Tyre Price Quotes

Stu · October 5, 2004

Think i'm gonna need some tyres for the motor after today, and here are some of the quotes i have got so far:

(All for 215/45-17 inclusive of VAT & Fitting)

Pirelli £94 & £111

Bridgestone £103

Dunlop £94 & £114

Kumo £61

Fulda £84

BF Goodrich £102

I'm not sure about which to go for, not necessarily on the list above, but i haven't got a fortune to spend, and i don't want to end up buying rubbish, so a middle range tyre is ok with me, does anyone have any suggestions as to brand etc?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Stu

ColinBarber · October 5, 2004

what about Toyo?

Stu · October 5, 2004

Haven't looked at them, and i wasn't offered a price for them either. Are they any good?

Stu

Fmrl · October 5, 2004

I've bought Fuldas before (not for an IS though). Seemed okay, reasonable grip and lasted a fair while too. The guy who fitted them to my car mentioned something about the fact that Fulda are actually owned Goodyear.

ColinBarber · October 5, 2004

Toyos meant to be very good performance and are quite cheap. May wear a little quicker than some of the others.

Either Proxes T1-R or the older Proxes T1-S.

Stu · October 5, 2004

Just found a website that says they will deliver and fit the tyres the free, possibly the same day, but i am not sure what the speed rating is on the IS. Any ideas?

Here is the site: www.etyres.co.uk

Stu

Fmrl · October 5, 2004

I thought it was always best to go for Z's

javadude · October 5, 2004

I have Kuhmo Ecsta 712 tyres. They're cheap but good in wet and dry and last about 18000 miles.

Stu · October 5, 2004

215/45/17/WYZ

GOODYEAR EAGLE F1 GSD2

£ 84.28 each

£99.03 inc VAT

How about these?

Anyone got any experience of them?

Stu

ColinBarber · October 5, 2004

The GSD2/GSD3 are very very good.

Stu · October 5, 2004

What about wear? I found a review page on the net about it, and they all said that because of the softer compound used they wear quicker than most.

Stu

ColinBarber · October 5, 2004

I think they are still quite good. They are ultra performance tyres so you won't get 30,000-50,000 out of them.

Stu · October 5, 2004

Don't think i've ever had a set of tyres last that long!!!!!

May well go for them then, unless anyone has any more words of advice?

Stu

ColinBarber · October 5, 2004

Don't think i've ever had a set of tyres last that long!!!!!
May well go for them then, unless anyone has any more words of advice?

Stu

they get a top ranking here:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresult...lay.jsp?type=MP

squarehead · October 5, 2004

I swear by Dunlop SP9000's, previously I had potenza's which lasted 18k but my dunlops are doing 26k so far and have about 4k left !!! So it's up to you spend a bit more get more miles!

mcwatson · October 5, 2004

I swear by Dunlop SP9000's, previously I had potenza's which lasted 18k but my dunlops are doing 26k so far and have about 4k left !!! So it's up to you spend a bit more get more miles!

Wish my SP9000's lasted that long. I reckon I'll get about 15k out of mine (if I'm lucky).

aido · October 5, 2004

Stu,

Don't know if this is any use to you but I'm also in the market for a set of ultra performance tyres this week and have done a **** load of reading across the net and on here.

Now, the Bridgestone S03PP are coming out as pretty much the best rated tyre in the dry, they're good in the wet, but Colin once remarked that they are loud in terms of road noise transmitted to the car (louder than the Dunlops anyhow).

Mr Clawley swears by the Toyo's mentioned above and they're the "only tyres he'll ever use" - after seeing Mat's driving he must go through a lot of them

Andy has tried the Toyo's or Bridgestones and the Goodyear F1 GS-D3 and rates the Goodyears as just as good in the dry, and better in the wet.

However, I can't get a definitive answer here but from what I've seen the Goodyear's will be louder than the other's.

I also picked up on the fact that Gord (GRiM) has tried a lot of rubber and rated the Goodyear's extremely highly, but looking at his garage currently has the Toyo's fitted - now I'm confused :P

So, I've brought it down to either the Toyo's or the Goodyear's, and I think the GS-D3's will be going on my car soon!!!

I'd like the Bridgestones as they get fantastic reviews but the fact that i'm going to get very similar performance from the Goodyear's sort of swings me.

If anyone here has tried two or three of the above maybe they could offer us a comparision of them to help further?

d3fy · October 5, 2004

Slighty when ever I read about tyres on here no one ever mentions Michelins, any reason? My car has a full set of Pilots on and they seem very good, when they are ready to go I would probably keep to the same unless you know something I don't

Stu · October 6, 2004

If you want some good prices Aido, check the website i listed above in the thread, they have the goodyears on special at the mo.

Stu

ColinBarber · October 6, 2004

Slighty when ever I read about tyres on here no one ever mentions Michelins, any reason? My car has a full set of Pilots on and they seem very good, when they are ready to go I would probably keep to the same unless you know something I don't

What Pilots, there are quite a few versions.

I've always found Michelins too expensive and anything other than their top high performance tyres too hard.

aido · October 6, 2004

Thanks for that Stu, in the end I've gone with a local tyre place, £110 + VAT for the Toyo's (they had them in stock so that swung me).

All I need now is a car to put the tyres on

d3fy · October 6, 2004

Slighty when ever I read about tyres on here no one ever mentions Michelins, any reason? My car has a full set of Pilots on and they seem very good, when they are ready to go I would probably keep to the same unless you know something I don't

What Pilots, there are quite a few versions.

I've always found Michelins too expensive and anything other than their top high performance tyres too hard.

Pilot Sports?