**Unofficial Tyre Thread**

Please can you car/tyre gurus offer your opinions on this?

I needed some new tyres fitted to my car (its just a boring-but-reliable 2005 Nissan Almera 1.5). The old ones had cracking sidewalls and such.

Anyways I got the car back from Kwik Fit (KF) and its nice to see the spanking new tyres. And then something struck me - what brand were they? So I took a close look.

Capitol Eco 007

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I've never even heard of this brand. A quick Google shows it to be KFs own brand? They are cheap compared to the big names like Continental, Michelin, Dunlop etc.

My question - how safe/good are these? Ok I should have selected the brand I wanted before I left the car but these new Capitols are fitted now. Should I take them back and swap em for a big brand. They are after all cheap for a reason...?

On the other hand all tyres have to meet the safety standards of the land and I dont drive a hi-performance vehicle.

Your input much appreciated :D

Thanks!
 
I imagine they will be not so good.

As for them changing them, I expect you have little chance as you let them fit whatever, rather than specifying a tyre and them ignoring your request. They will then be stuck with "used" tyres...
 
MrKnifey said:
How are people finding the Federal 595RSR's? I plan on fitting them to my Turinis on the Clio, but not sure if I should maybe spend more on the R888's?
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They're cheaper and have a stiffer wall, the R888's will offer better out right grip but they're pretty squidgy. Depends what you want. I'd have the RSR's if it's going on the road, more tread depth so more life :p
 
I've nearly destroyed my horrid Bridgestone Potenza RE040's that the PO had fitted to my E46 330i - thank god! Never really inspired much confidence in me as they seemed to slip when they shouldn't!

I'm looking at either Goodyear Eagle F1 Asy 2's, Conti Sport Contact 5's, or Michelin PS3's which I had fitted to my old e36 without any complaints. The F1's get the better review but as always, different cars work better with different tyres. What would you guys recommend?

I'm open to looking at other tyres if there's a better choice out there :)
 
Atari said:
I'm looking at either Goodyear Eagle F1 Asy 2's, Conti Sport Contact 5's, or Michelin PS3's which I had fitted to my old e36 without any complaints. The F1's get the better review but as always, different cars work better with different tyres. What would you guys recommend?
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Michelin changed the naming convention with the PS3 - it's no longer the Michelin UHP tyre, that is a place taken by the Pilot Super Sport. The PS3 is more mid-range.

I'm also looking at 4 tyres in the near future and the shortlist is CS5 or F1AS2. To be honest I've been really impressed with the AS2's I've currently got so unless the CS5 is a comparative bargain I'll probably go for them again.
 
[TW]Fox;24467518 said:
Michelin changed the naming convention with the PS3 - it's no longer the Michelin UHP tyre, that is a place taken by the Pilot Super Sport. The PS3 is more mid-range.

I'm also looking at 4 tyres in the near future and the shortlist is CS5 or F1AS2. To be honest I've been really impressed with the AS2's I've currently got so unless the CS5 is a comparative bargain I'll probably go for them again.
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Ah - that would explain the mixed reviews on the PS3's, I'd seen the PSS but thought they were the high performance variant primarily suited for track use over day to day. I'll drop the PS3's off the list in that case and see what price Costco can do on the PSS as they've got a promo on them this month.

The reviews for the F1's and the CS5's are very similar, seemingly the F1's are better in the dry and the CS5's are better in the wet. I'm leaning more to the CS5's at the moment as it seems they're the better all-round tyre from the various reviews I've been reading this morning. Price is near enough the same for either too.
 
The F1A2 appears to 'change' pattern as it wears.

Worn:

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New ones are like these:


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I wonder what the reason behind that is?
 
It could be something as simple as if the cuts are deeper then the blocks move too much when new.
It could be that their analysis on fluid motion shows pushing fluids sideways isn't beneficial when the channels are shallow.
 
Amleto said:
It could be something as simple as if the cuts are deeper then the blocks move too much when new.
It could be that their analysis on fluid motion shows pushing fluids sideways isn't beneficial when the channels are shallow.
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So you don't know either then :p
 
Good job the dont put those cuts all the way through. Would be like jelly !

The tread pattern doesn't 'change' as they wear - just like the inside of an onion doesn't change when you peel it. I guess they don't look as pretty when they wear :p

My AS2 are due for replacement now. They feel pretty good now without the massive tread blocks.

In other news my mates S2000 has FK452 on. What a horrific tyre! No grip and they are all over the place when it's warmer than 15C
 
I noticed the exact same thing the other day as my cuts are beginning to disappear. Think I read somewhere that some of these cuts act as radiators to help get rid of heat from the tyre and when the blocks wear down, there is less movement in the tyre, which means the tyre produces less heat so they aren't as necessary. Dunno how true it is.
 
Simon said:
Good job the dont put those cuts all the way through. Would be like jelly !
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That would be my guess, having the same pattern all the way down the tread block would make them unstable. The cuts will be for clearing water, a deeper tread will require more cuts to shift more water, as the tyre wears the tread holds in less water.
 
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