I bought a Niva, passed TO1, installed castings and tires 215/70/R16

Expert: Boris Evgenievich Kononov

*Review of the best according to the editors of expertology.ru. About the selection criteria. This material is subjective in nature, does not constitute advertising and does not serve as a purchase guide. Before purchasing, consultation with a specialist is required.

The Russian SUV Chevrolet Niva is highly popular among domestic motorists. One of the reasons for stable demand is high traffic. In addition, the machine is unpretentious in maintenance and has an affordable price. In order for a car to realize its full potential, it is important to choose the right tires. It is best to do this taking into account the time of year and the nature of the roads being overcome. With the help of our experts, we will try to determine the range of suitable tires.

Recommendations for choosing tires for the Chevrolet Niva

Manufacturer's recommendations

. Depending on the modification of the Chevrolet Niva, R15 or R16 wheels are installed on the factory assembly line. Therefore, before going to a car store, you should find out the equipment of your iron horse. The most common tire sizes are:

1. 205/70R15;
2. 205/75R15;
3. 215/75R15;
4. 215/65R16.

Seasonality

. For different times of the year, you should select seasonal “shoes” for the Chevrolet Niva.

1. Summer tires behave well in the warm season, allowing the driver to enjoy a fast ride. It is quiet and has good rolling power.
2. Winter tires are indispensable when operating a car on snowy or icy roads. Friction models are recommended for the southern regions of the country, and for northern routes it is better to prefer tires with studs.
3. For those who like to ride through meadows and forests, special mud tires are recommended. It features an aggressive deep tread that is easy to clean off the ground. The only disadvantage of special tires will be noise on asphalt.

Speed ​​and load index

. Many Chevrolet Niv owners use their cars as workhorses. Some reckless drivers are trying to set a speed record on paved highways. Therefore, when choosing tires, you should pay attention to the speed and load index.

1. Speed ​​characteristics are encrypted in letter designation (Latin letters). For example, “T” indicates a top speed of 190 km/h, and “V” allows you to accelerate to 240 km/h.
2. The Chevrolet Niva can be seriously loaded, but only if you have the appropriate tires. The load index has a digital designation. If with the marking “60” the maximum weight per wheel is 250 kg, then with “113” this value will increase to 1150 kg.

We have selected the 14 best tires for the Chevrolet Niva for review. All models are sold in auto stores in our country. When distributing places, the editors of the journal expertology took expert opinions as a basis, taking into account the reviews of Russian crop farmers.

Advantages and types of mud tires for Niva

Note! The advantages of mud tires for all types are excellent cross-country ability on dirt roads, mud, clay, swamps, and snowdrifts. For areas with no roads, this is an ideal option for traveling by car.

Mud tires for Niva come in the following variants:

• A/T tires are universal rubber designed for movement on both asphalt surfaces and various light off-road options. Tires of this type have a moderately aggressive tread pattern and protected sidewalls. Tires are suitable for asphalt, dirt roads, sand, stone, snow. They get stuck in deep ruts and clay. This is an ideal option for drivers who mostly drive on city roads and occasionally go off-road.
• M/T tires are a more classic version of mud tires. They have a tractor-type tread and fairly powerful side lugs. These tires are much more difficult to clog with dirt than regular ones and tend to self-clean when driving. They are much harder than All Terrain tires and perform poorly on asphalt and highways (they wear out quickly), as well as on ice. These tires are perfect for off-road driving, mud, rough roads, and solid snow.
• Extreme tires. This includes tires for tractors and special equipment. They have a diagonal cord design, their tread pattern is quite thin and quite large. Tires have a center track. The size range of the vast majority of these tire models starts from 29-31 inches. Some Niva owners install tires up to 31 inches in size, first changing a number of car structures, for example, filing the wheel arches. In addition to mud, these tires also work well on rocks and clay; they can also be used on asphalt.

Depending on the terrain and conditions in which the car owner will have to travel, you can make the appropriate choice of the type of mud tires for the Niva car.

Mud tires on Niva 4x4 Attention! On certain models of off-road tires there are often recommendations for use in the ratio of asphalt roads to off-road conditions: 60/40, 50/50, etc.

Rating of the best tires for Chevrolet Niva

Seasonality

According to this criterion, car tires are divided into three types:

Summer

Tires are made of hard rubber that does not soften at high temperatures.
They wear out more slowly on hot asphalt. This guarantees a long service life and short braking distances. The tread pattern of summer tires removes water well from the contact patch and prevents aquaplaning.

