Tyre help please

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95polo6n1
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Tyre help please

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Hello everyone :) ty for looking,

I've a 6n1 polo, in need of two front tyres, below is a link to a brand (Nokian Weatherproof) i would really like to get, am impressed with rating. She's on 13" factory alloys, one of which is a bit kinked (can feel light shudder on steering wheel & see flat spot on tyre), so will be putting a steely on driver front (couldnt find another single alloy@reasonable price, heck i might put the whole lot on steelys). Anyway, there are 3 different size variety within the 13" selection, so if folks would please tell me which of them would safely &comfortably fit on the FRONT wheels (and equally fit well on vw alloy & steel), i'm guessing the rears would take any 13"er. I do prefer the wider tyres if poss, gives a bit more 'oomph' to the look :)

Ty for any & all replies, i'd like to order them by tonight, the sooner i get them onto the car, the better,

http://www.eiretyres.com/search?vehicle ... and=Nokian
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Post by alexperkins »

175/65/13 is what you want though a 175/70/13 would be ok. Itll just throw your speedo a little.
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alexperkins wrote:175/65/13 is what you want though a 175/70/13 would be ok. Itll just throw your speedo a little.
Ok, great thank you. For my own reference, 'speedo thrown out', will i be going a bit faster or slower than what it says at eg 60kmph/ 37mph and 100kmph/62mph?
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Tire 1
175 / 65R13

Tire 2
175 / 70R13

Speed Difference
Tire 1 Tire 2
20 mph 20.5

30 mph 30.8

40 mph 41.1

50 mph 51.4

60 mph 61.6

70 mph 71.9

80 mph 82.2

90 mph 92.5
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excellent, thank you very much! (huge thumbs-up) :)
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