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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: feeutfo on 19 July 2011, 19:50:37
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Got a couple of mill of legal tread left so not massively urgent but any advice on cheap suppliers?
Looking at 245x40x18 93y sc3 if that matters.
I'm doing the usual blackboots, Micheldever, and the local ish lot at Martins tyres but any more worth a go?
Ta
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I have bought from these guys before...
http://www.topgear.co.uk/acatalog/Car_Tyres.php
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Bracknell Tyre & Battery got me tyres cheaper than mytyres were doing them online, if they're at all convenient for you?
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try tyrequote.com
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Bracknell Tyre & Battery got me tyres cheaper than mytyres were doing them online, if they're at all convenient for you?
Second that Bracknell Tyre and Battery always come up trumps - :)
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Got a couple of mill of legal tread left so not massively urgent but any advice on cheap suppliers?
Looking at 245x40x18 93y sc3 if that matters.
I'm doing the usual blackboots, Micheldever, and the local ish lot at Martins tyres but any more worth a go?
Ta
Some reasonable deals here ...
www.blackcircles.com/tyres (http://www.blackcircles.com/tyres/brands/falken/fk-452)
:) :) :)
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Got a couple of mill of legal tread left so not massively urgent but any advice on cheap suppliers?
Looking at 245x40x18 93y sc3 if that matters.
I'm doing the usual blackboots, Micheldever, and the local ish lot at Martins tyres but any more worth a go?
Ta
Some reasonable deals here ...
www.blackcircles.com/tyres (http://www.blackcircles.com/tyres/brands/falken/fk-452)
:) :) :)
I guess that's a book marked link Nige? ;D bloody Falkens indeed. ;D
Will get a quote though. :y
And thanks for the input guys, certainly Bracknell tyre and battery are a name that come up round here often. :)
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Check your local independent. If they are anything like mine, they take a fair bit of beating, both on price as well as service/time taken. :)
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And thanks for the input guys, certainly Bracknell tyre and battery are a name that come up round here often. :)
They get mixed reviews on PistonHeads, but I don't personally know anyone who's had a problem - and as I say, they were very cheap (and had no problem with me wandering into the fitting bay to look at the knackered tyre they were taking off)..
Unit 1, Hurst Garages
Longshot Industrial Estate, BRACKNELL, West Berkshire RG12 1RL, United Kingdom
01344 411 323
(Just in case you suddenly forgot how to Google ;D)
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I used event-tyres off the internet. There come to you,good price and good service :y
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And thanks for the input guys, certainly Bracknell tyre and battery are a name that come up round here often. :)
They get mixed reviews on PistonHeads, but I don't personally know anyone who's had a problem - and as I say, they were very cheap (and had no problem with me wandering into the fitting bay to look at the knackered tyre they were taking off)..
Unit 1, Hurst Garages
Longshot Industrial Estate, BRACKNELL, West Berkshire RG12 1RL, United Kingdom
01344 411 323
(Just in case you suddenly forgot how to Google ;D)
I'll 3rd recommend these guys, looking at 225/55 16's for mine. They can "fit" Falken 912's for £85 a corner....can't buy cheaper online. Used them for years :y :y
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Cue chrisgixer to comment on 912s ;D
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Cue chrisgixer to comment on 912s ;D
Good enough for this perhaps?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4425190184_7ecdcc65e5.jpg)
;D
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And thanks for the input guys, certainly Bracknell tyre and battery are a name that come up round here often. :)
They get mixed reviews on PistonHeads, but I don't personally know anyone who's had a problem - and as I say, they were very cheap (and had no problem with me wandering into the fitting bay to look at the knackered tyre they were taking off)..
Unit 1, Hurst Garages
Longshot Industrial Estate, BRACKNELL, West Berkshire RG12 1RL, United Kingdom
01344 411 323
(Just in case you suddenly forgot how to Google ;D)
I'll 3rd recommend these guys, looking at 225/55 16's for mine. They can "fit" Falken 912's for £85 a corner....can't buy cheaper online. Used them for years :y :y
You can get Kumho KU31's for that price which are a much better tyre on the mig
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And thanks for the input guys, certainly Bracknell tyre and battery are a name that come up round here often. :)
They get mixed reviews on PistonHeads, but I don't personally know anyone who's had a problem - and as I say, they were very cheap (and had no problem with me wandering into the fitting bay to look at the knackered tyre they were taking off)..
