**Unofficial Tyre Thread**

Found a nail in my side wall at the petrol station which has accelerated plans for a new set of boots! A full set of 225/40/R18 Y

So far looking at Pirelli PZero, SportContact5 & Goodyear Efficient Grip with a budget of around £300-360

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Nevermind, picked up some ContiSport 5's for £350 fitted.
 
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About to pull the trigger on 4 CSC5 tyres for the 330Ci, cheapest I can find is £424.20 at F1 Auto Centres (fully fitted). I've read F1 Auto Centres can be hit and miss in terms of customer service overall.

I've looked on Black Circles and it's the same price delivered, before considering fitting.

Anywhere else I can check first?

Kwik-Fit are £450 but with the added advantage they can come to my work and do it on the car park, the £25.00 is probably worth my time so I don't have to faff around on the weekend. But then it's using Kwik-Fit, etc...
 
I want new tyres in 195/60/R15, my previous car had 2 winter up front and 2 summer on the rear which seemed to work really well in the snow so I'm thinking I might do the same. Is that a good idea?

Currently, I have Avon ZT-5's all around and although they have plenty tread left all around, they don't seem to grip well at all on wet or muddy roads which does not bode well for winter.

So, since I don't want to end up in a ditch or worse, I'm out on the hunt. Options below:

Michelin Crossclimate @ £76 per corner all in
Dunlop Winter Response @ £76 per corner all in
Yokohama W.Drive V905 @£58 per corner all in
Goodyear Ultragrip 9 @ £76 per corner all in

It's also complicated by the fact that I think I have a slow leak in the rear nearside tyre. So I would take the leaky tyre off, put a new winter one on and stick that on the front, take the next most worn tyre off, replace that with a second winter one and again put on the front. Rearrange the remaining two and stick them on the back and Robert is your mother's brother, until Spring. Then I'd change the winter ones out for a new pair summer ones and put the winter ones in the shed. Is that sensible?
 
shroomz said:
I want new tyres in 195/60/R15, my previous car had 2 winter up front and 2 summer on the rear which seemed to work really well in the snow so I'm thinking I might do the same. Is that a good idea?

Currently, I have Avon ZT-5's all around and although they have plenty tread left all around, they don't seem to grip well at all on wet or muddy roads which does not bode well for winter.

So, since I don't want to end up in a ditch or worse, I'm out on the hunt. Options below:

Michelin Crossclimate @ £76 per corner all in
Dunlop Winter Response @ £76 per corner all in
Yokohama W.Drive V905 @£58 per corner all in
Goodyear Ultragrip 9 @ £76 per corner all in

It's also complicated by the fact that I think I have a slow leak in the rear nearside tyre. So I would take the leaky tyre off, put a new winter one on and stick that on the front, take the next most worn tyre off, replace that with a second winter one and again put on the front. Rearrange the remaining two and stick them on the back and Robert is your mother's brother, until Spring. Then I'd change the winter ones out for a new pair summer ones and put the winter ones in the shed. Is that sensible?
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Not really, no. Winter and summer tyres have different characteristics. Winters are shocking in normal conditions and summers are shocking in wintry conditions so no matter what the car ends up poorly balanced and if anything will increase the likelihood of an accident.
 
Clarkey said:
Not really, no. Winter and summer tyres have different characteristics. Winters are shocking in normal conditions and summers are shocking in wintry conditions so no matter what the car ends up poorly balanced and if anything will increase the likelihood of an accident.
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Sigh, yeah I thought that would probably be the case. Spec me a summer tyre with good wet braking? I can deal with the 2 weeks of snow we get by not driving like an idiot.

Among others, I can see on blackcircles:

Continental Premium Contact 5's for £66 all in per corner
Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance for £61 "
 
Got a couple of advisories for my front nearside and rear offside (seems funny to me) tyres as they are approaching legal limit. I have four winter tyres on atm, the front two match and the rear two match but front and rears differ.

Current tyre size is 195/60R15s and I'm on a bit of a tight budget. Question is, am I going to have to buy a set of four or can I put mismatched winter tyres on the rear and replace the fronts? (FWD car). If I did just replace the fronts mixing winter and all season tyres is obviously a bad idea...

