Tyres on 17's

[barelyhuman]

Hi guys, my new Golf Gti is currently running 205 40 17's which were fitted by the previous owner, and it tends to wander all over the place, and when its wet it aqua planes something chronic ! had the tracking checked and all was fine, tyres are fairly good, not new by any means but not illegal either! Wondering if changing to 45 profiles may make any difference or improvement! Any advice gladly received!

Thanks

Jase

[Wayne]

You need to stay with 205/40's to keep the gearing correct, get the tracking checked but 17's on a mk3 do tend to mean tramlining etc.

[barelyhuman]

cheers wayne....tramlining i guess i will get used to....the aquaplaning was a proper cheek clenching moment, but to be fair there was a shed load of surface water on the roads, may look at new set of 205/40's and change the lot, see if that makes any difference. Thanks anyways mate

Jase

[tweed]

What tyres you got? Why not fit a something like the toyo t1r

[barelyhuman]

the tyres on there are a mix mash of budget tyres by the looks of it....just looking at toyo proxes now

[xionsolaris]

the tyres on there are a mix mash of budget tyres by the looks of it....just looking at toyo proxes now

stay away from buget tyres i have some on from when i bought the car they are always wheel spinning in the wet and feels like your driving on ice sometimes

[barelyhuman]

defo agree there mate!

[berry9112]

Dont mix and match! specially not with budgets. Keep atleast the front axle the same tyres both sides, front to rear is ok but not different on all four corners. I run 195/40 on 7.5 +8.5's the front can pull a bit, although the tramlining got considerably less when i cut the bumpstops down.
Dont skimp on the only thing thats connecting you to the road.

[barelyhuman]

cheers for the advice dudes....on a mission to find some decent tyres, replace the lot and get the tracking checked (again!) and should be living the dream then!

Jase

[Len]

Uniroyal rainsport 2's! Great tyres! Way better than Toyo's