However, at low temperatures, the rubber of summer tires loses its elasticity. At temperatures below 5 degrees Celsius, the adhesion coefficient of such tires decreases sharply. In winter, the braking distance of a car with summer tires increases significantly.

Important! Tires that have lost their elasticity glide easily even on clean, dry asphalt. Therefore, it is necessary to install winter tires for the winter.

Winter

The rubber of these tires remains elastic at low temperatures, which ensures reliable grip on asphalt. In order to hold the car on snow or ice, the tread of winter tires has many sipes, the edges of which “cling” to the road.

However, such tires soften greatly on hot asphalt and are not suitable for use in the heat. Separately, it is worth noting the winter studded tires.

They are made of harder rubber than winter non-studded ones. Spikes provide good traction in snow and mud. However, studded tires have a longer braking distance on asphalt and ice. Therefore, in urban conditions it is better to use tires without studs.

All-season

These tires are a cross between summer and winter. Accordingly, they wear out faster than summer tires on hot asphalt. And when used on snow, ice or even winter asphalt, all-season tires do not have a good grip coefficient. Its only advantage in summer is good cross-country ability in mud or sand. Therefore, such tires are not so rare on Niva.

The best summer tires for Chevrolet Niva

From spring to autumn, it is best to drive a Chevrolet Niva on summer tires. Especially when the daily route runs along city streets or country roads. Experts liked the following tire models.

Yokohama BluEarth-Van RY55

Rating: 4.9

Summer tires Yokohama BluEarth-Van RY55 are designed for use on commercial vehicles, crossovers and SUVs. The element of rubber is city streets and country roads. In such conditions, the tires feel confident on both dry and wet asphalt. Experts note fuel efficiency, which should please Chevrolet Niva owners. Japanese designers worked out the tread pattern in detail, this made it possible to increase directional stability and reduce rubber deformation in the transverse direction. Domestic motorists also express their solidarity with the experts, making the model the winner of our review.

The main advantages of tires, according to users, are softness, wear resistance, and good balancing.

Advantages

• directional stability;
• affordable price;
• resistance to transverse deformation;
• fuel efficiency.

Flaws

• not detected.

Continental CrossContact ATR

Rating: 4.8

A successful balance between the main performance qualities allowed the Continental CrossContact ATR summer tires to win silver in our review. German tires are designed for crossovers and SUVs. The tread pattern has an unusual look for the brand. In the center there is a large number of blocks, united in groups of threes. They are responsible for directional stability and excellent traction and grip properties. If the central part is flexible, then the shoulder areas have a rigid connection. This structure increases efficiency during acceleration, maneuvering and braking.

Positive assessments prevail in reviews of Russian consumers. Car enthusiasts like tires for their versatility, noiselessness, and tenacity. The downside is the high price.

Advantages

• good handling;
• noiselessness;
• effective braking;
• resistance to aquaplaning.

Flaws

• high price.

How to choose wheels for a Chevrolet Niva

In order to correctly select the most suitable rims for wheels on the Shniva, you need to know what types of rims are available and how they are made:

1. For example, stamped ones , being the cheapest and easiest to produce, are made by stamping from rolled steel. They are easily restored after deformation, but are heavy in weight, which affects the condition of the suspension and worsens the car’s handling. In addition, stamped discs are susceptible to corrosion and bend easily.
2. Cast wheels, made from aluminum and other light alloy metals, are not as heavy as steel, have an attractive appearance and do not corrode. But at the same time they are noticeably more expensive and suffer from excessive fragility.
3. Forged wheels , being the most expensive, become lighter and stronger than cast wheels through additional mechanical and heat treatment.

The most popular wheels among Chevrolet Niva owners are from the following cars:

• "Suzuki Grand Vitara";
• "Suzuki Jimmy";
• "Kia Sportage";
• "Volga".

Mud tires for Niva M/T

M/T (Mud-Terrain) means “mud-terrain”. The tread of all tires of this type is rough, deep, “toothy”, and the distance between the elements is large. With such a tread, the rubber works in mud like the paddle wheel of a steamship.

Advantages:

• Suitable for severe off-road conditions, M/T tires are significantly more passable than A/T tires.

Flaws:

• On the highway they are inferior even to A/T tires.

