check tyres for blocked tread, little stones can make even the best tyres useless if water cant escape
Off Topic Heavy Rain and Wheel Spin
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Off Topic Heavy Rain and Wheel Spin
falken summers are at the better end of cheap tyres, not tried their winters but on price there isnt a lot of difference between falken and Vredestein for winters ( in my size anyway)
I remember reading that once the temperature drops below about 7°C the rubber compounds used on summer tyres start to get hard and so offer less grip, so wheelspin will happen more as the temperatures drop.
At the end of the day no matter how good your car's chassis is sorted, how much power the car has and how big your brakes are, the only thing that's actually keeping you on the road is 4 small patches of rubber, so tyres are the one thing it's really worth doing some research on and spending some money on
At the end of the day no matter how good your car's chassis is sorted, how much power the car has and how big your brakes are, the only thing that's actually keeping you on the road is 4 small patches of rubber, so tyres are the one thing it's really worth doing some research on and spending some money on
That is correct. Though how bad/good summer tyres at any given temperature depends on how wet it is, the road service and whether the tyres have had the chance to get a bit of heat into them.I remember reading that once the temperature drops below about 7°C the rubber compounds used on summer tyres start to get hard and so offer less grip, so wheelspin will happen more as the temperatures drop.
At the end of the day no matter how good your car's chassis is sorted, how much power the car has and how big your brakes are, the only thing that's actually keeping you on the road is 4 small patches of rubber, so tyres are the one thing it's really worth doing some research on and spending some money on
Winter tyre is £175 a corner for me then.... that's bloody expensive.....Personally I wouldn't wipe my rs with them.
Conti's, Vredestein, Michelin, Goodyear, Pirelli, Dunlop etc etc are what you want to go with
http://www.blackcircles.com/order/tyres/search
WTF size are you running?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
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I think the falkens are brilliant for the price i tryed them out and went on to buy another set, cnt fault them to say ther top end budgets, id get the more pricey ones tho think mine were £65 each
They're not terrible tyres, but winter tyres are something that a company generally has to specialise in to make good ones. Don't forget that with an average summer tyre you're not going to get stuck in the summer, if your tyre isn't quite up to it in the winter you run a higher chance of an accident or getting stuck.
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Good tyres are the most cost effective performance enhancement you can ever make to a car. Good tyres can improve acceleration, braking, cornering, fuel economy and refinement. Try finding a way to do all that for less!
That's why is has to be Michelin or continental, nothing else will do.
That's why is has to be Michelin or continental, nothing else will do.
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215/45/R17 correct size for the original Abarth Grande Punto Wheels, a Conti SC3 costs £125 roughly..... winters are expensive..... thats why I asked about the Falken ones! £221 for the Conti Winters....
Try finding them for the upgraded 18" Alloys, 215/40/R18 - SC3 - £188 fitted.... Then the Conti Winters = a whopping £305 a tyre!!!!
I have had Conti SC3 on the previous alloys, currently got the PNero tbh they are both fine for me and I have hammered them both. PNero generates a lot more road noise though.
try other websites 225/45/18 Vredestein winters were less than your quote last week on mytyres.co.uk
also try camskill although they dont often have a good price/choice on winters
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Vredestein Wintrac xtreme
"designed to protect you"
215/45 R17 91V XL with rim protection ridge
only £ 123.20 on my tyres delivered. fitting you should be able to find for £10 a wheel all in
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I park on gravel a lot and I didn't really pay any attention before but I had a look and my tyres have so much gravel in the tread, no wonder every puddle my wheels end up spinning like crazy.
I rarely get wheelspin in my 1.9 m-jet in the wet. It has vredestein sportrac 3 on the front, very strong grip in the wet.
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Could not disagree more. Expensive tyres make a huge difference.
best tires ive ever had for rain was cheap toyo t1r's
Oh and my "expensive" winter tyres make the world of difference in sleet snow and sheet ice......
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t1rs have an excellent tread pattern, a lot of the expensive tyres are now designed to last longer with less road noise better mpg, compromising on wet performance with a dreaded bead in the tread that goes the whole way around the tyre and becomes useless if it gets a stone in it.
you need a soft compound that wears quicker for wet grip as well as a tread pattern that pushes the water out from under the tyre
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