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Psymonkee

Psymonkee

Psymonkee

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Hi,

Got a mish mash mixture of some dodgy rubber on my car and a tyre with a cracked sidewall :\

Tyre size is 225/45/18 on a Mondeo.

Ideally need to replace 2 tyres and shall rotate accordingly but I'm at a loss of what to buy. Mobile tyre fitters apparently can't be bothered covering my area so I'm left with the usual buy tyres/arranged fitting. The local garages are also awful :(

My choice of tyres is this: http://bit.ly/fPuSzk

Any good recommendations?

Thanks
 
I'd be tempted with the KU31's.

There's no way I would spend £150+ (Sessanta/RE050A) on tyres for a Mondeo.
 
Woop!

I'm a bit dim today :(

Size is actually 225/40/18

Quite a bit more choice and some nicer looking numbers. However the local garage I've had the car at has suplied me with his price list some good tyres at decent prices on there and he'll fit them at £5.80 a corner (+VAT of course :p)
 
I know it's an extremely subjective area but I am far from impressed with the KU31's I fitted on my Celica. The fronts have only lasted about 4000 miles and already close to needing to be replaced. I just found them to be underwhelming.

I wasn't even hooning the car around in that period of time either I can only assume that the harsh temps during Dec/Jan have somehow helped shred them.

I appreciated different requirements for different people/cars etc I just wouldn't invest in another set.
 
mytyres seem expensive?

I was going to go with ContiSportContact 3's for my Mondeo (same size) and camskill are £230 for 2 and mytres are £277
 
Yeah I've been seeing that trend a lot there - one to avoid for now. Shall be ringing round the local places in the morning and seeing if someone can get under £500....

Best I've got so far is 4 x Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2's for £516 fitted.
 
As long as you don't read too much into 'They're awesome!!!one' hype the KU31s ain't bad. Anyone who tells you that the price wasn't THE biggest selling is lying. They're far from ditch finders but they aren't the Goodyear and Michelin some like to think they are. They seem to be wearing a tad quickly and and despite being 275 section they'll break traction in 2nd in the dry. They don't half smoke well though ;).

I'd happily have them for a runabout/normal car but I'd think twice before bunging them on a 'performance' car again.
 
Joshy said:
As long as you don't read too much into 'They're awesome!!!one' hype the KU31s ain't bad. Anyone who tells you that the price wasn't THE biggest selling is lying.
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Did anyone dispute that? They were £28.50 each for my civic:p
 
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