(G) PIRELLI P ZERO NERO yay or nay?

Go for 205/40/17 you will be able to get them then. They are £91.40 each off mytyres.co.uk in that size.

ah yer dave said about changing the profile i forgot about that cheers!

Edit: blackcircles seem to be cheaper when you get them fully fitted than mytyres

Aye they probably will be just mytyres was the site i used to check on sizes

just got a quote from blackcircles -

Yokohama PARADA SPEC 2 205/40 R17 84W - 2@ £56.76 (INC VAT) -Total £113.52 (INC VAT)

Toyo Proxes T1-R 205/40 R17 84W - 2@ £63.36 (INC VAT) - Total £126.72 (INC VAT)

Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 205/40 R17 84W - 2@ £90.66 (INC VAT) - Total £181.32 (INC VAT)


i think im still going with the Toyo's with the price diffrence

Either toyo's or the F1's

The F1's will probably last a bit longer than the toyos and i believe from what people have said is that they are a bit better in the wet but either is a good tyre.

some of the tyres say for example - XL with rim protection ridge and others say RF or RFD. what does this mean, as all the 45 profiles say XL. do i need to make sure they are XL?

black circles have something on there website which tells you what everything means dont they?

http://www.blackcircles.com/general/sidewall

thats all it says, doesnt say about XL or RF. ive sent them an e-mail but they havent replied yet.

Not sure then mate. I would think they will be fine though. Also i presume you are gonna be running 45 profiles on the back along with 40's on the front then?

ah yer not thought of that. would that be ok?

I think so but not sure how it would make the car drive so i dont want to say it will be fine for definate for you to get them and have them fitted and then find out it will mess up the ride/ handling of the car.

yer i suppose. i could buy 4 for not far off the price of 2 45 profiles. ill have a look into it cheers mate

I've replaced the Potenzas with Pirelli P Zero Nero and I am well impressed by the Pirellis.

P Zero Nero warm up considerably faster than the Potenzas and last twice as long (the original set of Potenzas were replaced at 14k although my dealer freaked out when he saw them, said they should have been changed much earlier. The second set of Potenzas gave me just over 9k, at which point I got fed up with Bridgestone and decided to give Pirelli a try. So far I have done 10k and the tyre is 50% worn, expect another 8k before considering replacement)

I recently replaced the rear tyres, Potenzas lasted 30k, I now have P Zero Nero, expect them to give me at least 45k!

If money is an issue, try Falkens, a friend of mine is a keen rally driver and swears by them!

BTW, my car is a Sporting MJet, quite heave up front hence its insatiable appetite for tyres!

ah lol, ive gone for the Toyo Proxes T1-R at a local fitting garage there charging just short of £190 for 2 fully fitted, balanced, new valves and for the two old tyres to be repaired which i thought was pretty decent compared to the £230+ it would have cost for the Potenza's, its also the garage that blackcircles would have used but i went to them direct and they sorted it out a bit cheaper, get them fitted this thurs.

£190 for 2 fully fitted mine was only 53 each delivered, local independent tyre place fits them 20 for 4 inc valve an balance