Nova 1.2 Merit ... (Wip)

Depends which wheels you have at the moment as Vauxhall did two sizes of the 3 spokes, some are 4.5J (off Pearls and stuff like that) and some are 5J (off GSi's).

If they are the 5J ones 185 tyres will fit as I ran them on my old GSi.

yeah mine are 5J and not the 4.5J.

Got new discs and pads on today feels much better than before.

Going to look into these tyres now.

Will they be a much lower profile or something then with the numbers being diff?

Don't know how the tyre sizes work.

185/55/14 is a good tyre size mate

Quite wide but a fairly small profile on the side

I had these fitted when my Corsa GSi alloys were on

Those tyres are 185mm tread width, 60% sidewall (60% of 185 so 111mm) on a 14 inch diameter rim. They're H rated so good for 130mph when carrying their maximum load.

Your current ones will have 101mm sidewalls, so the excellences will be a bit bigger. I'll find some pics of mine when I get home.

So in theory the ones i have on are just as good?

The make of the ones on are called GT and are 50 quid a tyre.

The price alone means nothing, and the reputations can be hard to fathom as you'll find contradictions all over tyre review sites.

In theory the ones you have are smaller ;).

http://www.xen0phobiak.f2s.com/novaload/excellence1.jpg
http://www.xen0phobiak.f2s.com/novaload/excellence2.jpg

Those are the only 2 pics I can find right now of when I still had mine. Basically compared to what you've got the tread area will be 30mm wider, and the sidewalls will be about 10mm bigger aswell, but they should still fit fine. Thats as far as the specifications go though.

Tyres are very subjective and you'll find that many people love and hate many types. I can tell you first hand that my 185/60R14 F1's and the excellences that I used to replace the F1s that wore out were all fantastic in the wet.

Really don't want the sides any bigger TBH so i'll stick to what i have thanks anyway.

Miss this car so much :(

get another?? lol