Tyers

RandomRich · 03-01-2008, 13:33

I need some new rubber!!!!

just passing 12689 and all 4 need replacing oh and the spare

But what the hell do i go for? I have a vRS SE so i aint gonna put cheap ****e on.. some1 said keep the same on the front a put 215 on the rear but I have no idea

Im willing to go for a drive to get some good deals

.. Anything to leave london

ScoobyChris · 03-01-2008, 13:36

4 new tyres before 13k miles

I'd recommend the Falken FK-452s as a good performance tyre at a budget price, but I'm not sure what the best size to get would be. I'd chose the size based on price as you're not going to notice any difference going from 205 to 215 imho...

Chris

mattandy · 03-01-2008, 16:02

I'm running Pirelli PZero Neros on my fronts and have to say I'm pretty pleased with them. Around the £160 mark all in for both.

p.s Good to see another Watford boy on here. How come I never see your SE around town?

skodastream · 03-01-2008, 16:05

check out Kumho tyres - used em twice on the 1.8T and got serious amounts of mileage on them, excellent in all weathers too.

red-devil · 03-01-2008, 16:07

I am running Goodyear eagle F1 upfront and Michelin primacy on the rear and i think they are really good not let me down yet

Fabia_TDI · 06-01-2008, 01:13

Less than 13,000 on a set of REAR tyres. Good effort - you must have what tyre companies describe as a 'spirited' driving style. My back tyres seem to last for ages - must be the flat cap and the leather driving gloves. And maybe the weedier injectors and smaller turbo.

okeh · 06-01-2008, 03:19

I noticed today on my service report that i have 3mm on the front tyres and 6mm on the back tyres

looks like i will have to spend some time tomorrow changing them around

RandomRich · 06-01-2008, 04:46

all for are low only because when i went in for my first service they swapped the front to the rear and rear to front..
plus im sure it didnt help my doing a few laps at Silverstone Trax 07... super sticky afterwards

lol

Cheers Sam, Gaz, Ian, Jas, Stu, Em, Gel, Ben for your support at Trax 2007 xxx

Emily-Elizabeth · 06-01-2008, 08:20

Last couple of times I have needed tyres I got them from these people:

Essex Tyres: Car tyres, brakes, batteries, wheels, brakes and exhausts

Not too far from you, just call up a couple of days before and order whatever tyre you are after, typically they get it in the next day.

I have got toyos for the last little while. Mostly because it was what people advised, also that's what the car came with.

Oh... If you go there don't say you know me. My fabia broke their equipment last time as the wheels were on a bit tight!

oilburninnut · 06-01-2008, 10:42

get some toyo tr1's rich,they are cheap and will do the job well,if you do a search on here you will find a site that does em super cheap,then get some steels and throw some toyor888's on for the next trackday

Big Mikey · 06-01-2008, 17:46

blackcircles.com is cheap for tyres. Check it out.

ollymonkeynuts · 06-01-2008, 19:23

Protyre are good, not sure if thats just an Exeter and Bristol thing or if theyre a national company. Toyo Proxies I recommend, cheap and a copy of the Goodyear Eagle f1 tread so they grip.

Decron · 06-01-2008, 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by ollymonkeynuts

Protyre are good, not sure if thats just an Exeter and Bristol thing or if theyre a national company. Toyo Proxies I recommend, cheap and a copy of the Goodyear Eagle f1 tread so they grip.

Thay have branches all over the SW, I have used the one in Poole for 4WA.

Toyo Proxies (t1r's) are not a copy of F1 tread patterns and there are just similar and they are also quite a bit superior to the F1's (Both versions). There is a massive performance difference, F1's are crap in cold weather (If it snows, stay at home) and have softer sidewalls that the T1r's.

I urge anyone looking on here for tyre advice to do a search, it has to be the most covered subject of all time.

ScoobyChris · 06-01-2008, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Decron

I urge anyone looking on here for tyre advice to do a search, it has to be the most covered subject of all time.

With the possible exception of the spec and launch date of the Fabia II vRS!

Chris

oilburninnut · 06-01-2008, 20:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScoobyChris

With the possible exception of the spec and launch date of the Fabia II vRS!

Chris

or the re map pd 160 threads

Decron · 06-01-2008, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScoobyChris

With the possible exception of the spec and launch date of the Fabia II vRS!

Chris

True, true.

TDi Vrs · 06-01-2008, 21:37

try mytyres.co.uk

Stevoraith · 07-01-2008, 10:59

In the past I've always recommended Eagle F1's (and put them on the front of our Fabia) but you can't get the GSD3's easily anymore and the assymetrics which replace them aren't widely available in all sizes yet either.

On the recommendation of BMW forums I gave Falken 452's a shot and they seem pretty good. Much cheaper than F1's too.

Camskill tyres and Falkens webiste were the cheapest when I looked.

03-01-2008, 13:33	#1
RandomRich R1SKY Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Uxbridge Posts: 316 Members Car: Red Fabia vRS Thanks: 154 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Tyers I need some new rubber!!!! just passing 12689 and all 4 need replacing oh and the spare But what the hell do i go for? I have a vRS SE so i aint gonna put cheap ****e on.. some1 said keep the same on the front a put 215 on the rear but I have no idea Im willing to go for a drive to get some good deals .. Anything to leave london

03-01-2008, 13:36	#2
ScoobyChris Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Andover Posts: 18,196 Members Car: Fiat Panda Thanks: 15 Thanked 336 Times in 290 Posts	Re: Tyers 4 new tyres before 13k miles I'd recommend the Falken FK-452s as a good performance tyre at a budget price, but I'm not sure what the best size to get would be. I'd chose the size based on price as you're not going to notice any difference going from 205 to 215 imho... Chris __________________ Holding up the traffic in a little Italian..........

