**Unofficial Tyre Thread**
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I've got a question about speed ratings. I notice on sites like blackcircles that the recommended speed/load rating for my mini is V84. I've been looking at Uniroyal Rainsports, but they have a rating of Y88. Presumably this is better than V84 so i'll be fine fitting them?
[TW]Fox;26597219 said:Is that it! Blokes, they are virtually new and the rears are 300 quid each new
Take it and see, I'd be interested to know.
You'll probably find they have little interest in buying expensive tyres because they'll take far longer to shift than cheap tat in common sizes so given the higher initial outlay need a much higher profit margin to make it worth while - since they may be sitting around for months.
It's not like people going to a part worn garage to get tyres are wanting to pay more for 'good' part worns
Higher speed rating = better, higher load rating is just different though. However 84 is pretty darn low and I highly doubt 88 will cause any problems. I'll be fitting some 97s to the Jag soon (heavy car mind) over the standard 93s but I'm fitting F1AS2s which have a slightly softer sidewall than many tyres - and they were like a quid cheaper per tyre!
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I think I had them at around 39 rear and 34 front. I had to play with them to get them where i wanted but those were the pressures that i was most happy with. They wore very evenly, felt compliant and had loads of grip at these pressures.
Is there even a 5 series owners club? (excluding the M5 of course)
Fair enough if they were Type R, Clio 1*2 size tyres they would probably shift, but nobody with the money to afford an F10 is going to go sourcing on forums for part worn tyres. These type of people will tend to roll up to a BMW garage, hand the car over for the day and be on with their business...
Fair enough if they were Type R, Clio 1*2 size tyres they would probably shift, but nobody with the money to afford an F10 is going to go sourcing on forums for part worn tyres. These type of people will tend to roll up to a BMW garage, hand the car over for the day and be on with their business...
There has to be a BMW owners club, doesn't there, and they must have a forum. If don't have to be for the 5 series either, a BMW owner could have fitted larger wheels to their 3 series for example, it doesn't really matter to you, as long as they need tyres the same size as the ones your selling
Pilot Super Sport on an A5 TDI? You would be better off with a tyre that's less focused whilst still offering outstanding performance, ie Conti Sportcontact 5 or F1A2. It's an all weather daily use car, after all, so ultimate dry grip at the expense of comparative wet performance seems an odd choice, not as if it will do the odd trackway is it?
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Rains a lot in this country.