Unit 1, Hurst Garages
Longshot Industrial Estate, BRACKNELL, West Berkshire RG12 1RL, United Kingdom
01344 411 323
(Just in case you suddenly forgot how to Google ;D)
I'll 3rd recommend these guys, looking at 225/55 16's for mine. They can "fit" Falken 912's for £85 a corner....can't buy cheaper online. Used them for years :y :y
You can get Kumho KU31's for that price which are a much better tyre on the mig
Guessing that Chris wouldn't touch 912's with mine - shot in the dark ;D ;D Kumho 31's are the same price at the same place, £85 a corner :y :y
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Cue chrisgixer to comment on 912s ;D
Good enough for this perhaps?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4425190184_7ecdcc65e5.jpg)
;D
...,no directional stability, not even for a monkey swing. Baaad choice!
Actually what make is that in the pic? Would drive straighter no doubt. >:(
I'd rather fit a water bed on each corner, falken useless Falken piles of falken shite! >:(
Even the monkey has time to look out the side window. I couldn't take me eyes off the road for a second with falken Falken912's fitted.
In fact those tyres still affect me even now. You know, look out sideways for a second, at a sign or whatever, and I'm petrified. In fact it's a shock that the car now stays on the bit of road I left it on when I looked away, now it's got decent tyres on it. Look away, aaaaah too long, I'm going to crash, look back aaaah..... Oh, it's ok we haven't hit an oncoming car or a ditch. Aaaaand relax.
O oh, another sign coming up, aaaaaah we're going to crash... Etc etc. Scarred for life I am. :'(
Never ever ever fit falken Falken tyres. Esp not to a big car like an omega. EVER!
And predictive text has replaced rather with Falken how appropriate.
If I was an admin I'd be playin with the word filter! ;D
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I've got to agree about Bracknell tyres,because my son is the manager of Universal tyres at Staines and he says that although Universal can cut some good deals they cant beat Bracknell tyres.I suppose I'm lucky because I get my tyres from him at cost which makes it worth the twenty mile drive too Staines :y
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Cue chrisgixer to comment on 912s ;D
Good enough for this perhaps?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4425190184_7ecdcc65e5.jpg)
;D
...,no directional stability, not even for a monkey swing. Baaad choice!
Actually what make is that in the pic? Would drive straighter no doubt. >:(
I'd rather fit a water bed on each corner, falken useless Falken piles of falken shite! >:(
Even the monkey has time to look out the side window. I couldn't take me eyes off the road for a second with falken Falken912's fitted.
In fact those tyres still affect me even now. You know, look out sideways for a second, at a sign or whatever, and I'm petrified. In fact it's a shock that the car now stays on the bit of road I left it on when I looked away, now it's got decent tyres on it. Look away, aaaaah too long, I'm going to crash, look back aaaah..... Oh, it's ok we haven't hit an oncoming car or a ditch. Aaaaand relax.
O oh, another sign coming up, aaaaaah we're going to crash... Etc etc. Scarred for life I am. :'(
Never ever ever fit falken Falken tyres. Esp not to a big car like an omega. EVER!
And predictive text has replaced rather with Falken how appropriate.
If I was an admin I'd be playin with the word filter! ;D
Pricing some 912s up as we speak, Mr Gixer? :P
To confirm what the gay one says, I did drive his car with 912s on. Went about 1/2m, refused to drive it any further. As a test, we swapped tyres, his Falkens on my MV6, my Dunlops on his Elite. Whilst my MV6 drove better than his Elite on Falkens, it was still awful, no stability, constantly sawing away at wheel like an old American film. The Elite was markedly better on the Dunlops.
In fact, when gixer put the Dunlops back on my MV6, he put them on wrong (directional), and I was so used to the Falkens, it took me a few miles to notice (and it was piddling down).
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For Grover?
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For Grover?
No, I was wondering if you were... ...your tyres are in need of replacement, and 912s are surely the best tyre out there?
(for members reading this, that is a sarcastic remark, I could never recommend Falken 912s on the Omega)
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For Grover?
The Rover runs P6000 on the back (really good on the Rover) and KU31s on the front (not as good as the P6000s, but still pretty good, though tends not to tell you when you're finding the limit).
P6000s are pretty crap on Omegas. Not tried KU31 on Omega, but I may....
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For Grover?
The Rover runs P6000 on the back (really good on the Rover) and KU31s on the front (not as good as the P6000s, but still pretty good, though tends not to tell you when you're finding the limit).
P6000s are pretty crap on Omegas. Not tried KU31 on Omega, but I may....
Oh I see. ;D fairly safe comments btw.
I reckon from comments on here previously they (Falken) might suit smaller front wheel drive cars. :-/ but I wouldn't risk it. Obviously. ;D
Exceptionally quiet tyre. :-/
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For Grover?
The Rover runs P6000 on the back (really good on the Rover) and KU31s on the front (not as good as the P6000s, but still pretty good, though tends not to tell you when you're finding the limit).
P6000s are pretty crap on Omegas. Not tried KU31 on Omega, but I may....
Oh I see. ;D fairly safe comments btw.
