New Uniroyals probably cheaper than used tyres.

[Lacquer Peel]

Cheap for all season tyre in that size, about the same price as a spurious Chinese brand, and free delivery even to the Arctic Circle.

[beko1987]

  On 06/10/2015 at 16:25, Lacquer Peel said:

I'd use tyreleader but they refuse to deliver to a Highlands and Islands postcode.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/retread-all-season-tyre-KING-MEILER-AS-1-205-55-R16-91H-/281632617292

 

Eyeing these up for the bare 16" alloys I'm getting off Richard, are they any good?

Get them to use collect+, 2x £5 and we know they deliver. Theres bound to be a corner shop near their depot

[dave21478]

Aaaaand I have just found some Evergreen EH22 tyres that I have never heard of in my size, who have an even higher wet rating of B, and get a good write-up on this review site....

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Evergreen/EH22.htm

but thats only from 4 reviews, giving it a 90% rating in the dry....perhaps they are fantastic, perhaps the reviewers have low expectations.....

 

Argh, I hate this....may as well flip a fecking coin.....

[Lacquer Peel]

Buy the cheapest tyre you can find that is made in Europe, or a known quantity. Easy.

[gordonbennet]

Uniroyal, you know it makes sense.

 

Nokian/Vredestein?

 

Tyrereviews site is handy for the magazine tests listed on the right of the page, the reviews from users i think you have to try and suss the poster as to whether they're worth taking any notice of, both good and bad reviews.

 

Also user reviews on such sites could be bombarded by pro or anti posts from interested parties.

 

Thing is buying the wrong set of tyres isn't like getting a wankey air filter, the wrong filter isn't like the wrong only thing in contact with the road.

[stripped fred]

I just put my reg no into tyreleader for my Alfa and it said they should be 225/45 17 not the 215/45 17's that are on it. Not much difference although the same kumho tyres are £6 cheaper for the larger size at £52 each. How does that work?

[stripped fred]

Bkackcircles also shows them as 225's whereas mytyres shows them as 215's!

[gordonbennet]

  On 06/10/2015 at 17:25, stripped fred said:

I just put my reg no into tyreleader for my Alfa and it said they should be 225/45 17 not the 215/45 17's that are on it. Not much difference although the same kumho tyres are £6 cheaper for the larger size at £52 each. How does that work?

 

Whats it say on the door post or handbook?

[stripped fred]

  On 06/10/2015 at 17:29, gordonbennet said:

Whats it say on the door post or handbook?

Good thinking. Just checked my owners manual and they should be 215's. I also read on the alfa forum that some people have fitted 225's as suggested on the tyre sites and have found they are too big at the front so always worth checking they've got it right.

[PiperCub]

  On 06/10/2015 at 17:25, stripped fred said:

I just put my reg no into tyreleader for my Alfa and it said they should be 225/45 17 not the 215/45 17's that are on it. Not much difference although the same kumho tyres are £6 cheaper for the larger size at £52 each. How does that work?

 

I think it's down to how popular a given size is so the more they can sell, the cheaper it is as they can wholesale buy in bigger quantities.

The old 'Economies of scale' arguement?

 

The thing about these web-retailers seems to be that they are more willing to pass this saving on to the customer which keeps prices keen unlike the usual suspects on the High St.

[dave21478]

  On 06/10/2015 at 17:24, gordonbennet said:

Uniroyal, you know it makes sense.

 

Nokian/Vredestein?

 

Tyrereviews site is handy for the magazine tests listed on the right of the page, the reviews from users i think you have to try and suss the poster as to whether they're worth taking any notice of, both good and bad reviews.

 

Also user reviews on such sites could be bombarded by pro or anti posts from interested parties.

 

Thing is buying the wrong set of tyres isn't like getting a wankey air filter, the wrong filter isn't like the wrong only thing in contact with the road.

 

12" though, so there is pretty much sod-all available from other brands.

The other known brands are stuff like Maxxis or Hankook, but thats for 6 or 8 ply commercial tyres which will ride terribly.

[gordonbennet]

Bugger me, haven't seen 12" tyres for years.

 

Is there an alternative 13" wheel about that fits so you could maybe go up one size in width but down an aspect or two to give the same rolling radius?...i'm sure one chap did this with possibly a Kia Pride?, when tyres became an issue.

[trigger]

I bought a set of 12" tyres for my Alto, Nunkangs or something, they seemed like good tyres and cost under £95 for 5.

[320touring]

  On 06/10/2015 at 16:25, Lacquer Peel said:

I'd use tyreleader but they refuse to deliver to a Highlands and Islands postcode.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/retread-all-season-tyre-KING-MEILER-AS-1-205-55-R16-91H-/281632617292

 

Eyeing these up for the bare 16" alloys I'm getting off Richard, are they any good?

If only you had a daft bugger with a central scotland address and a wvo powered octy..

[dave21478]

  On 06/10/2015 at 18:00, gordonbennet said:

Bugger me, haven't seen 12" tyres for years.

 

Is there an alternative 13" wheel about that fits so you could maybe go up one size in width but down an aspect or two to give the same rolling radius?...i'm sure one chap did this with possibly a Kia Pride?, when tyres became an issue.

 

Not with ease - I have 12" mini rims to replace the metric bollocks currently on my wee Metro. 13" is a possibility but suitable fitment rims are impossible to find here without spending big money. There are a few 13" sets on ebay UK but postage is a killer.

[andrew e]

Put some 12" 145's on my trailer a few months back - commercial Kuhmo's £45 each fitted and balanced. I hadn't heard of any of the alternatives. Good tyres, but probally a rough ride on a car.