You are not a fan of fast driving, but an off-road fan and are looking for truly off-road tires for your Niva, then M/T tires are for you. Video example of BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A KM2 215/75 R15 tires:

The most effective tires for off-road driving on the Niva

The most effective options for off-road wheels for the Niva are the following models:

• Ya-569 Medved is a budget-class model made in Russia; the price of these tires starts from 3,700 rubles*. Installation does not require adjusting the arches to the tire size. This tire is quite suitable for winter conditions: it is quite soft in the cold and performs well in the snow. The tires of this model pass ice and summer asphalt quite poorly, showing poor handling. Available in a single standard size 235/75 R15;
• Cordiant off Road are also domestically produced M/T tires. It can be used both on asphalt and off-road. Cost per unit from 4000 rubles*. These tires tolerate asphalt well. Available in standard size 225/75 with dimensions R16-R15;
• Hankook Dynapro MT RT03 M/T tires, produced in size 235/75 R15, prices start from 4,500 rubles*. For installation on the Niva, a 5 cm mini-lift is used. On asphalt, the tires of this model show high wear resistance and are perfectly cleaned off-road. The tires are equipped with holes for self-studding and are very soft;
• Kumho Road Venture mt kl71 – M/T tires made in Korea, characterized by a rather aggressive tread pattern. Available in size 235/75 R15 (28.9 inches). The cost starts from 5800 rubles*. They are distinguished by good self-cleaning even in clay, the tread is quite large with large distances between the blocks. The rubber is quite soft, the sidewalls cling well to the ground, and there are lateral lugs. It wears off quite quickly on asphalt;
• BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A KM2 is considered one of the most successful choices of mud tires. For Niva, size 215/75 R15 is suitable (cost from 5,200 rubles*). The tires do not wear out on asphalt and are quite durable and self-clean well;
• Federal Couragia m/t is one of the standards of mud M/T tires; its tread is as close as possible to extreme. This rubber has lateral lugs and fairly large self-cleaning tread blocks. It is very soft and squishes very well in liquid mud. For the Niva, the standard size is 205/80/R16 (28.9 inches), its cost starts from 4,200 rubles*. The option is less common than other tires with the traditional Niva size 15, but is welcomed among supporters of installing mud tires on the Niva 4x4 size R16;
• Simex Extreme/Jungle Trekker is an extreme type of off-road tires that is installed on a Niva after lifting and cutting arches, replacing pairs and other modifications to the car. Installed in standard size 320 x 95 R15, cost per unit starts from 12,000 rubles*. The model is professional, passes well through clay, and the tread has a high degree of self-cleaning. The tread has a directional off-road type pattern. It is one of the most optimal options for mud tires for Niva 4x4;
• Forward Safari 500 is a domestic model of extreme tires for installation on the Niva, which requires a significant lift. On the VAZ-2121 it is installed in standard size 235/75 R15, the cost of which starts from 4900 rubles* per unit. Installation of this size requires spacers. Rubber is hard, quite heavy, and self-cleaning well.

Off-road tires 215 75 15 for the domestic car "Niva" 21213

For the VAZ-2121 car, the non-standard tire size is tires for size 15 wheels, namely 205/70 R15 or 205/75 R15. When switching to these sizes, the choice becomes more extensive, the width and height of the profile increases, cross-country ability and grip on the road surface increase.

Car owners who install off-road tires of this size on their Niva recommend the following models:

Goodyear Wrangler A/T Adventure

• The Goodyear Wrangler A/T Adventure is great for off-road use, with large tread blocks and deep drainage channels for fairly quick and effective self-cleaning. The tires have a reinforced frame, and powerful sidewalls greatly increase resistance to deformation. The rubber has a special composition of silicon and polymers, which reduces noise and vibration during movement and also extends its service life. The price is about 7,000 rubles* per unit;
• YaShZ Ya-569 are also off-road tires of size 15, installed on the Niva. They have a special tread pattern with characteristic sharp edges, allowing the tread to cut through a layer of dirt and thereby provide outstanding cross-country ability. There are large channels between the tread blocks that allow the tire to quickly clean itself. The tires have a reinforced frame and sidewalls, which provide resistance to deformation and additional stability. The price per unit is from 7,000 rubles. It is one of the most passable off-road tire options for the Niva.

YaShZ Ya-569

I bought a Niva, passed TO1, installed castings and tires 215/70/R16

Well, let’s continue the torment, in the sense of a story about the vigorous miracle of the Russian auto industry. And so on in order.