Any advice?

Also, does anyone have any opinions on Toyo Proxes CF2/Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance/Dunlop SP Sport BluResponse? I don't know a lot about tyres but all of the above are apparently good for fuel economy and braking in the wet.
 
Cookeh said:
Got a couple of advisories for my front nearside and rear offside (seems funny to me) tyres as they are approaching legal limit.
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Be worth double checking they have actually noted the correct tyres, although if they have, may be worth getting an alignment check done to investigate why they have worn unevenly.


Cookeh said:
Current tyre size is 195/60R15s and I'm on a bit of a tight budget. Question is, am I going to have to buy a set of four or can I put mismatched winter tyres on the rear and replace the fronts? (FWD car). If I did just replace the fronts mixing winter and all season tyres is obviously a bad idea...

Any advice?
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I assume the mismatched winters are both from decent manufacturers? If so then I would put them both on the front, and get 2 new rears. Whilst you shouldn't really mix tyres per axle, having 2 mismatched quality tyres is likely better than having 2 matching budget tyres. Best practice is to put the new tyres (with the best grip) to the rear.



Cookeh said:
Also, does anyone have any opinions on Toyo Proxes CF2/Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance/Dunlop SP Sport BluResponse? I don't know a lot about tyres but all of the above are apparently good for fuel economy and braking in the wet.
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Out of those three then I would say go for the Goodyear or Dunlop over the Toyo's. Having had a quick look on blackcircles, not much difference between any of the premium brands in your tyre size. Only other tyre worth considering might be the Conti Premium Contact 5, as that is priced similarly and should perform equally. Personal preference really, although not sure what car you have - maybe worth asking on an owners forum for feedback, as some tyres don't seem to handle as well on certain cars.
 
I have some Toyo Proxes CF2s in 185/55R16. Dry & wet grip and handling all inspire a good degree of confidence. I'm confident with them fairly deep surface water too. Fuel economy seems consistently a little better than the Dunlop SP2030s they replaced. I do notice that they seem to lose a little traction in colder wet weather though. Perhaps more so than my previous summer tyres.

I've never had truly premium summer tyres on my car though - so take the above for the failry subjective observation it is.
 
Its just a Corolla, nothing special. Its got a Firestone pair and a Michelin pair on it atm.

So the best plan would be to swap tyres round so I have two winter tyres at the front (even if they dont match), get two 'normal' tyres for the rear and get alignment/balancing done. Then ofc replace winters when the weather is normal/as they need?
 
Cookeh said:
So the best plan would be to swap tyres round so I have two winter tyres at the front (even if they dont match), get two 'normal' tyres for the rear
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No sorry I may have misread, I assumed you would get 2 winters for the rear (as you don't really want to mix winter and non-winter tyres).
 
Been offered a decent set of mps wheels Inc tyres.

they are nexes winguard sports with 8mm tread.

I know these are entry level winter tyres and I only plan to use them over winter. Are they a good option?

Will be replacing with rains ports in spring and swapping back next winter if they are decent enough
 
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Ah well.
better than the crap mix of summers on the car at the moment ;)

will prey for a mild winter this year then and get some nicer ones from up that list for next winter :) will have a good little stock pile of tyred in the garage then :)
 
Is it though? **** winter tyres are probably worse in damp non-wintry conditions than **** summer tyres :/

However, they'll still be better than summers in snow.

Braking distances (m) in wet from 50 MPH and in snow from 30 MPH.
ContiWinterContact TS 850: 36.1 and 28.2
Nexen WinGuard Sport: 39.1 and 30.5
Summer tyre: 36.0 and 58.2
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Armageus said:
I assume the mismatched winters are both from decent manufacturers? If so then I would put them both on the front, and get 2 new rears. Whilst you shouldn't really mix tyres per axle, having 2 mismatched quality tyres is likely better than having 2 matching budget tyres. Best practice is to put the new tyres (with the best grip) to the rear.
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Double checked and I have Michelin Alpins on the fronts - apparently pretty good winter tyres.
 
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