Went to buy a new tyre from Merit Tyres UK for my Copen yesterday and had a bit of a shock. The only manufacturer now making tyres of Copen size is Bridgestone. Availability was zero for at least the next four weeks. Thankfully at extra cost they could get one from another dealer. Does anyone know of any other supplier of Copen tyres? Has anyone tried any other wheel size?
What ?????? there are many suppliers of the right size tyres.. I purchased these ones..mail order delivered to home address and then fitted at local place £10 each new valves and balanced...they also have a beter EU economy and wet grip rating than the Bridgestone. http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rs...rd&Label=F-B-70-2&details=Ordern&typ=R-272347
4 with free delivery £113.20 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-SUMMER...359?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e9ae82687
I bought new Bridgestones for my Copen a few months back from tyre shopper. They had a choice of about five makes and their prices were the best I could find on the web. Just been on their website and now they don't list any tyres for the Copen. Tried Black-Circle's and they only had Bridgestone Potenza's listed. They also had around five makes to choose from a a few months back. It's all a bit strange.
Its really not that hard to find tyres on the big world wide web..? Mytyres has 6 brands available now..tyre leader has 10 brands..... Simply google "165/50/15 tyres" and take your pick
I've noticed that a lot of places are now only stocking the bridgestones. I use ETyres, they have mobile mechanics and the longest I've had to wait has been 3 days. I can't fault them for their work nor price, so I'm happy with the bridgestones.
I turned up at my local tyre fitters on Saturday having pre-ordered my 165/50 R15's Bridgestone Potenza's The chap checking me in looked at my current tyres and the receipt and declared I had ordered the wrong tyres as those currently fitted were 195/50 R15. I have only had the car a couple of months and I thought I must have had a senior moment when I ordered them through their web site. While in the waiting room I checked again on my phone and discovered I had been right all along and managed to get the correct 165/50 R15's fitted. I can say however the oversize tyres did not give me an issue I only replaced them because they were near their limit. The new tyres do look rather thin and I am tempted to try 185/45 R15 when these wear out
You had no rubbing with the 195/50-15? I am looking at trying 165/55-15 as there is very limited choice in 165/50-15 in Australia. Tyre options have certainly not improved here
I bought tyres from these guys before with no problems. They have a decent range for the Copen http://www.oponeo.co.uk/tyre-finder/s=1/summer/t=1/car/r=1/165-50-r15
You need to be careful importing tyres to OZ. They need to be complienced here so you might be on shaky ground if you have an accident with imported tyres.
Australia only requires that tyres are compliant - not complianced. Australia adopted the UNITED NATIONS - UNIFORM PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF PNEUMATIC TYRES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR TRAILERS in 2007. Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 23/02 – Passenger Car Tyres) 2007 https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2007C00769
The original tyres give a tyre profile height of 82.5mm the 165/55 will give a profile height of 90.75mm which is less than the 97.5mm with the 195's I had on. You could try 175/50/15's which give a profile height of 87.5mm and the slightly wider tyre should be OK for clearance.
