Comments on: Project Airtrek – Choose Tyres For Your Car – Mitsubishi Airtrek Turbo

By: ShaolinTiger

ShaolinTiger — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:03:13 +0000

PPPKia: Camber was too negative (so outside looked fine but inside was worn totally) plus I was selling off the car so didn’t want to change tyres unless absolutely necessary. Can’t people learn from their mistakes

By: PPKia

PPKia — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:21:40 +0000

You hypocrite!
Preaching the importance of tyres when you yourself wore them down to the nylon bits and punctured them too. Talk about the devil advocating for peace. Blek!
http://www.shaolintiger.com/2009/07/07/puncturised/

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:33:25 +0000

You’re surely very thorough as far as buying tyres goes. My personal choice is Pirelli, I stick with them for quite some time and am nothing but satisfied. All in all everything comes down to a particular model not a company. You may well come across a faulty model from a respected company.

By: ShaolinTiger

ShaolinTiger — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:06:33 +0000

Myhorng: Not so worried about going faster, worried about slowing down haha.

CraSH: Yah agree, that’s why I went for high performance but not UHP tyre, more into comfort nowdays. Actually Toyo price is not bad, not too expensive. Only Pirelli is really expensive.

By: CraSH

CraSH — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:47:58 +0000

goodyear is a good choice. dont go with falken’s. for a normal drive and occasion pushes, something in the mid range will work especially if it is your daily ride. you will get sick of road noise after awhile.
toyo’s and pirelli’s are pricey especially those low profiles and it dents the rims when you are in pot hole heaven. haha..

By: Myhorng

Myhorng — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:48:33 +0000

to make u go faster, u just need to accelerate and no need to stop (brake) like terence no rear mirror cos no need to look back when u go forward. LOL

fully agree tyres are the most important item for safety.

By: ShaolinTiger

ShaolinTiger — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:14:46 +0000

ah loon: Primacy is a great comfort tyre, Goodyear have some very long lasting tyres now can check them out. Ming: I find PP2 and PS2 both very good tyres. Am not so fond of Pirelli any more, the only one I really like is the P-Zero. I think for your size you can consider Toyo R1R too. ogolong: Agree, Pirelli in Malaysia are extremely overpriced but the P-Zero are VERY good (Porsche and Maserati standard tyres). He's driving Lexus IS-F (M3 killa!). John: Yah I read that thread before, they have good and bad. Thing was I didn't have much time to change and I called around a few shops, their price was decent and they had a lot of range in my size to choose from. evo8FnF: Yah I did consider T1-R as well but they only started at 225, wanted to stick with 215 for now. Will have the rims checked properly next time and see what I can mount. Would prefer to go for 225/50. Might be a problem too as most start at 45 profile. I might consider Hankook S1 Evo too. KY: Soon soon! Ninie Ahmad: Yah I heard they are quite soft compound, tends to wear out fast. Glad to read you're ok, looks quite serious (snapped axel/lower arm). Well once you reach 225 and 235 you are entering performance tyre territory, normal tyres don't go that wide (more towards 175-205). There is a lot of choice, just tends to be more expensive. Michelin Pilot series are very good though. Am driving to Hat Yai tonight, so will test it out.

By: Ninie Ahmad

Ninie Ahmad — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:31:57 +0000

Falkens are cheap but they wear out really fast (errr, less than six months for regular town driving?). They almost cost me my live when my Airtrek spun three times one rainy morning last year. (Read http://theyogainstructordiaries.blogspot.com/2008/12/day-it-was-almost-end-of-me.html)

Right after I got my car back, I changed all four tyres to Michelin Pilot (each cost me RM625), although it was a bitch for 215s, 225s and 235s are RM300+ difference! And many tyre makers just don’t produce 225 & 235. Let’s see how long these will last me.

Enjoy Airtrek (I had so much fun when I first got it – I drove from Singapore to KL in exactly 2 hours. TWICE!)

By: KY

KY — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:18:40 +0000

when are we doing a skid pad test?

By: evo8FnF

evo8FnF — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:30:08 +0000

That’s the way to go, welcome to the 3 propeller club! If I’m not mistaken, the Enkei should be 17X8. You can safely mount a 235/45/17 on those and it will still match the OEM specs.
I would stay away from the FK452 but if you could get your hands on the Azenis RT-615 that will be better.
You should also consider Toyo T1-R, Dunlop star spec, Yokohama AD08 or Bridgestones RE-11. The Toyo’s sure are sweet on my 4G63.
Well have fun and Driven to Thrill!