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cheap is not always best, but they look ok... what do you think for the back, anyone know the make?
never heard of them and as with most things you get what you pay for. If you do decide to go for them, good luck!
Never heard of them, but I still wouldn't touch them. Toyos or better FTW!
yep toyos only £45 (inc delivery)
If you're really seriously considering these Leon, why not go direct to http://www.mytyres.co.uk and have a chat with them first.....
....and order direct from them online. If you're going for 2 tyres or more they work out cheaper than the EBay price.
nah cheap is nasty. im gonna go for toyo's £45 inc delivery now that is good...
toyo it is, only thing is, says summer tyres on there!!!
what about the wet and cold winter?
there awesome in the wet too
I got T1Rs specifically so I can use my car in the winter and rain. Best wet performance tyres available IMHO.
bargain, im persuaded. thanks guys....
£90 inc fitting, happy days... the front are only gonna last 6 months anyway i think, so will get toyos on them then and see how..
ventura on front
toyos on back
end up like
Is it even worth mentioning that differing tyres front and back are not a good idea? At all? Especially in the wet weather we're going to have coming up now?
in a ditch thats how they will end up.
thanks mark your so polite all the while...
i have read loads of posts about mixing tyres and dont know if you try it ayy. the front are ventus and cant seem to find any that mach them.
and havnt really got money for 4x tyres...
Then take it very slowly everywhere until you can afford a new set of matching fronts.
Else your car will end up in a ditch.
Leon,
I know where your coming from but your siking a whole lot more expense in teh future.
if your going to do bear in mind Proxies take an age to burbn off teh release agent so the backs will be slippy as hell for a good few hundred miles
not normally an issue, but as your ventus will be reasonably grippy it's going to oversteer significantly
by teh way are we talking about Ventus as in Hankook, or Ventura as in Goodyear things that try to kill you. as you mixed names back there
My car came with different tyres front and rear (thanks toyota) and while it was ok (not good, just ok) in the dry it understeered like a pig in the wet, headed straight on at a few round-a-bouts that I didn't want too, even while driving slower than some old people I know! Since replacing all 4 tyres with the same type I can steer in the wet, not to mention how much more stable the car feels in general.
It's worth listening to Mark and Dan, they both know what there talking about.
Leon, if you can't afford toyo's for the front as well then not much you can do if you can't find rears to match your existing tyres.
just take it easy. I've learnt the hard way you can't scrimp on tyres with these cars.
Quote from: "leon_in_uk"bargain, I'm persuaded. thanks guys....
£90 inc fitting, happy days... the front are only gonna last 6 months anyway i think, so will get toyos on them then and see how..
ventura on front
toyos on back
end up like
£90 inc delivery not fitting. fitting cost me £10 per corner so a pair fitted is £110
has anyone used the nankang Ns-2 on the my tyres website.
the only reason i'm looking at them is the same as the tng that were mentioned earlier.
do you guy's remember when the toyo proxies first came out, almost identical prices to those to brands above. all come from the far east.
is it not worth giving them a try isn't it what we all did with the toyos.
i remember i did, the only reason i bought the toyos 5 years ago was cos i liked the tread and the price.
Never heard of those specific tyres, but as a rule:
Nankang = Ditchfinder
I wouldn't try them, simply because we know how good the Toyos are (both quality and price).
must admit,
just had a little research session and the nankang is a no go.
i'm meant to be buying some hankooks from markiii and its a spot on deal, and he's been really helpful,
but i'm getting quite tempted by the toyos, as everyone seems to use them or recommend them.
I am looking at getting the Toyo Proxes T1-R's
195/50R15 front
225/40R16 Rear
£177.20 including VAT and delivery from w www.mytyres.co.uk (http://www.mytyres.co.uk) w
Not a bad price for a full set of decent tyres to replace my "almost bald" Bridgestone RE04's
I think that i have worked the aspect ratios out right to keep the overall diameter of the wheel/tyre the same. s8) 8) s8)
I've ordered those very same tyres this week from mytyres, at £176.80.
There's even a place where i live that'll fit them (at £12 a corner - yeah, that's a bit rich). Anyway mrsmr2 runs them, and although not totally convinced of their handling has been trying different pressures, with the result;
"Having said all that I am currently running them at 28psi front and 35 psi rear (or 27/34) and they have been great. Good turn in and the car feels like it did on the RE040s. The only caveat is that I have not given the car a good thrashing since I've had those pressures in so I don't know if they would produce less grip after a good run. "
So i now know what pressures to run too!
Hopefully i wont have to pay for fitting because my dad works at a garage, and also maybe get my standard wheels sprayed a different colour at the same time. What colour though?
anthracite is the way forward. see the 'anthracite wheels on a silver 2' post
I'm just waiting for Spit to drop by and advise on Diamond cut! s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Quote from: "leon_in_uk"anthracite is the way forward. see the 'anthracite wheels on a silver 2' post
I was thinking anthracite, flat black, or might go for somthing wild and get them done white! s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
red and white, not bad! look cheap though...
red and anthracite like on the new renault megance 225 cup looks really nice!!!
a really nice combo, do it you will be well pleased, dont look dirty when they are lol!!