03-01-2008, 16:02	#3
mattandy Wolfboy Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hemel - Home of sub-standard roads Posts: 1,357 Members Car: Black Fabia vRS Thanks: 67 Thanked 48 Times in 46 Posts	Re: Tyers I'm running Pirelli PZero Neros on my fronts and have to say I'm pretty pleased with them. Around the £160 mark all in for both. p.s Good to see another Watford boy on here. How come I never see your SE around town? __________________ Matt - Standard(ish) Fabis vRS - 134bhp - 244lb/ft Next Herts / North London Meet (Now on a Sunday and possibly not in either Herts or North London )

03-01-2008, 16:05	#4
skodastream Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cannock Posts: 255 Members Car: Lemon Yellow vRS aka "Greedy" Thanks: 3 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Tyers check out Kumho tyres - used em twice on the 1.8T and got serious amounts of mileage on them, excellent in all weathers too. __________________

03-01-2008, 16:07	#5
red-devil Briskodian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hartlepool Posts: 583 Members Car: Thanks: 21 Thanked 36 Times in 35 Posts	Re: Tyers I am running Goodyear eagle F1 upfront and Michelin primacy on the rear and i think they are really good not let me down yet

06-01-2008, 01:13	#6
Fabia_TDI Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 104 Members Car: Thanks: 19 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Tyers Less than 13,000 on a set of REAR tyres. Good effort - you must have what tyre companies describe as a 'spirited' driving style. My back tyres seem to last for ages - must be the flat cap and the leather driving gloves. And maybe the weedier injectors and smaller turbo.

06-01-2008, 03:19	#7
okeh Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cheshire Posts: 767 Members Car: Black fabia vrs Thanks: 20 Thanked 19 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Tyers I noticed today on my service report that i have 3mm on the front tyres and 6mm on the back tyres looks like i will have to spend some time tomorrow changing them around

06-01-2008, 04:46	#8
RandomRich R1SKY Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Uxbridge Posts: 316 Members Car: Red Fabia vRS Thanks: 154 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Tyers all for are low only because when i went in for my first service they swapped the front to the rear and rear to front.. plus im sure it didnt help my doing a few laps at Silverstone Trax 07... super sticky afterwards lol Cheers Sam, Gaz, Ian, Jas, Stu, Em, Gel, Ben for your support at Trax 2007 xxx

06-01-2008, 08:20	#9
Emily-Elizabeth Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Essex Posts: 3,650 Members Car: Silver Fabia vRS with cruise and 5 disk CD changer as the 6th slot has stopped working. Thanks: 21 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Tyers Last couple of times I have needed tyres I got them from these people: Essex Tyres: Car tyres, brakes, batteries, wheels, brakes and exhausts Not too far from you, just call up a couple of days before and order whatever tyre you are after, typically they get it in the next day. I have got toyos for the last little while. Mostly because it was what people advised, also that's what the car came with. Oh... If you go there don't say you know me. My fabia broke their equipment last time as the wheels were on a bit tight! __________________

06-01-2008, 10:42	#10
oilburninnut Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,643 Members Car: vrs sse Thanks: 184 Thanked 138 Times in 130 Posts	Re: Tyers get some toyo tr1's rich,they are cheap and will do the job well,if you do a search on here you will find a site that does em super cheap,then get some steels and throw some toyor888's on for the next trackday __________________ Gary www.dogboxmedia.co.uk

06-01-2008, 17:46	#11
Big Mikey Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Liverpool Posts: 269 Members Car: Skoda Octavia L&K 2.0 litre TDi PD Thanks: 14 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Tyers blackcircles.com is cheap for tyres. Check it out. __________________

06-01-2008, 19:23	#12
ollymonkeynuts Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: exeter Posts: 37 Members Car: Skoda fabia vrs Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Tyers Protyre are good, not sure if thats just an Exeter and Bristol thing or if theyre a national company. Toyo Proxies I recommend, cheap and a copy of the Goodyear Eagle f1 tread so they grip.

06-01-2008, 21:37	#17
TDi Vrs Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: HEREFORD Posts: 350 Members Car: SKODA FABIA vRS Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Tyers try mytyres.co.uk __________________ 07 Fabia vRS,/// Cruise Control, De-Bump striped, Seat Leon Front Splitter, Seat Sport Front Strut Brace, PD160 Air Intake and Green Cotton Air Filter, Cage mod, Uprated indicator Bulbs and Headlight Bulbs, LED sidelights, Ipod Interface, Jabba Sport ARB, Turbo back, and SportCat Milltek Exhaust, JABBA Sport Custom Remap! 312mm Brakes, Eibach Pro-Kit Springs Privacy tints all round, and Anthracite Octy 17" Spiders and sticky Toyo Proxes T1R rubber! To come Leather retrim, Forge FMIC!

07-01-2008, 10:59	#18
Stevoraith Briskodian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife Posts: 225 Members Car: E46 330d Sport Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Tyers In the past I've always recommended Eagle F1's (and put them on the front of our Fabia) but you can't get the GSD3's easily anymore and the assymetrics which replace them aren't widely available in all sizes yet either. On the recommendation of BMW forums I gave Falken 452's a shot and they seem pretty good. Much cheaper than F1's too. Camskill tyres and Falkens webiste were the cheapest when I looked. __________________ 55-plate Silver Fabia v/RS -312mm brakes, Aero wipers and some silvervisions BMW 330d ///Sport 204bhp

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