyres on an e30 eg bridgestone potenza eagle f1's and now that these are unavailable vredstein sportrac 3's.
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pnd wrote:everyone on here seems to rate toyos i dont i have had seveeral better tyres on an e30 eg bridgestone potenza eagle f1's and now that these are unavailable vredstein sportrac 3's.
All of those are more expensive though..

For the money Toyo's are pretty much unbeatable
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Sun Jul 11, 2010 5:24 pm

toyo's are awesome!
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