DRTDVL 0 Report post Posted February 6, 2010 After getting a lovely puncture yeasterday we are now looking for two new tyres for the 307. Size: 205 / 50 / 17 She current has Pirelli P Zero Nero's on the car and they where good. I've been looking around and seen the the 50 profile isn't all that common from what seen and a 40 profile is much more common. Would there be much of a impact going to a 40 profile over a 50 profile? Also what tyres would you recommend for someone who doesn't really push the car, nice quiet ride, and good overall performance. I don't want to cheap out on the tyres but i don't really want to spend mega bucks on performance tyres when 99% of the time the cars just cruising around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 34 Report post Posted February 6, 2010 Get some Dunlop Sport Maxx's from Johnno. Fit your requirements well i would think. I know you can get 205/45/17 as that is what is on the back of the e30. Ask him if he can get them or something similar in a 50 profile. 205/45/17 would be legal, but the correct size is 205/50/17 based on the factory size being 195/65/15 (thanks google). 205/40/17 would be too small - ie not legal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DRTDVL 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2010 We are going to give the sport maxx a try - the cheapest price i could get for the Nero was $450 and one place was $650 - a lot didn't stock them and we didn't want to pay that much for them. My GF really doesn't push the car so it's going to be used more as a touring/city tyre. If it was for a fast road car then i would look at something different. The RE001 was going to be roughly $40 more a tyre than the price i ended up getting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