Yeah i think red and anthracite woulf look the best.
I just have to convince my dad that he should do them for free now! s:? :? s:?
just ordered the same tyres the on sunday,
got half the order, just waiting for mytyres to deliverr the front.
have found a place to fit and balance for £30.
anyone heard of tyre tech.
another question, does it matter who fits them or is it better to get big names to fit them like stapletons.
and wheel colour wise i would definatly say anthacite black.
i have contemplated getting mine done. they haven't really bubbled yet and look pretty good. but they just seem so silver.
any recommendations for azure blue. was thinking either anthracite or white. but not sure on a blue car. black looks good on yellow, red and siler cars.
white look goods on red cars, not sure on blues. possibly a dark grey, gun metal or something. s:?: :?: s:?:
Which tyres, the T1-Rs? As for fitting, take the car to Just Tyres on the Springwood estate (just as you turn into it on the right) in Braintree mate, those guys are excellent in there and that's where I take the VXR when I want tyres swapping over.
they quoted me £10 more, but if they come with a recommendation i might just do that.
my old man said tyre tech starteed years ago selling recon tyres (basically buying them up from scrappies) but doesn't really know what rep they have.
Quote from: "rtbiscuit"they quoted me £10 more, but if they come with a recommendation i might just do that.
They're not the cheapest in Braintree, but by god do they know how to look after your car and wheels. Happy to chat about cars in general, too.
Sorry, never heard of Tyre Tech.
yep am getting the T1-R's
got half of them, just waiting on the fronts very frustrating.
must say am having fun with just legal tyres at the mo, the rear is sliding out real easy and am enjoying gently drifting out of corners, country roads a re fun at the mo.
will be kinda sad to have grip again.
will defo go to just tyres.
by the way why are you plating stubaccas chest hair, and sorry to be all teacher like plating is splet plating, not plaiting. feel free to change are rip large shreds of me flame me etc, its a bad habit i'v got into, blame the job, but i just can't help myself. s:oops: :oops: s:oops:
When you meet Stu (Kanujunkie), all will become clear... s:wink: :wink: s:wink: s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Oh, and according to Dictionary.com, I'm right (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plaiting) s:wink: :wink: s:wink: s8) 8) s8)
i stand very much corrected, my most humblest apologies. its one of those words that just looks odd. s:oops: :oops: s:oops:
i suppose i can get away with it, i'm just a tech teacher, i don't do english! s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
Funnily enough, technology was my worst subject at school! s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
its quite funny the kids love the car, some have started to sneak into the car park at lunch to go and stare at it.
s:lol: :lol: s:lol:
Quote from: "rtbiscuit"i don't do english!
Really? You surprise me.
will teach me to be cheeky, got caught out out v bad, should learn to keep my mouth shut in future.
but you got to agree the spelling does look odd.
it is one of those strange words that are not spelt how they are spoken
s:arrow: :arrow: s:arrow:
Is it bedtime yet ?
would agree with you on that, but do take into account i'm doing 70 hour weeks at the mo, and this late at night my brain is slightly frazzled.
my tech skills are good, and i must admit i avoid written work like the plague.
just had to write my year 9 reports, its like pulling teeth, glad its out of the way now. until jan when the year 8's are due.
i'm a baby teacher fairly new in. and never really been that academic. (don't quite know how i got a degree. but when it comes to practical stuff, i can pretty much put my hand to anything.
hence why i'm thinking of building a new breast plate (just got to find the time)
You would agree that it's bedtime ?
Well, it is school in the morning s:wink: :wink: s:wink:
(In fairness to rtb, I posted up a slightly facetious reply about his spelling, then I realised I was wrong s:oops: :oops: s:oops: . As you were, rtb, and have an extra day for your coursework s:D :D s:D )
thats ok.
and bed time for me is normally 1am.
anyway what was the main point of this discussion? s:oops: :oops: s:oops: s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
Quote from: "rtbiscuit"anyway what was the main point of this discussion? s:oops: :oops: s:oops: s:roll: :roll: s:roll:
Dunno, something about cars I think.
Quote from: "rtbiscuit"another question, does it matter who fits them or is it better to get big names to fit them like stapletons.
Of course it shouldn't matter who fits the tyres, but the sad fact is that its one of those jobs that an experienced caring fitter can do, or an untrained monkey. Kwik fit appear to employ plenty of the latter...
As a general rule I would never use a fitter who, for instance, doesnt understand or appreciate the reasons why the '2 has different sized tyres front and rear, and understands simple wheel related stuff like offsets etc... This rules out halfords, whose fitters simply think the tyre stagger is there to look cool.
Its a tough challenge to find someone like this, so I'll save you the trouble. Supertyres in Maldon. They regularly have some very exotic metal up on jacks in thier tyre bay, and its only because they are good at what they do. Theres a reason that the local ferrari restorer uses them almost exclusively...
I have had the dunlop sport tyres on for a while now and I cant fault them,
I can hardly ever get the back out when trying (and I have plently of power, stu knows my favourite way to u turn s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted: )
It was much easier with the toyos.
These realy do put the power down, at santa pod (and generaly when totaly booting it) they screach at gear changes.
Nice, but around £400 or more for the set.