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Would people recommend budget tyres or part worn branded tyres? Any suggestions gratefully received
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I would prefer budget ones over part worn.
Budget ones should be EU approved anyway. Part worn ones are often from tyre shops who tell customers they can't mend the puncture as it's too close to the edge and then they sell them repaired for a few pounds to these used tyre dealers. some are probably OK, and some could be off cars that have been written off, so could have smashed up kerbs and off road etc.....
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I would suggest budget ones, but try to get some that have some form of recommendation. On mytyres.net they have ratings on some. I bought a Golf that was fitted with budget tyres and they were pretty scary in the wet, very easy to lose grip. But I put some different ones on an old Saab 9000 and did lots of motorway miles and they were surprisingly good.
They may wear quicker than branded so could be a false economy. Depends how you drive and what milage you do.
I would only consider part worn now if I was replacing a punctured tyre and wanted to get a similar amount of tread wear to the tyre on the other side of the car. I got some 2nd hand alloys with part worn tyres on and one of the tyres had a bad wobble on it, as if the car it came off had had a suspension problem. I replaced it with another part worn one that was okay, but didnt have much tread left. But at £20 for a Michelin Pilot Primacy you cant grumble!
Could be okay as long as the fitting place are happy to change them again if theres a problem.
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Years ago, I had an E28 525i BMW, always put good (expensive) tyres on, then one day I crashed it and damaged every panel, tyres, suspension etc... we replaced the tie rods and control arms, and 4 tyres with very unpronouncable cheap ones from Indonesia, and used it for 9 months as a spare car, these cheap tyres were more comfortable and gave better grip than the Yokohams, Pirelli P6 (old type) and Goodyear NCT2s it had had on during the previous 8 years we owned it.
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i suggest that before you buy any part worn tyre you look inside the tyre casing for vulcanised repairs to either the shoulder or the sidewall,if they have either of these then do not buy it.
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Good advice from Oldman.
Personally I would suggest Kumho or Hankook to those on a budget. Their recent tyres are pretty good; the Kumho 'ECSTA' 'ultra high performance' tyres seem to be as good as the major brands - IIRC they came second to Pirelli PZero in a German car mag tyre test.
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I'll second Hankooks I've got them on my 2001 Ford Mondeo 2.5 V6 Ghia X, Hankook Ventus Sport K104 205/50/17 XL 93Y. They're excellent tyres, once they bed in. Online, mytyres.co.uk sell them for half the price of anywhere else (£56). Add approx £10 per wheel for fitting and balancing at a local tyre depot.
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I had some Kumho Ecsta fitted on my Chevy Z28 when I had trouble obtaining the OEM Goodyears. They will be replaced with another set of the same when the time comes. Highly recommended for 'performance' cars.
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=28...4
Kevin...
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