Another tyres thread (2014 Nissan Leaf Acenta)

obi604

hi

I have a 2014 Nissan Leaf Acenta. It will need 4 new tyres in the next few weeks.

Tyres are 205 / 55 / 16 (and 91 V)

Looking for trye recommendations
Ive heard Dunlop Sport blue response are ok

unknownlegend

Hi Obi

I use uniroyal rainsport 3 on my leaf. They probably aren’t particularly efficient but eeking our range wasn’t a concern for me and I found the wheel spin and wet grip in general to be quite bad on the original Dunlop’s it came with.

obi604

unknownlegend wrote: »

Hi Obi

I use uniroyal rainsport 3 on my leaf. They probably aren’t particularly efficient but eeking our range wasn’t a concern for me and I found the wheel spin and wet grip in general to be quite bad on the original Dunlop’s it came with.

thanks, are these expensive?

obi604

see this link: https://ibb.co/3NgGGZQ

all the tyres are dunlop sport blue response 205 / 55 / 16
does anyone know why the difference in price etc

obi604

any thought on these, Kumho Ecowing es31: https://www.oponeo.ie/tyre/kumho-ecowing-es31-205-55-r16-91-v#314189586

Had Kumhos on my last 2 ICE cars and found them good, not sure if ok for the electric type cars with rolling resistance and all this

unknownlegend

obi604 wrote: »

thanks, are these expensive?

It cost 540 for all 4 with balancing. It was a place in west Dublin, PM me if you want the details. I can recommend them from the point of view of grip, that was my main criteria (if I was looking to eek out every bit of range I'd be making the rolling resistance a top criteria)

slave1

I just went with stock Primacy tyres, if they were good enough for Nissan then they are good enough to me and I've had zero issues.
Still have original two tyre on the front 67k kms in!!!! No side wall degradation and even wear and still a few k away from replacement.

obi604

slave1 wrote: »

I just went with stock Primacy tyres, if they were good enough for Nissan then they are good enough to me and I've had zero issues.
Still have original two tyre on the front 67k kms in!!!! No side wall degradation and even wear and still a few k away from replacement.

Do I even need to bother looking for an efficient tyre etc?
Will any standard tyre (within reason) work ?

obi604

obi604 wrote: »

Do I even need to bother looking for an efficient tyre etc?
Will any standard tyre (within reason) work ?

any comments on this?

10-10-20

Do I even need to bother looking for an efficient tyre etc? No
Will any standard tyre (within reason) work ? Yes

obi604

10-10-20 wrote: »

Do I even need to bother looking for an efficient tyre etc? No
Will any standard tyre (within reason) work ? Yes

ok, and im guessing I wont loose 20% range with a non efficient tyre

KCross

obi604 wrote: »

Do I even need to bother looking for an efficient tyre etc?
Will any standard tyre (within reason) work ?

Unless you are regularly taking the car to the edge of its range I wouldn’t worry so much about having an A rated efficient tyre and focus more on grip.

The difference in efficiency between an A and a B tyre will hardly be noticeable, imo.

obi604

KCross wrote: »

Unless you are regularly taking the car to the edge of its range I wouldn’t worry so much about having an A rated efficient tyre and focus more on grip.

The difference in efficiency between an A and a B tyre will hardly be noticeable, imo.

fair enough, thanks for the input.

Alun

unknownlegend wrote: »

Hi Obi

I use uniroyal rainsport 3 on my leaf. They probably aren’t particularly efficient but eeking our range wasn’t a concern for me and I found the wheel spin and wet grip in general to be quite bad on the original Dunlop’s it came with.

FYI there's a new version of that tyre called the Rainsport 5 (no idea what happened to the Rainsport 4!).

obi604

What do ye reckon on Kumho Ecowings ES31 for the Leaf?

obi604

obi604 wrote: »

What do ye reckon on Kumho Ecowings ES31 for the Leaf?

any comments on this?