New Uniroyals probably cheaper than used tyres.

[dieselnutjob]

which tyres will give me the most compliant ride on a 225/15 R17 ?

I put new front shocks on the 607 a couple of years ago and it's a bit hard

[320touring]

Hoping thr uniroyals i ordered turn up soon so the 172 can go back on the road! No doubt thats next weekend spent tinkering..

[coalnotdole]

Just thought I'd update to say the tyres I ordered from tyre leader arrived, if your in a hurry it may pay to get them elsewhere as It took a week or so for them to arrive. My Mitchellins all had date codes from the end of 2014 so hardly old stock either.

[320touring]

Just thought I'd update to say the tyres I ordered from tyre leader arrived, if your in a hurry it may pay to get them elsewhere as It took a week or so for them to arrive. My Mitchellins all had date codes from the end of 2014 so hardly old stock either.

Think our 2 took 4days from germany-less time than the bike tyres from the uk:)

[Noel Tidybeard]

 

Im not sure if it was a Dubber thing or whether they were actually offered as optional extras by VW once over.

Fookin minging tho.

 ronal teddy bears- option on the bubble micra

[twosmoke300]

I thought it was vw polos?

[Richard]

My tyres arrived in 46 hours. The fitter, selected from their website, had never heard of Tyreleader. I didn't try to hold them to the £8.50 fitting fee, it was still a good deal.

[bigfella2]

My tyres arrived in 46 hours. The fitter, selected from their website, had never heard of Tyreleader. I didn't try to hold them to the £8.50 fitting fee, it was still a good deal.

Glad I am not the only one this has happened to, see my earlier post.

[Pillock]

which tyres will give me the most compliant ride on a 225/15 R17 ?

I put new front shocks on the 607 a couple of years ago and it's a bit hard

225/15?

 

Compliant? None. That has to be a typo, 15% sidewall has the same give as painting the outside edge of the wheel with hammerite.

[dieselnutjob]

yes it should have said 225/50 R17

[tooSavvy]

 

Im not sure if it was a Dubber thing or whether they were actually offered as optional extras by VW once over.

Fookin minging tho.

 

or.....

 

 

dunno if I'd roll on them....

 

 

TS

[bigfella2]

 

Im not sure if it was a Dubber thing or whether they were actually offered as optional extras by VW once over.

Fookin minging tho.

You would look like a kiddy fiddler driving that. Wrong on so many levels.

[Alan_Green]

Duly ordered.  And look below. The order says that they are supplying Rainexpert 3's. So not run out old stock. Will see what arrives.

 

Uniroyal Rainexpert 3 195/65 R15 91H                 2                                           32.69 £ 

[Jim Bell]

Just ordered 4 Toyo Poxy T1Rs.

I know they're a "performance wanker" tyre, but at £33 a corner delivered, they were cheaper than some of the ditch finders.

 

OP is a hero for starting this Fred. Tyre leader1 is the best.

[overrun]

Think our 2 took 4days from germany-less time than the bike tyres from the uk:)

Same for me.

[overrun]

Just ordered 4 Toyo Poxy T1Rs.

I know they're a "performance wanker" tyre, but at £33 a corner delivered, they were cheaper than some of the ditch finders.

OP is a hero for starting this Fred. Tyre leader1 is the best.

I heard about this place, last year iirc (Nova forum) and forgot about it until now - cheers OP! - although I probs would have found it, when Googling, as I like a bargain!

 

T1R was my tyre of choice, too.

Although they are seemingly frowned upon, in MR2 land.

 

We shall see!

 

At the prices they are, we can't be robbed, imo.

[gordonbennet]

Glad you lot is getting some bargains.

 

Toyo T1R's eh, the best handling tyre i ever put on the Merc, shit to a blanket wet or dry.

 

Confession time, i put the wind up a geezer in a 1007 who was trying to muck me about with those, i didn't inconvenience him in any way but he got the arse with me at a roundabout and afterwards sat about 6 ft from the back of me old 124 merc, making it obvious i was holding him up, well i'm almost ashamed to say i gradually increased speed quite nonchalantly (i'm practiced due to twats at never looking in the mirrors but know exactly who's behind) and led him into a long bend at 80 which the old merc was entirely happy with, as the road straightened out said pug was about 500 yards behind...twattish i know, sorry...but who in their right mind would buy a 1007 let alone drive it like a pillock.

[Largactil]

T1R's have a bit of a squidgy sidewall (or at least they used to), so that might be why MR2 land didn't like them.

 

I had a set on an old MX5, and they were fine - Just ran them with a few extra psi.

 

My tailgating eejit story involves a BAD BOI Lexus IS200. 

 

I was blezzing back from Prestwick Airport one dark and rainy night in my old Fiat Panda 100HP, when I came upon said IS200 travelling a fair bit slower than me on the M80. Obviously being overtaken in a Panda insulted his ego, so he proceeded to speed up and undertake me.

