tires

  1. Which tires for economy first then perfomance?

    As a newbie I went down to quik fit today and it turns out that although half the tred on my front tires is thick, in places it is now illegal... Is that just the lot of 130bhp engines, is it the fact that I don't like to use my brakes for corners or is it bad allignment? Half of my front right...
  2. Keeping my tires "new black"

    Hey guys, did a quick search and couldn't find anything specific enough, My tires are basically turning "Grey"? If that makes sense, After I give it a good clean they look lovely all black and shiny. But after it has dried it goes back to its old state. Do you know of a way of keeping them...
  3. cbrewer28

    nankang tires

    Hi ppl im prity new to this so hi 2 every1. i have a mk4 ibiza cupra was thinkin about changing the alloys, and the alloys im looking at come with nankang ns1 tyres which the dealer says is a very good budget tyre, im not 2 sure has any1 had experience with these tyres!!
  4. Razor

    What brand tires ?

    Just a simple question really.. What would you all recommend ? At the minute I have some yoks on the rear and fronts are budgets. They need replacing however, so Im just going to get 4 new Standard mk3 cupra wheels !! Thanks
  5. artemis_1991

    Good/Bad Morning for Tires

    This morning I managed to hit an oddly placed curb and burst my front near side tire. This is bad because I'm on a bit of a tight budget at the moment, BUT is good because it'll give me the push to get a decent set of tires which I've been telling myself I need for ages now! I'm just getting...
  6. Tires?

    hello all. just got another LCR and its got budget tires on it, what are the best tyres i can get for it without going over £100 each? james
  7. kumho tires

    put the leon in for mot last week, must say very happy flew threw it with one advisory, front tyre near too limit , just what i need just before christmas. so after doing some reasearch went for two kumho ku31 i must say a very good tyre, took about 50 miles to scrub them in but value for money...
  8. Wheels and Tires

    Hello, to all! I was wondering if you can fit a 225/50-16 tire on the standard 16" wheels of the seat leon 1.8T 2001... Also what is the lug pattern and offset? Thanks!! miatex
  9. Anyone here on Toyo, Eagle F1's or Falken tires

    As above does anyone have any experience with those tire manufacturers? Namely the eagle F1's, toyo proxes and the falken FK series?
  10. cu51pra

    new tires

    can people tell me the difference between running 205/45 17 and 205/40 17 coz i wana get some Yokohama Parada Spec 2 and there bout £85 for the 205/40 17 tires:D any help would be great
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