Decent tyres

Peerzy · 1 Sep 2013 at 16:57

Afternoon all,

I know this gets asked a million times a week but I'm pants at tyres and never stay up to date. OH requires 2 front tyres for her Fiat Bravo (1.4T petrol, 150bhp, 2007), current front tyres are Continental's (not sure which type - rears are a different brand) and size is 225 /45 / R17 (91W) so what would people recommend?

Looking to order from Camskill, Blackcircles or another similar website as a friend owns a garage and will fit and balance etc... for us.

Obviously looking for decent tyres and nothing budget, from my brief look on the net it appears known brand tyres start at about £75 and decent stuff (Continental Contact Sport 5) are about £95 so is it just worth going for those or is there a better tyre in this size for that sort of price range (£75-£95)?

Cheers

hurfdurf · 1 Sep 2013 at 18:26

What size tyre?

Peerzy · 1 Sep 2013 at 18:29

hurfdurf said:
What size tyre?

Peerzy said:
...and size is 225 / 45 / R17 (91W) so what would people recommend?

hurfdurf · 1 Sep 2013 at 18:34

I may or may not be blind.

andicole0 · 1 Sep 2013 at 18:37

I'd stick with the same make and model tyres especially if the rears are the same. Continental are a good make and you won't get much better without paying a lot more and they will then be rather more a specialist tyre.

Andi.

Peerzy · 1 Sep 2013 at 18:39

Rears are completely different make and model, Bridgestone I think. Only the 2 fronts are Continentals but both are near the limit.

Not after a specialist tyre, want to know if the Continental Contact Sport 5's are the best available or what people generally go for?

[TW]Fox · 1 Sep 2013 at 18:44

Just buy more Conti's. Job done.

Peerzy · 1 Sep 2013 at 19:25

[TW]Fox;24866294 said:
Just buy more Conti's. Job done.

The Contact Sport 5's? LINK / LINK2

Anybody know of any other websites to try before ordering from Camskill or Blackcircles?

Biohazard · 1 Sep 2013 at 19:36

Toyo proxes

Minstadave · 1 Sep 2013 at 19:42

Contis or Eagle F1A2s are both good options.

Ev0 · 1 Sep 2013 at 20:51

Minstadave said:
Contis or Eagle F1A2s are both good options.

Seem to be the go to options in this size. I'm just pricing up some F1A2s and they are coming in at a very reasonable £85 a corner from Camskill.

Had them on my Impreza and they were great.

Peerzy · 1 Sep 2013 at 20:56

Ev0 said:
Seem to be the go to options in this size. I'm just pricing up some F1A2s and they are coming in at a very reasonable £85 a corner from Camskill.

Had them on my Impreza and they were great.

I must be missing something as on Camskill I can't see the F1A2s in 225/45/17?

Edit: Ignore that - found them, assume it's these: Clicky

Ev0 · 1 Sep 2013 at 21:15

Yup they have a few variants in that size, differing load and speed ratings.

Peerzy · 1 Sep 2013 at 21:19

Ev0 said:
Yup they have a few variants in that size, differing load and speed ratings.

91 matches the current tyres (assume that's load) and Y is better than W so guess those are fine as well.