What tyre dimensions for MR2 MK3 (16", 15")?

[roadster_love]

Just wondering what the tyre sizes for the MR2 are, as I'm experiencing a lot of road noise at the moment and was looking to replace them with something quieter. (if it's possible!)

Current size and makes are:

Rear: Kingstar Radial K106   (215/40/16) 86w

Front: Toyo Proxes T1R (195/50/15) 82v


Thanks

[mr-ed_smt]

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[roger]

Tyre specs are here. http://www.mr2roc.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=24453.

First job is to get rid of your rears. NEVER mix tyres. Strongly recommend you change them for T1Rs, unless you have an urge to replace all 4.

[roadster_love]

Tyre specs are here. http://www.mr2roc.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=24453.

First job is to get rid of your rears. NEVER mix tyres. Strongly recommend you change them for T1Rs, unless you have an urge to replace all 4.

185/55/15
205/50/15

Ouch, mine are out by a fair old bit! Out of curiosity, how would my tyres affect the speed on the speedo? I think I was flashed the other day, but would have sworn I was near the limit/below it. Would tyre size affect this?

You recommend getting rid of the rear tyres? Is there a reason for this in particular? (They have a large amount of tread, newly new in fact).

http://www.mr2roc.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=23112

Thank you.

[onion86]

Ouch, mine are out by a fair old bit! Out of curiosity, how would my tyres affect the speed on the speedo? I think I was flashed the other day, but would have sworn I was near the limit/below it. Would tyre size affect this?

Your tyre size would affect the speedo a little but they're quite close really, you're only looking at it being 1.5% out (less than 0.5mph @ 30). Something like this will tell you the effect of your sizes.

You recommend getting rid of the rear tyres? Is there a reason for this in particular? (They have a large amount of tread, newly new in fact).

The tyres you have on the back are very budget (cheap Hankooks I think) and not really good for a car like ours, the Toyos you have on the front are quite a good brand and used by a lot of us on here, that's the reason.

[Sonner34]

Keep the cheapo rear tyres, but keep them as spares increase you get a puncture of something, carp tyres on a mr2 with winter coming up is generally not advisable, plus I reckon buy two rears for the car from somewhere like here
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Tyres can make or break a MR2, plus £100 for decent rear tyres is probably less than your insurance excess should those cheapo rear tyres send you into a ditch.

Personal choice but I don't run T1-R all round, they are great for the front but I prefer the feel of the factory bridgestones on the back as I found the toyos where too wallowly and unstable feeling when cornering at high speeds, I went with the potenza's and since then the car feels much more stable at high speed. But kept my t1-r's on the front. I'm going to try the 40 profile t1-r's next on the back as I had the 225/45/16's originally, maybe the lower profile will help things feel more stable.