Difference in these tyres?

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Had to do a road side change today, wasn't able to safely stop for around 2miles so by the time I did the tyre was SMOKING HOT!

Anyway, I would like to buy a pair of Hydragrips. Put these on the front and my current front tyres (Hydragrips) on the back.

mytyres.co.uk seem cheapest but I don't know of many other online sites to compare.

We have:
  • HydraGrip 185/60 R15 84H
  • HydraGrip 185/60 R15 88H XL
What are the differences between these two tyres other than around £6 each.

Also, what can I expect to pay for valve, fitting, balancing and disposal for these two tyres?

The alternative is to buy a second hand set of Ford alloys (probably Ghia X alloys (12 spoke) for around £100 but then they may not have great tyres. The car is mainly for work so I am not overly fussed about ricing it up.

Thanks,

Chris
 
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lordrobs said:
Doesn't XL usually stand for Extara Load?
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That would seem logical, what's considered extra load?

Would it be better to get identical tyres to those I currently have?
 
Nope I wouldn't of said that was heavy enough to warrent XL tyres.

Regarding the cost comparison, I was about to choose MyTyres after looking at them, blackcircles and etyres but I did a final check, expecting nothing, on www.froogle.co.uk where I found FK452s in my wheel size (205/50/17) at just £55 each inc VAT!
 
etyres will give you a price including fitting, ballancing etc if you are feeling lazy. You dont even have to leave your house.
 
XL means eXtra Load.
at 1500kg I'd say you'd be better going for XL tyres. They will wear more evenly std tyrs on a heavy car can make the edges wear more never mind whta pressure you put in them. You alos can get a better drive as the sidewalls are stiffer resulting in less sidewal flex, giving better handling.
If there isn't much in it buy the XL.
But I'd rather buy a std top tyre than an XL budget tyre.
 
Biscuity said:
XL are always better, as Jamous said, you get stiffer sidewalls.

Buy a good brand though, whether it's for work or not doesn't matter.
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Are Goodyear Hydragrips no good, what would you recommend?
 
Hydragrips are reputed to be excellent for high mileage motorway work and yet excellent wet weather tyres. If they had been available in my (cars) size they would have been on my shortlist when i got my tyres done.

The Falken FK452s are also reputed to be excellent in the wet and quite hardwearing compared to other tyres like the Toyo T1R, Avon ZZ3 and Goodyear Eagle GSD3 that are also reputed to be good in the wet.
 
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Tesla said:
Also, what can I expect to pay for valve, fitting, balancing and disposal for these two tyres?

Thanks,

Chris
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When I had four new tyres fitted, with valves, balanced and the old one's disposed of it cost me ~£50 I think. (That's off the top of my head). Think it worked out at roughly £15 a wheel for fitting, £18 for balancing each wheel, £5 for the valves and then about £5 for disposal.

So it's not too bad. That was from my local "Tyre Spot" garage.
 
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