In depth review of the current Malaysia tire price.

Malaysia Tire Price: When it comes to buying tires, we all know the drill. “How much will it cost ?” This is the most common question people will ask. Once the price is given, intuitively the mental calculation starts to flow and few seconds later we decide whether it is a yes or no. With the data we have in our table/app, I would like to share some few aspects on how the tire prices are structured to give you a better feeling on the current landscape.

High inch, higher price

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So most of you guys who owns a higher inch tire (18″ and above) would realize their tires cost a lot. This is very true and you can see from the graph above that the prices do rise exponentially with respect to your rim size. A 18″ tire cost you averagely RM 614 but a 19″ tire cost you an average of RM726. On the other spectrum, we have a 14″ tire costing about RM 165 (yay Myvi users !). Loosely speaking a set of 4x Myvi tires cost the same as a single 18″ tire 🙂

Longer width, higher price

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I was surprise that there was a relationship between the tire width and the prices. The longer your tire width , the higher your tire prices. Most of the time the a higher tire width do comes with a higher rim size but not all the time. This partly explains the trend. The price increase is actually quite linear for every 10mm incremental of tire width

205/55 R16 price showdown

Tire brand (205/55R16)	RM
Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2	232
Toyo Proxes TR1	263
Continental ComfortContact 6 CC6	288
Kumho Ecsta PS31	288
Continental UC6	295
Yokohama Advan Fleva V701	310
Michelin Energy XM2+	325
Michelin Primacy 4st	340
Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE004	378
Michelin Pilot Sport 4	388

Let’s have a deep look on the popular 16″ size the 205/55R16 which covers a lot of mid range cars. Not surprising that 3 of Michelin’s product (XM2+, 4st, PS4) covers the top 4 spot. While the Bridgestone RE004 was the 2nd most expensive. The more surprising thing was the lowest priced tire was Goodyear Assurance TripleMax 2 ! This must be one of the best bargains of this season.

Summary

Tire prices goes up exponentially with rim size and linearly with tire width. Always do survey the prices out there before committing to a certain tire brand. Check our our tire app/table for the latest prices !