Looking to buy fresh new tyres

[Ricochet J]

My tyre size is 195 60 R15.

Before the set on my car become illegal I want to replace the tyres. I've seen some Kumho KH31 for £39.89 at Blackcircles.com. What are these tyres like? And have you previously ordered from Blackcircles.com?

I've been looking at:
Camkill.com
Mytyres.co.uk
Blackcircles.com

Any other places I should be looking (except the high street)? Can you recommend any tyres?

The tracking is also slightly out so I'll be sorting this when I replace the tyres. Except from:
- Balancing
- Tracking
Is there anything else I should be doing when fitting the tyres?


Ta

 

[DM]

Blackcircles are good and reliable, dont know anything about those tyres though.

You could treat it to a 4 wheel alignment once the tyres are fitted.

 

[Ricochet J]

Have you used their fitting service?

It's a Ford Focus. Would it need 4 wheel alignment on a FWD car?

 

[DM]

I just had them delivered and took them to my usual place.

As for the alignment, im not sure if its worth it or not, its about 100 quid so i suppose you would have to decide.

Nice to start fresh with a fresh set of tyres though.

 

[Ricochet J]

Does anyone know if I would get away with using 195 55 R15 or 195 65 R15?

Or should I just stick with my tyre size?

 

[abbviper]

I would recommend Uniroyal Rainexpert tyres

 

[SeatIbiza]

your speedo will be slighty wrong if you change size.

Stick to the proper size..

The kumho will probably be ok for the car.

 

[Fr0dders]

www.elitedirect.co.uk

can sometimes be cheaper.

 

[Ricochet J]

www.elitedirect.co.uk

can sometimes be cheaper.

Funny that MrLOL (no pun intended), the site seems to suggest (after I've entered my plate details) my tyre size is 175 70 R14 - which is wrong!

 

[Ricochet J]

What's Avon Rubber like? I know them as an engineering rubber company, but not as a tyre company. Has anyone used Avon before?

 

[Duke]

Weird, don't think it would have come with 14" wheels originally (which can be the case when putting your reg in and a previous owner has changed the size).

Avon are fine, I had them before - ZZ3 off the top of my head.

 

[clv101]

I would recommend Uniroyal Rainexpert tyres

I just put Uniroyal Rainsport 2 on my Fabia VRs this morning - through Blackcircles, always used them, never a problem.

 

[Ricochet J]

I've seen some FALKEN ZE912 for £36.20!

Is this a win?

ATM I'm reading reviews at tyrereviews.co.uk. Should be looking anywhere else?

 

[Peerzy]

I used camskill to order a set of Kumho K31's recently for my car (FWD - similiar car to a Focus), very impressed with the website and tyre.

Mine cost about £250 delivered on 17s.

 

[[TW]Fox]

I've seen some FALKEN ZE912 for £36.20!

Is this a win?

No, its a fail. Shock as cheapo tyres are cheap

The 452's are the Falkens everyone raves about.

 

[DreXeL]

The Kumho KU31 is a great tyre for the price IME, but not sure about the KH31, which appears to have a slightly different tread pattern.

 

[Ricochet J]

@ Fox, I'm a noob when it comes to tyre selection. It's the first time I'm buying tyres for a car and already I've learnt so much! I assumed that: recognised brand, cheap price = automatic win. Obviously this isn't always the case. Naturally, I'm also reading reviews too so I'm not just buying blindly.

@ DreXeL, I'll look into KU31. I'll try to find the major difference in performance compared to KH31.

 

[Lyle44]

I've used http://www.tyretraders.com/ for my tyres, they can sometimes be cheaper, site layout's a bit disorganised though

 

[bledd]

I use KU31 on my car, very pleased with them

 

[Sanchez]

I use Ling Wang on mine. £12.63 a corner and they're very, very good.