 

Thereafter followed a silly game where he'd pull ahead a dozen car lengths, and then slow to less than what I was maintaining. As soon as I got close and pulled out to overtake, he'd nail it again. And so on. And so on.

 

I reach the Stirling exit, and lo and behold - He's exiting too.

 

I pull into lane two  and drift past him, speed unabated on the tight-ish sliproad bend that most people usually brake for - The Panda wore Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD's which are excellent in the wet.

 

Enraged at my gall, he pulls out behind me to try and flash me out the way, but we're approaching a large roundabout and I don't brake as there's no traffic.

 

I maintain my speed (well within the posted limit) navigating the roundabout, which he attempts to match in order to remain welded to my back bumper. I then note his lights disappearing. Turning red. Appearing / disappearing again.

 

Penny drops that he's spun twice, and is parked on the grass reservation (undamaged, it would seem). I chortle and keep going.

 

Thing is, nowadays I'm older and more sensible, and would just have dropped my speed on the M way to let him go - I have visions of what would have happened had the eejit managed to kill himself through his pig-headedness, and how I'd have been accused of 'road racing', when I was behaving fairly passively.

[UltraWomble]

 

£25.81 each.

cheaper than part worns.

[Alan_Green]

Duly ordered.  And look below. The order says that they are supplying Rainexpert 3's. So not run out old stock. Will see what arrives.

 

Uniroyal Rainexpert 3 195/65 R15 91H                 2                                           32.69 £ 

These arrived weeks ago. They are Rain Expert "3's" not "2's". So better still. Thanks for the tip.

[Hendry]

What's the catch with these tyres? Are they different to the same "model" of tyres sold in the UK or something? E.g. are German Continental SportContact 2s different to the ones sold here?

 

I need a 195/55/16 87H Continental ContiEcoContact 5 for the spare wheel I'm getting for the Corsa so it matches the tyres on the car, £58 on that tyreleader site, even UK online places a like black circles and mytyres are over £80. Just wondering how they can be so cheap and make money, there surely must be a catch, old stock, discontinued lines or factory rejects?

[Alan_Green]

Euro/UK exchange rate is favourable. But that doesn't explain all the difference. But they are euro-conforming-tyres (not for example South American version of Pirelli's etc that you have to look out for in some countries because they are cheaper/inferior to euro tyres, or so people used to tell me anyway). 

[forddeliveryboy]

Tyreleader is probably wanting to establish itself as a market leader in the UK, so combined with the low Euro prices are great - for now. The wholesale price for tyres in bulk was always amazingly low.

[dieselnutjob]

I just ordered 4 Nexen N'Fera SU1 225/50R17 from oponeo.co.uk

The Nexens come out okay in the Autobild score, particularly for comfort, and I only paid £56 each including delivery

I have Nexen CP641s on at the moment and I quite like them

[beko1987]

2x Uniroyal RainExpert 3's on their way for £26 per tyre!

 

Their coming to the office, so hope their well wrapped and clean, sods law I'll have a white shirt on the day their delivered...

[mercrocker]

Two Uniroyal 185/14 van tyres came to £73 delivered. Local discount tyre shop quoted me £50 + fitting for two Chinese dreadfuls. Pleased to see "Made in Holland" on the Uniroyals, they arrived within a week to a local tyre depot (that I have already dealt with in the past) who fitted them for a tenner each. Well happy, the noise level is much lower than previous ditchfinders and I will deffo be getting Tyreleader to send some rubber for MrsR.s 190E.

[tooSavvy]

Tyreleader is probably wanting to establish itself as a market leader in the UK, so combined with the low Euro prices are great - for now. The wholesale price for tyres in bulk was always amazingly low.

I'm sure I read somewhere tyres can be bulk ordered by weight - trade. Therefore if you sell a ton at 'full,full+100%' markup (to aldi drivers)... the next ton will be for beer tokens to yrr mates.

 

TS

[barefoot]

Just ordered 4 Toyo Poxy T1Rs.

I know they're a "performance wanker" tyre, but at £33 a corner delivered, they were cheaper than some of the ditch finders.

OP is a hero for starting this Fred. Tyre leader1 is the best.

What and where are these Toyo proxy T1r's?

The only exciting looking Toyos I can find are R888's at £76 a corner for poxy little Scirocco sized 185/60x14's and they don't look like they'd be much fun when mildly damp, never mind in a drop of rain!

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

Any body want 4 new old/stock Rain Expert 155/65x14?, I bought them less than 2 years ago for a Moggy project which I sold on.

£80 collected from Hednesford, Staffs, WS12.

[PiperCub]

This is very interesting, prices are incredebly good but how much roughly do you pay per tyre to have them fitted/balanced/old tyres recyc'd?

 

Reason I ask is that for the past few years I've used etyres so have lost touch. I used to pay between £5 & 10 per wheel, is this the case now? I assume some places are happy to do it whereas others get the hump as you haven't paid their inflated (no pun intended) prices for the tyres themselves.

 

If I can get them fitted cheaply, I will get a decent set for the 406 & bin the Barums.