What tires for Touring edition wheels?

Take a look at tirerack.com

 

Look for silica tread compound and high sidewall pressure ratings for lower rolling resistance.

I prefer Michelin.

 

i have the original bridgestone turanza's with 7000 miles and just rotated them 40F 38R, they still look and feel great...not sure what to expect after more mileage though.

 

After a blowout on 3/07, 4 month old 07 touring with only 1900 miles on the Bridgestone’s on a trip from Vegas to LA
I haves since put over 9000 miles on the new set of Michelin Pilot Primacy tires (the OEM tires for the Prius touring in Japan)
Finally the MPG on the Primacy is equal or better then the original Bridgestones wear is better too as well as GREAT handling even in rainy weather. It is a summer touring non-run flat LRR Low rolling resistance silica tread compound high pressure up to 51 psi tire. Some say in tire reviews they are noisy so far so-good no issue there their Great Tires!!!

Read My post on Priusonline Checkout the photos on Page2

http://priusonline.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10666&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=a18ef3b8209f9c235df45b0e2efc5e27&start=0

Bought then at tire rack Purchased road hazard but also available at Costco included in the price size is the same as OEM tires Runflat add weight lower MPG but they also make a runflat version I don't know if its available in the U. S.
Hope this Helps

Bob2780

 

FYI, here's the TireRack.com comparison chart for all Touring OEM size summer or all season tires that are not run-flats. Not much to choose from. If I were in your situation, I'd consider going with a different, more common size.

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Hi misslexi,

Yes. There are definitely tradeoffs (and some gains).

I see some Touring owners have gone to the 205/55/16 size. There are A LOT of tires available in that size. On your standard Prius the 205/55/16 will result in a 1.7% under-read (if your speedometer says 60 mph, you'll be going 61 mph), plus the height of the wheel/tire combo will be slightly greater, and your actual gas mileage may drop a little. However, you should get noticeably better handling.

BTW, I like the Miata Tire Calculator. It's easy to use and read, and gives more information than some calculators.

Tire size calculator

Anyways, good luck.

 

Check out the tires here:

http://www.1010tires.com/tire.asp?tiremodel=Ziex+ZE-912&tirebrand=Falken

Seems okay by the reviews. This may be the tire I will buy when I decide to upgrade to 16" wheels and tires

ZC1

 

Falken Ziex

Great catch ZC1. I had forgotten about the Falken Ziex. The reviews of this tire are very good. It's one of Consumer Reports' highest rated Performance All Seasons. It's also relatively cheap. And it comes in the OEM Touring size of 195/55/16, which will result only in a 0.1% speedo/odo error on the standard Prius. The thread life isn't great though (Consumer Reports rates its thread life below average).

EDIT: Also, here's a thread on the Falken Ziex:

http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-m...top-rated-falken-ziex-ze-512-tires-prius.html

EDIT 2: You'll see a lot of stuff on the net saying that the Falken Ziex 912 is the upgraded replacement of the Falken Ziex 512. I had thought that was the case. But on further research, including on the Falken Tire website, they are different tires. So my transference of the Consumer Reports' high rating of the Falken Ziex 512 to the 912 is wrong. The 912 may be better or worse than the 512. I just don't know. I haven't found a single magazine review or professional road test of the 912 yet. But its 40,000 miles thread wear warranty is longer than the 512's 30,000 miles warranty, so it should be better in that regard.

EDIT 3: As it turns out, Falken Ziex ze-912 was Consumer Reports' top rated Ultra High Performance all season tire in its January 2008 tests of Ultra High Performance tires. I don't know about its rolling resistance as compared to the Touring's OEM Bridgestone Turenza El400's, but Consumer Reports rated its rolling resistance as "good". It can be bought at DiscountTire.com in the Touring's OEM 195/55/16 size for $77 each.

 

are there any touring owners out there with runflats, im window shopping on tire track and only 25% of the tires in that size are regular tires with the other 75% run flats, the continental contipro contact review sounded good but itis a run flat. and for $122 it looks like pretty good deal

i guess the 87v rating means its only good for 40,000 warranty?

the 40,000 warranty would probably steer me away from it

im at 30,000 - 35,000 miles on the origignal tires and probably going to need to replace them soon

 

rigormortis,

No. The 86V rating for the tire is the Load Index and Speed Rating for the tire.

Some tire Load Index Nos for load carrying capabilities are shown below:

86 = 1,168 lbs/tire at max inflation pressure
87 = 1,201 ditto
88 = 1,235 ditto
89 = 1,279 ditto

Speed Rating letter shows the speed capability of the tire. Some are:

V = 149 mph
H = 130 mph
U = 124 mph
T = 118 mph
S = 112 mph

Go to tirerack.com and look at their charts for Load and Speed ratings to view all of the ratings.

I agree with Boo and plan on going up in size to 205/55/16 when I replace the stock 195/55/16 Bridgestones on both of my tourings. There are MANY more selections in this tire size than the OEM 195's. I have narrowed my selection choices to three tires:

Goodyear Tripletred
Goodyear Comfortred
Michelin Pilot Exalto A/S

As of now, I am leaning toward buying the 205/55/16 Michelin Exalto all-season tire when I replace the OEM Touring Bridgestones.

 

i think i saw that v series had a 40k warranty
so i was worried