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« on: 22 February 2008, 16:23:46 »

Have you heard of or have you experience of Marangoni Tyres, or can you recommend 225/55R16s tyres less than £80.
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« Reply #1 on: 22 February 2008, 16:31:27 »

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Try:-  http://ssl.delti.com/mytires/start.html, but do not use Hancook as they cause severe tramlining.
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Re: Tyres
« Reply #2 on: 22 February 2008, 16:47:55 »

Personally I have used Falken and Kumho's which have been fine.

Whereabouts are you - someone may have a local favourite supplier.
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« Reply #3 on: 22 February 2008, 18:03:32 »

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Have you heard of or have you experience of Marangoni Tyres, or can you recommend 225/55R16s tyres less than £80.

My local tyre wholesaler sells me Goodyear F1's for the Hundy @ £65 each which I then take to Kwik Fit to be fitted @ £8 /rim.
These are 225 45 17's so 16's should be cheaper.
I will certainly be putting F1's on the Omega when it needs them.

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Re: Tyres
« Reply #4 on: 22 February 2008, 18:08:41 »

If you've got a friendly local garage that will fit them for you, try tyretraders.com

I paid £140.93 for 2 Falken FK452 235x40 R17 tyres which is pretty good. ;)
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« Reply #5 on: 22 February 2008, 18:48:28 »

Definately try the my tyres website very cheap inclusive prices and tyre centre should fit them for a tenner each or less.

I have just had some delivered, Kuhmo can't remember the the model number and they were about £56 each.
I haven't had them fitted yet but they look very good quality and the rubber feels grippy unlike some budget tyres. They are also have a good rating on tytetest.com.

I use race compound kuhmo's on my cosworth and they are awesome in wet and dry.

hope this is of help
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Re: Tyres
« Reply #6 on: 22 February 2008, 18:49:26 »

Forgot to mention they were 235/45/17's
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« Reply #7 on: 22 February 2008, 18:50:15 »

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Try:-  http://ssl.delti.com/mytires/start.html, but do not use Hancook as they cause severe tramlining.
Alan

Hancooks are really bad tires..I'm trying to get rid of them..
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« Reply #8 on: 22 February 2008, 18:56:20 »

Which hancooks are they I used to have some called k104 sports I think and I was impressed with them didn't have any driving problems at all apart from they were a bit noisy on the tarmac.
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« Reply #9 on: 22 February 2008, 19:00:39 »

K102..for bad roads the softness is ok..but for fast curves you are all over the road..And for wet conditions they are really bad..
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Re: Tyres
« Reply #10 on: 22 February 2008, 20:19:55 »


try http://www.etyres.co.uk

i get my tyres from here excellent service and products.
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Re: Tyres
« Reply #11 on: 22 February 2008, 20:42:55 »

 Nergal i have a nangkang 225/55/16 with about 6mm of tread and no side wall damage you can have for £20 plus post if your interested. some on here run these and have some good things to say about them. Just pm if interested...... :y
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« Reply #12 on: 22 February 2008, 20:56:57 »

thanks for the offer but I need new tyres, really scary tracking problems, see my other post today.
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« Reply #13 on: 22 February 2008, 21:32:57 »

although there are many brands with various prices ,

the rule "you get what you pay for" rule strictly applies to tires..

The best approach can be sticking to tire test results I think..

And generally the test winners are expensive..

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« Reply #14 on: 23 February 2008, 00:27:11 »

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Have you heard of or have you experience of Marangoni Tyres, or can you recommend 225/55R16s tyres less than £80.

last time i changed mine i went for 225/50/16s because there is more choice (55 is rare profile really) and therefore better prices.
I got 4 Toyo Proxes T1S for £260 from Ebay and then £20 for local garage to fit :y

222/50/16 will make speedo read high (safer this way) but only 3mph @ 70mph so you won't notice :y
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