Right time to replace tyres?

All in good fun, Anil, hope you don't mind!

Ami's response rounds up what I wanted to say.

The 185/70 section tyres will be quite tall compared to the 165/70 section tyre-so avoid.

!75/70 is acceptable-though 175/65 would be ideal.

@Ami/Krishna - interesting chain of thought! I like alloys because they look good!(personality and all).

Two advantages of the alloys that i have seen(in the real world) are

1)gives better seating to the tubeless tyre.

2) are a bit more stronger than steel rims and resist bending(on potholed roads)-but then there is the issue of cracking!.

not the least, Krishna. Afterall we are here to interact and a bit of fun in between can certainly break the monotony and contribute to a healthy forum.

Nice discussion

Alloy Wheels are basically for good/better looks.  Good quality/light weight alloys do help a little / marginally in improving the handling, braking & mileage.

I too feel Alloys & tubeless tyres go better together.

This article provides straightforward information about right time to replace tyres

http://www.tyrestore.in/replacementoftyres.asp

 My Indigo CS TDI has done 41K kms in 33 months & the tyres are still very good