I reckon from comments on here previously they (Falken) might suit smaller front wheel drive cars. :-/ but I wouldn't risk it. Obviously. ;D
Exceptionally quiet tyre. :-/
P6000's :'( :'( To me they are worse by far than Falkens - ok in the dry but absolutely no grip in the wet. Got [smiley=evil.gif]Falken 452's [smiley=evil.gif] on the front of my work car (MK3 Mondy) and they work really well wet or dry unless it gets too cold. Never tried Kumho's but after reading above and for the same price as [smiley=evil.gif]912's [smiley=evil.gif], i'll take advice and give them a try :y :y Will bitch like mad if they're shite tho ;D
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Just gave them a quick call Chris, Kumho KU39 245/40/18's fitted at £120/corner. Mytyres are asking £143 :o
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P6000's :'( :'( To me they are worse by far than Falkens - ok in the dry but absolutely no grip in the wet. ...
I use them on the MX 5 and they are a great tyre, IMHO. Work well, wet and dry, wear very well, plenty of feedback and more than enough grip for a road car.
This is the problem with tyres. You can't generalise, because a particular model of tyre in 185/60/14, on a light car, will be a different animal to the same tyre in 235/45/17 on a heavy car. Add to that differences in driving style, expectation and variable levels of objectivity of any driver feedback and it's hardly worth bothering.
Just don't put Falkens on an Omega again. That's a pretty conclusive one. ;)
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Just gave them a quick call Chris, Kumho KU39 245/40/18's fitted at £120/corner. Mytyres are asking £143 :o
Ooh nice one, thankyou. :y
And a significant saving on my current sc3's, which are great, but wearing a little too quick for the money. Although grip level is impressive obviously.
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Just gave them a quick call Chris, Kumho KU39 245/40/18's fitted at £120/corner. Mytyres are asking £143 :o
Ooh nice one, thankyou. :y
And a significant saving on my current sc3's, which are great, but wearing a little too quick for the money. Although grip level is impressive obviously.
Although ku39... Is that a typo?
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Just gave them a quick call Chris, Kumho KU39 245/40/18's fitted at £120/corner. Mytyres are asking £143 :o
Ooh nice one, thankyou. :y
And a significant saving on my current sc3's, which are great, but wearing a little too quick for the money. Although grip level is impressive obviously.
Although ku39... Is that a typo?
No its not a typo, see link below. The guy said they were the later & better version of the 31. If you phone by 10am they can get them same day, after 10am its next day.
Kumho KU39 - http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=7728981.110.22343&typ=R-178633&ranzahl=4&Breite=245&Herst=Kumho&Quer=40&Felge=18&weiter=0&kategorie=6&Ang_pro_Seite=15&Transport=P&dsco=110 :y :y
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Just gave them a quick call Chris, Kumho KU39 245/40/18's fitted at £120/corner. Mytyres are asking £143 :o
Ooh nice one, thankyou. :y
And a significant saving on my current sc3's, which are great, but wearing a little too quick for the money. Although grip level is impressive obviously.
Although ku39... Is that a typo?
No its not a typo, see link below. The guy said they were the later & better version of the 31. If you phone by 10am they can get them same day, after 10am its next day.
Kumho KU39 - http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=7728981.110.22343&typ=R-178633&ranzahl=4&Breite=245&Herst=Kumho&Quer=40&Felge=18&weiter=0&kategorie=6&Ang_pro_Seite=15&Transport=P&dsco=110 :y :y
A bit of reading around seems to indicated the KU39 isn't a replacement to the KU31 but rather a similar tyre "aimed at European tastes" (literally their words from the press release)..
Other than that they seem very similar, but given the tread patterns I suspect the KU39 is designed to be better in wet conditions - and it specifically mentions "low noise" which might prove Mr PickyGixer..
Annoyingly I can't find the wear ratings on their website which would give an idea of actual grip levels.
KU31 - http://www.kumhotire.com/tire/tire_detail.jsp?prdt_id=16
KU39 - http://www.kumhotire.com/tire/tire_detail.jsp?prdt_id=207
(KU31 is available in more sizes too)
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Interestingly, I had a look too, but landed on kumhotyre.co.uk and only the KU31 is listed, suggesting it's not aimed at the UK (or, of course, that they don't keep their Uk web site updated).
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This all reminds me - my rears are perilously close to being illegal.
Time to look for a pair of preowned tyres with lots of tread.Willing to pay up to £50 for a really good pair. :y :D ;D
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Interestingly, I had a look too, but landed on kumhotyre.co.uk and only the KU31 is listed, suggesting it's not aimed at the UK (or, of course, that they don't keep their Uk web site updated).