[mat_the_cat]

Hmmm, I hope you get better life out of them than I did...

 

 

4 years and 20k miles old on the van, and all of them were showing signs of perishing. Normally my tyres are worn out by this age, but I've bought cars with older ones before, that were in better condition!

[RobT]

I'm after a pair of tyres for the Cavalier, preferably ones with good wet grip and offering a soft-ish ride, any suggestions before I spend ages looking?!  Not bothered by wear or MPG.  I might give Suekook Kinergys a go at 42 quid a pop from Tyreleader, but anything is better than what's on there at the moment.

[dave21478]

Try Falken Zeixs - I put 4 on the C2 vtr to replace the worn out Uniroyal rainsports. The Falkens were just as good grip-wise wet or dry, quieter and seemed to last longer. Thats stupid ultra low profiles though. I have a pair on the back of the Escort in a more civilised size and they seem just as good.

[r.welfare]

Have just taken the plunge and put in a Tyreleader order.  Unfortunately the Rainexperts seemed rather pricey - I couldn't pass up the deal (just under £37.50 per corner) for a set of 4 Avon Ice Touring ST's, which seem fine value for 205/65R15 94Ts (the size/weight/speed rating on the B-pillar sticker, it runs 215s currently). 

 

I bought a part-worn set of these Avons about this time last year for my wife's car and she used them until May, they seemed pretty good with even wear and the grip/noise/ride characteristics were fine.

 

It will be interesting to see what date code they have, and then I will need to find a suitable fitter.  There's a part-worn shack in the centre of Reading that looks like they would be happy to fit them, hopefully for not much £.

[r.welfare]

Tyres arrived, bizarrely two on Monday and two on Tuesday (despite being ordered at the same time).  All good, slightly older than I expected perhaps (date code 4513 so 2 years old), but acceptable for the price.  Fitted for a tenner a corner which might be a bit steep but seems par for the course round here (city centre) and at least I got to watch the bloke do it.  Impressed that he used a torque wrench rather than the windy gun to do the nuts up.

 

So all in all another satisfied Tyreleader customer.

[Lankytim]

2x NEXEN hoops ordered for the Multipla to replace one odd sized tyre and one positively lethal brand new Chinese tyre (I forget the make). I never bought into this "lethal Chinese ditchfinder tyre" hype but after swapping it from the front to the back it has the grip of a bar of soap covered in hot lard. It's horrible! I can do a 5 minute burnout in the wet outside Morrisons without even knowing and with no wear to the tyre!

 

Just remembered, ROVELLO is the shite make fitted.

[fordperv]

The wheels from mrs fp's escort rs are getting powdercoated and the yokohama s drives that were on are crap, they have perished and have the consistency of plastic, i ordered a new set of Toyo t1r to replace them, took the tyres and wheels to the company that's doing the powdercoating and they are fitting the tyres for free the only charge is for balancing, which is about £5 or something stupidly low, so win, win

[gordonbennet]

  On 31/10/2015 at 14:07, fordperv said:

The wheels from mrs fp's escort rs are getting powdercoated and the yokohama s drives that were on are crap, they have perished and have the consistency of plastic, i ordered a new set of Toyo t1r to replace them, took the tyres and wheels to the company that's doing the powdercoating and they are fitting the tyres for free the only charge is for balancing, which is about £5 or something stupidly low, so win, win

 

Let us know what you both think, had T1R's on my W124 Merc and they stuck like the proverbial to a bloody blanket

[dieselnutjob]

There seem to be quite a few of these cheap tyre providers.

 

Oponeo

Tyreleader

Pneus Online

 

They all have the tyres in stock that I need for the wife's new Freelander (Nexen N6000 225/55 R17, all four).  The problem is the same.  None of them can guarantee delivery in any way.  The quickest seem to be Oponeo with a possibility of 48 hours (so Wednesday).  All of these places are great if you order a couple of weeks ahead but not if you are in a hurry.

 

Does anyone know a reasonably priced dealer who can do guaranteed 48 hr delivery?

[stripped fred]

Just ordered 4 Uniroyal Rainexpert's for the 406.

 

Item Quantity Price per unit

 

Uniroyal Rainexpert 3 195/65 R15 91H 4 33.19 £

 

nicht steuerbare Lieferung i.S.d. §3c UStG Price excluding VAT : 110.63 £ VAT20.00 % : 22.13 £ Full price including VAT :

132.76 £

 

I've only rang two places for fitting and was quoted £10 and £15 per tyre. Is £10 the usual price? Still, 4 decent tyres for less than £175 is pretty good i think. I was going to go for part worns at £25 each fitted but bottled it.

[fatharris]

For cheap tyres, I've heard Camskill are good.

 

I usually use Asda Tyres, cheap as chips and the registered fitter is less than half a mile from my doorstep.

 

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[beko1987]

I paid a tenner a corner to get mine fittee.

 

A question though, for the people with the rain expert 3s, do you find the sidewall is really soft? My tyres look low, but never are when I get them on the pez station machine, and theres so wear to speak of, they just always look like their 12psi lower than they should be

[gordonbennet]

Even unfitted those Uniroyals have really soft sidewalls, you would think they would suffer more than others on kerb strikes etc but that doesn't appear to be the case.

I wonder if the flexibility goes some way to explaining the superb wet and cold (for a summer tyre) grip of the things, maybe over the deteriorating road surfaces that flexing allows more fast reacting tread contact at any given moment than others that don't have any wet grip, or is it more down to tread compounds, i dunno.

[beko1987]

Yes, they were a bit soft unfitted. Thats fine then, Ill just keep an eye on them.