Everything seemed to be fine, the running-in was going on, the car was driving, the Japanese drivers were screaming from the foreign cars, some were not allowed in, well, in general, everything was as usual. And then there was a lot of water in the form of heavy rainfall, which has also happened in Vlad lately - as usual. I was tempted to drive through the puddles and check the water qualities and aquaplaning of the car, and at the same time wash my belly from the noise of the country roads. Russian. Everything would have been fine until I stopped at Avrorovskaya, driving under the railway bridge near CHPP-1. There, then, as usual, there is a big puddle under this bridge, where they are constantly pulling out either Nyukh, or Witz, or something else by the scruff of the neck. I drove up to the wheels - 684mm, I heard glug-glug-glug Glug. Let's back up so that it doesn't gurgle, and behind us the egg car is already pulled up all over and snored, and the uncle is sitting in it, as usual, and is already yelling at the entire Aurora. Well, it’s the usual thing - everyone is yelling in foreign cars, I turned to the left and back and I show him with my flipper, well, you’re welcome. He drove off... He dived under the headlights with his muzzle, like a parachute swam, and emerged like an elephant from the water, and then shook himself off and went wherever he wanted. An old Hilux was coming towards us, too, as high as hell, on the goodrich road opposite I saw a Delica, let it pass and also hit it, raising a wave, right up to the hood, I thought, what an impatient guy, after all, it was possible to go slower. I thought, I’m standing there, and next to me there are some people riding around, jacked up and prepared. Why would this be, it’s night outside. Looks like the guys, for the most part, also wanted spicy sensations =). Well, okay, I gathered my courage, tucked in the lower one and drove into the abyss on the second. Somehow I crawled calmly and came out on the other side. Well, I was also happy, like those before me, and drove off. It’s dark outside, you can see where the headlights are shining. I feel something wrong under my feet, namely, that my original ryazin rug with a side has floated up. What's a glitch? Well, I drove on, drove about a hundred meters, stopped, turned on the light in the cabin, and there it was, and the rest was still flowing through the cracks. He spat and went to the parking lot to bail out water.

For an hour and a half, like a scrubber, I used a stinking rag and wrung out the water onto the street. Then I got tired of it, closed it and drove home.

Three days have passed...

The hero Suchan came to the city to visit his parents, scattered the entire interior, removed the carpet and saw the VAZ thermal insulation underneath. It looks like some kind of cotton wool mixed with finely shredded panties, as well as something else that smells foul and with some kind of layer applied on top, either frozen tar or some kind of plastic. H. figure it out. But when the temperature drops below 15 degrees Celsius, this crap bursts and breaks along with the cotton wool. Another remarkable property of this substance of alien origin, saw!, is its very good ability to absorb water and not give it away until you squeeze it out. At least take a rolling pin and roll the water out of this “batting”.

In general, I hung it on a wire (in the photo), I thought that the thread would dry in two weekends. And at night, as usual lately in the seaside, it started to rain again. This vatinization was completely wet and it was no longer possible to dry it in a short time. The only plus we can count is that I washed off the dirt =). I spat on it and decided to go to TO1 as is, that is, as it is.

After the Titanic sank and the consequences of waterlogging were eliminated, I decided to work on a plan for eliminating the accident. I wanted to understand where these kingstones are and who discovered them. Judging by the consequences and traces of mud deposits under the batting, the picture of the incident was reconstructed. As it turned out, in the thresholds of the VAZ-2131 there are holes with a diameter of 19 mm in the amount of 5 pieces. on each side. In the interior of the submarine, if you remove the carpets and batting, holes of different shapes and sizes also appear. And if you get under the car, saw! and look through the hole in the threshold, you can see the sun, shining with rays, which speaks of communication, which the Moscow itself did not want to believe until the last moment, until the fingers met from different sides and tactile contact took place.

As the Chinese say, by the way, they are right here next to us, Mine is in shock. And the muffin, then she flooded under the rugs in 15 seconds, while she was overcoming that puddle =).

I went to torment the short cornfield 21214 daddy, ten years old. I crawled under it and, alas, there are no, there are no holes anywhere. And dad says that he was always dry and jumped in the rivers, like on various fishing trips, drunk and sober...

But my friends warned me - “don’t take a Russian saw, here they fuck with Japanese saws, and you also want a Russian one.”