Lots of the UK website seems to be broken - the tyre selector gives you a 404 occasionally depending on how you access it, some left hand menu items are dead etc.. so yeah, I think the UK site is just 'abandoned' :-/
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Just gave them a quick call Chris, Kumho KU39 245/40/18's fitted at £120/corner. Mytyres are asking £143 :o
Ooh nice one, thankyou. :y
And a significant saving on my current sc3's, which are great, but wearing a little too quick for the money. Although grip level is impressive obviously.
Although ku39... Is that a typo?
No its not a typo, see link below. The guy said they were the later & better version of the 31. If you phone by 10am they can get them same day, after 10am its next day.
Kumho KU39 - http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=7728981.110.22343&typ=R-178633&ranzahl=4&Breite=245&Herst=Kumho&Quer=40&Felge=18&weiter=0&kategorie=6&Ang_pro_Seite=15&Transport=P&dsco=110 :y :y
A bit of reading around seems to indicated the KU39 isn't a replacement to the KU31 but rather a similar tyre "aimed at European tastes" (literally their words from the press release)..
Other than that they seem very similar, but given the tread patterns I suspect the KU39 is designed to be better in wet conditions - and it specifically mentions "low noise" which might prove Mr PickyGixer..
Annoyingly I can't find the wear ratings on their website which would give an idea of actual grip levels.
KU31 - http://www.kumhotire.com/tire/tire_detail.jsp?prdt_id=16
KU39 - http://www.kumhotire.com/tire/tire_detail.jsp?prdt_id=207
(KU31 is available in more sizes too)
Done a bit of digging for the wear rate, it looks like these have a softer compound (utqg) and fit between the SPT (ku31) and XS ranges and replaces the old MX tyre
Racing
ku36 ecsta XS utqg 180
Road
ku31 ecsta SPT utqg 320
ku39 ecsta LE sport utqg 280
ku15 ecsta MX utqg 220
So, a bit softer than the KU31 :y
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Good to know :y Well done on finding that :)
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Exceptionally quiet tyre. :-/
But you need some noise to drown out the his from the gay hardon kardon blue-LED'd gay thing
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i got my tyres from black circles. co.uk , saved a packet with these guys . i bought 4 brand new michelin primacys from them . had them delivered and got them fitted at my local tyre garage
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i got my tyres from black circles. co.uk , saved a packet with these guys . i bought 4 brand new michelin primacys from them . had them delivered and got them fitted at my local tyre garage
Oh dear ;D
blackcircles are normally one of the benchmarks for online places (even if the backstreet fitters they use seem to be universally shite, though thats not unusual with fastfit centres), but do seem to be a shade uncompetitive currently.
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Just gave them a quick call Chris, Kumho KU39 245/40/18's fitted at £120/corner. Mytyres are asking £143 :o
Ooh nice one, thankyou. :y
And a significant saving on my current sc3's, which are great, but wearing a little too quick for the money. Although grip level is impressive obviously.
Although ku39... Is that a typo?
No its not a typo, see link below. The guy said they were the later & better version of the 31. If you phone by 10am they can get them same day, after 10am its next day.
Kumho KU39 - http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=7728981.110.22343&typ=R-178633&ranzahl=4&Breite=245&Herst=Kumho&Quer=40&Felge=18&weiter=0&kategorie=6&Ang_pro_Seite=15&Transport=P&dsco=110 :y :y
A bit of reading around seems to indicated the KU39 isn't a replacement to the KU31 but rather a similar tyre "aimed at European tastes" (literally their words from the press release)..
Other than that they seem very similar, but given the tread patterns I suspect the KU39 is designed to be better in wet conditions - and it specifically mentions "low noise" which might prove Mr PickyGixer..
Annoyingly I can't find the wear ratings on their website which would give an idea of actual grip levels.
KU31 - http://www.kumhotire.com/tire/tire_detail.jsp?prdt_id=16
KU39 - http://www.kumhotire.com/tire/tire_detail.jsp?prdt_id=207
(KU31 is available in more sizes too)
Done a bit of digging for the wear rate, it looks like these have a softer compound (utqg) and fit between the SPT (ku31) and XS ranges and replaces the old MX tyre
Racing
ku36 ecsta XS utqg 180
Road
ku31 ecsta SPT utqg 320
ku39 ecsta LE sport utqg 280
ku15 ecsta MX utqg 220
So, a bit softer than the KU31 :y
Hmmm sure someone on here posted about the KU39 being poor compared to the KU31, KU31 is an excellent tyre for the money and is what I currently have on my DTi
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Exceptionally quiet tyre. :-/
But you need some noise to drown out the his from the gay hardon kardon blue-LED'd gay thing
Next in TBE by the sound of it. ;D
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Exceptionally quiet tyre. :-/
But you need some noise to drown out the his from the gay hardon kardon blue-LED'd gay thing
Next in TBE by the sound of it. ;D
Nah. I might consider 'other methods' of aux in when I get a some time