wrightyy said:

Punto mk2/2b owners! What winter tyres (if any) are you planning on using this year?

I've decided to get a set of steelies and put winter tyres on them to use each year. This should protect my alloys a bit and be cheaper than swapping the tyres around twice a year

The standard punto wheels are 165/70/R14 so I've been looking at tyres...


http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?s_p=Goodride-SW601-165_70-R14-81T-asymmetric&details=Ordern&typ=R-164188&cart_id=33981860.110.9968&ranzahl=4&Breite=165&Quer=70&Felge=14&Speed=T&weiter=0&kategorie=6&Ang_pro_Seite=50&sort_by=preis&Transport=P&dsco=110&sowigan=Wi&rsmFahrzeugart=PKW

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?s_p=Sava-Eskimo-S3_-165_70-R14-81T&details=Ordern&typ=R-200860&cart_id=33981860.110.9968&ranzahl=4&Breite=165&Quer=70&Felge=14&Speed=T&weiter=0&kategorie=6&Ang_pro_Seite=50&sort_by=preis&Transport=P&dsco=110&sowigan=Wi&rsmFahrzeugart=PKW

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?s_p=Avon-Ice-Touring-165_70-R14-81T&details=Ordern&typ=R-122420&cart_id=33981860.110.9968&ranzahl=4&Breite=165&Quer=70&Felge=14&Speed=T&weiter=0&kategorie=6&Ang_pro_Seite=50&sort_by=preis&Transport=P&dsco=110&sowigan=Wi&rsmFahrzeugart=PKW


What would you reccomend guys? Doesn't have to necessarily be from any of the above options

Cheers Wrightyy!

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dave said:

http://www.oponeo.co.uk/tyre-details/vredestein-snowtrac-3-165-70-r14-81-t

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s and b said:

wow where do some of you guys live? ive lived all over the country all weathers and never needed winter tyres on a front wheel drive car especially so i can pull the handbrake on on a hill,hell in the winter of 1980 i was the only vehicle that bad january that made it up the a1 and that was in a rear wheel drive mk1 escort van with 145x12 tyres on,ok i had to dig the van out once near boroughbridge but still made it to durham albeit with a ton of ice formed on my pancake airfilter and a fuel gauge dropping as i drove

i know compounds have changed but the art is in control not how good a tread pattern you have

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dave said:

winter tyres are not all about going through snow, they are better at stopping

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Ziggy122 said:

I use the same bolts for my alloys as I do on steelies.....
No problems tho....

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Ziggy122 said:

I use the same bolts for my alloys as I do on steelies.....
No problems tho....

Ziggy

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Ziggy122 said:

I use the same bolts for my alloys as I do on steelies.....
No problems tho....

Ziggy

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dave said:

have you looked inside rear drums and made sure self adjuster hasn't been mashed up?

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fingers99 said:

Do check. I've seen this mashing on Centos.

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