The first thought after the shock, where are the traffic jams? I went to the MOT and asked the first question. To which the authorized repair specialist Zhuchek gave an absolutely clear and intelligible answer - “This is not a swamp rover, and immerse it below the waterline, i.e. below the thresholds is small, and these holes are needed for condensation to drain and for ventilation of these same thresholds so that they do not rot. Takisho, you and him are to blame for what you have done. to discredit the name of Zhiguli." Everyone was having fun and we were burping...

What can I say? I'm swollen. But he didn't give up. I decided to correct the annoying misunderstanding myself. I went to the Lada store to ask if these plugs could be dug up, to which I was told that they do not exist in nature. I had to, as usual, farm everything myself. I measured the neck of a wine bottle - 18mm, not enough. Shampoo has a lot of it and it will stick out and tear it off, nah. And then Victor says I remember something vague that should go like this, but he doesn’t remember what. He tormented the Muscovite with memories and revealed: he says the plugs will come from electrical distribution boxes. We found their drawings on the Internet, it turned out to be exactly the same for the mounting diameter of 19-20mm. Just what you need motherfucker. I went to the market to look for crosses and found them. I ask the seller what kind of crossover I should get that is cheaper and that there are more of these rubber bands. She glared at me and said, “Are you stupid?” I’m not saying, you see, there’s a story here... So she came into the situation and said, well, we have three rubles apiece separately! To me, I say, the metaphors are somehow not very good, can you be more specific, And she: - so I’m literally. Okay, I say, please wrap up twenty pieces for me. They turned me over and drove me home to poke holes. I lay down under the car and, not without difficulty, I got them there. But they stand there rooted to the spot for a moment. We need more water to recede from the sky in large quantities, then we’ll climb into that puddle again, we’ll check how it collects water, but for now we’ll dry the batting =).

TO1 passed without problems, there was no oil flow, not Lukoil. I went and took a petrucanada in the engine and a tiboil in the transfer case, gearbox and axles.

It’s time to pass the first maintenance and the tires are normal, and it’s more interesting to roll in the wheels. Let's go with Stas to his mother-in-law's Balyai language. They measured and rummaged for a long time, it turned out that the lithko fits the same as the Paskudos and Jimosos, but they have an offset of ET 20, which is categorically not welcomed by the domestic auto industry, due to the increased loads on the cone bearings and their failure very quickly. ET is specifically needed no more than ET +40 for a 6.5 inch wheel width. Unfortunately, Russia makes such discs, so we went along again and bought Titan-Tech K&K there. What can we say specifically, durable and light wheels with a reinforced outer side, it is actually twice as thick as the inner one.

Next we went looking for tires. They tried on, put on shoes, tried on again, tried on again. It turned out that 215/70/R16 climbs to the limit, but slightly wears out the plastic lockers (fender liners) on turns and when the suspension is strong. I decided that I don’t care, we’ll cut the arches anyway, so we’ll take it. He took it and took it and put it down. The car jumped 12mm. It doesn’t run faster, but it jumps over the pits more easily, since the wheels are lighter than the stamp and the K-156 oak wheels are native in size for the Niva 185/75/R16. As per tradition, I am enclosing photographs.

Universal tires for Niva A/T

Stands for “All Terrain” or “Any terrain. These tires are designed for any terrain, that is, they are universal. Manufacturers of such rubber recommend it because it spends a quarter of the time outside the asphalt, and the main part is in the city and the highway.

Advantages:

• Copes with light off-road conditions (rocky and dry loose soil, light mud).
• There are practically no disadvantages when operating in the urban cycle.

Flaws:

• on the highway they are inferior to highway ones in a number of parameters (stability, braking distance, aquaplaning, noise, fuel consumption).
• not suitable for real off-road conditions, rapid “washing out” occurs (the tread becomes clogged with dirt)

Are you looking for tires for your Niva that have a good balance between comfort and cross-country ability? Then A/T tires are your choice. Video example of conquering off-road terrain on BF Goodrich AT tires:

Wheel caps

Car owners often decorate steel wheels with decorative plastic caps.
You can install linings with a radius of 15 or 16 inches on standard Chevrolet Niva wheels. However, you need to take into account that the hubcaps often fall off when driving on rough roads. You can try to save them in a simple way - fasten them to the disk with a plastic tie.

However, this method does not help on serious off-road conditions. Plastic does not withstand heavy loads when driving in deep mud, sand or snow.