**Unofficial Tyre Thread**
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What is the general opinion on Avon tyres? I've seen some really positive reviews and some negative reviews.
I know people who swear by Avon tyres and people who reckon they're not all that. I suppose it depends what tyres each persons had experience of.
Personally I'm Interested in knowing the opinion of hankook tyres, never tried them myself.
K107 s1 EVO or k115 ventus prime 2
It's for a standard fiesta doing a commute, cheers.
Personally I'm Interested in knowing the opinion of hankook tyres, never tried them myself.
K107 s1 EVO or k115 ventus prime 2
It's for a standard fiesta doing a commute, cheers.
Hankook's are decent, I've had a pair on the ST, and whilst they aren't as good as F1AS2s or Conti's they offer good performance for the price.
[TW]Fox;27114810 said:
That droning is going to be resonance rather than tyre noise. I'm thinking it'll disappear over time as the rubber structurally changes as it wears and squishes around. Try putting the tyre pressures 5psi down and see if it disappears. A cheap way of fixing this might be to swap the wheels around on the same axel. Will take 10mins, garage will charge £10 and it may well cure it!
Alternately, full 4 wheels KDS alignment?
If this doesn't solve it I imagine it'll be a wait and see if it fixes itself or just buying new tyres.
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The difference in noise between my Michelin Super Sports and F1A2's was noticeable within 500 yards of driving it out the tyre garage. Frankly I don't think Fox's tyres will get much quieter, I know my didn't but as I said they were significantly quieter already so to me were an improvement.
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Yes, it sounds like this. It isn't general tyre noise, it's distinct and above that. It's not ALWAYS there either, just mostly. Get it on super smooth tarmac and it's silent.
Come on, even I wouldn't pay a garage to jack the car up and swap the wheels over! Might try this.
'Just buying new tyres' - have you SEEN how much these cost for 4 on a set of staggered F10 19's?!
Took the E39 out earlier - the profile on the E39 is exactly the same despite the wheels being an inch smaller. Guess what, with it's F1A2's it's perfectly quiet. Exactly what I was trying to achieve with the F10 and exactly why I selected the F1A2 over the recently better performing Conti.
I did contact Goodyear a week ago but received no reply. I cannot imagine they will be at all interested, unless your tyre falls apart at random for no reason it seems you have no comeback whatsoever in the case of something like this.
If swapping wheels around doesn't sort it, have you sold the old wheels yet? If not, and assuming they're the same size, you could try putting them back on one by one (or put one in each corner successively) to see if you can rule out a specific F1A2.
Bit of a faff but if you can rule out one dodgy tyre it's going to hurt less than replacing all four..
Long shot but the fitter hasn't accidentally fitted one (or more) of them the wrong way round has he?
Bit of a faff but if you can rule out one dodgy tyre it's going to hurt less than replacing all four..
Long shot but the fitter hasn't accidentally fitted one (or more) of them the wrong way round has he?
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[TW]Fox;27118945 said:
Has to be in the running for strangest 2 car collection ever. Why did you buy an F10 diesel when you're clearly still mad about your E39 which by your own admission is still mint?!
Why did you buy an F10 diesel when you're clearly still mad about your E39 which by your own admission is still mint?!
I retired the E39 because it's really rather old and faffy now. It is cosmetically excellent but the rate at which things broke was ever increasing and ever more annoying. It's still around as it's not really worth selling and I'm really fond of it. I bought the F10 because I really wanted an F10.
Obviously in hindsight what I ought to have done is replaced the E39 when it was worth actual money with something like an E39 M5 which would have been a more worthwhile garage queen but there we go
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Best tyres for Civic Type R ? 225 / 40 / R18
Eagle F1 A2 or Pilot Sport 2 ? (Or any others? Budget: £130 each)
Thx
Eagle F1 A2 or Pilot Sport 2 ? (Or any others? Budget: £130 each)
Thx
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Better than the PS2, PS3 and F1A2 ? As it's winter/wet so I'm not entirely focused on dry grip.
Yup.
Just hugely dissapointed really. Stuck with them now for thousands of miles. Wish I'd bought the Conti's instead but why would I even have considered this when I've used F1A2's for years and never been anything other than thoroughly happy with the noise levels?
The rears don't seem to be that noisy, it's the fronts really.
I contacted Goodyear and they asked me to call them but realistically what can they do? Nothing I wouldn't have thought.
Just hugely dissapointed really. Stuck with them now for thousands of miles. Wish I'd bought the Conti's instead but why would I even have considered this when I've used F1A2's for years and never been anything other than thoroughly happy with the noise levels?
The rears don't seem to be that noisy, it's the fronts really.
I contacted Goodyear and they asked me to call them but realistically what can they do? Nothing I wouldn't have thought.