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How To Choose The Right Tyre For Your Car & What Is The Recommended Upsize

Last updated on: January 03, 2015 16:05 IST

Today in the market you will thousands of varieties of tyres, so picking the right type of tyre for your vehicle and individual driving needs may seem daunting. Take a look at this guide to the different tyres available and the points to consider when choosing your new tyres.

How To Identify Your Vehicle Type

How to identify your vehicles’ tyre size

Tyres have a code system etched into their sidewall, which allows you to understand their technical capabilities.

Section Width: It’s the width of the tyre in millimetres.

Aspect Ratio (Profile): It is the ratio of the tyre's width to height, as a percentage.

What Should You Know: Normally a low profile tyre (short sidewall vs width) gives a firmer ride with better handling, but tends to be noisier and more expensive than tyres with a higher aspect ratio.

Rim Diameter:  The diameter of the rim is basically which the tyre is to be fitted to, in inches.

Load Rating: Indicates the maximum load that each tyre can support.

Speed Rating: The speed rating indicates the maximum speed at which the tyre can carry a load corresponding to its load rating.

What is the recommended up-size for your car?

It is advisable to go for an upgrade anywhere between the 3% margin for better performance and handling, increased grip and creating a visual appeal. Going beyond this range may decrease the overall performance thus here are the recommend sizes. 

1)   Recommend Upsizing for Maruti Suzuki Swift: If you wish to give your car a sporty look you can try  15", 16" or even 17" Inch tyre. But before you make any decision ensure that the wheels do not touch the inside of the wheel as well, since this will damage both the tyres and the suspension and will adversely affect the handling of the car. Take a look at the recommend sizes of the wheel. 

Goodyear Tubeless Tyre 195/55

 

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Buy Goodyear Eagle Nct 5 Tubeless P 195/55r 15 85h

Maruti Swift Tyre Upsize Chart

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2) Recommend Upsizing Hyundai Santro: Upgrading to new wheel or up-sizing to bigger wheel improves the handling and even saves the fuel. Normally the tyre size is 155/70-13 but 165/65 R13 is a perfect upsize for Santro Zing.

Goodyear Gps2 Tubeless P 155/70r 13 75s

Santro Car Tyre Upsize Tyre Chart

 Buy and Get Flat 29% Off On Santro New Tubeless GoodYear Tyres 155/70 @ Rs.2684

Or 

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3) Up-sizing for Hyundai i10: This is the most fuel efficient city car at both high and low speed and genuinely feels like you’re driving a bigger car. Thus up-sizing to 185/70 R13, 195/60 R14 or 205/50 R15 makes and ideal choice as diametrical difference is within the range of 1.34% To 1.9% which is very well within safe range. 

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4) Recommendation For Hyundai Verna Up-sizing: If you are looking for good handling, low tyre noise, comfort and macho look up-sizing is a must. Take a look at below few recommended sizes by manufacturers...

Goodyear Duraplus Tubeless P 175/70r 13 82h

Buy and Get Flat 22% On Goodyear Duraplus Tubeless P 175/70R 13 82H @ Rs. 3,799

 Hyundai Verna Tyre Upsize Sheet

 

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5)  Up-sizing For Honda CRV: The Honda CR-V is a five-passenger, compact crossover utility vehicle--and one of the top sellers in its niche. Powered by a four-cylinder engine alone. If you are looking for low noise, power grip and good breaking. Here are the tyre size that you can look at...

Get Upto 16% Off On Goodyear Duraplus Tubeless P 205/65r 15

 

Buy GoodYear Dura Plus Tubeless Tyres 205/65r 15 @ Rs. 5,899

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Honda CRV Upsize Tyre Sheet

 

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