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Hy folks, just got some prices from that 'my-tyre' co: that advertises on this very site..
my budget is tight at the mo, after suspension mods and new 17's.
i got a quote for £147 for 4 budget(remold) tyres in size 215/45/17.

now my querie is ; guy in kwik fit told me today, after a sharp intake of breath, oh no don't touch them, you'll get bad juddering, impossible to balance blah, blah, blah...
now while i realise remolds are obviously not my first choice, alas all i use my car for is the usual family chores, (cruising and racing days over). surely in this day and age even a remold must have a certain standard....

Is kwik fit man, just spinning me a yarn to get me to buy his £70 each tyres.

or will thes edo the job..
cheers

 

[Saul]

i would never buy remoulds

for the sake of £60 id buy a brand like nankang or similar

215/45/17?

 

[WeeJase]

sod that mate,get some decent rubber under you.thats the only contact you have with the road,i try and make it as good a contact as humanly possible.
how crap are you going to feel with yourself if you end up in a ditch because you scrimped on tyres?

 

[225]

I would never ever touch remoulds, at least buy budget new ones. You have 4 small bits of rubber between your family and a wall so always buy the best you can, don't have to be expensive ones but at least buy new.

 

[cpufreak]

try giving micheldever tyres a call, they do delivery too, and have very competitive prices.
(recently got 4 Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2s in 225/45R17 fitted/balanced/tracked for about the same as the supply only price from Mytyres.)

http://www.micheldever.co.uk/

 

[Sam20v]

IMO YOU ARE PLAYING WITH YOUR CAR/LIFE IF YOU GET REMOULDS!
i wouldnt bother!
save for decent tyres, at least if you push it, you know they are sound!
If you have alloys and lowered, you know you will push it!!!!

I waited and got (falken) FK451 on rear and FK452 at the front (the rears look nicer and i only just found them)....slightly more expensive but worth it.....
2 x451 £143 delivered. worth saving for 4.........

even cheaper budget tyres than these are better than remould.......
remoulds

 

[CupraR-Rog]

I'll have to dig out the pic I have somewhere of a remould tyre, where the original sidewall is showing through the peeling remould rubber... Very unnervng pic!

Although it's true that a lot of lorries, coaches etc use remoulds (think how many lorry tyres you see scattered at the side of the road tho!), by the time you're spending the cash a good remould costs, you're already within the budget price bracket!!

 

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remo's

Ok people.... a huge unanimous no then, thanks for the advice, will have to hold out a bit........or..........credit card......hmmm!!

 

[markmck]

225/45 x 17 should be the size for a 17s to keep the speedo right

 

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cheers,
will check out some prices

 

[Sam20v]

TNG Star Performer
Summer tyres UHP
225/45 ZR17 94W XL With mytyres.co.uk only £ 52.80


they are in the W,Y,Z rating on my tyres....cheapest ones in that rating....

or in the up to 130mph rating =
Star Performer
Summer tyres Z Star
225/45 R17 91V * With mytyres.co.uk only £ 51.30

 

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hi,
do you know of anyone who has tried these tyres, (presumably budgets at this price), and i presume free from the problems listed above,
cheers sam,
gary
ps i thought about buying part worns to get started, you can buy branded named with 5-6mm tread for approx 100-130 quid for four 225/45/17,
what are your thoughts on these

 

[Sisson]

IMO if you can't afford the tyres you can't afford the wheels,

Don't be tight and get some decent rubber

 

[Fl@pper]

local place sold me 2 nankang summat or other to get it run in on for £65 for the pair

not only are they not remoulds but cheaper anyway

TIP : get summat beter though they are crap in the wet but lasted me long enough to get it run in

 

[Sam20v]

hi,
do you know of anyone who has tried these tyres, (presumably budgets at this price), and i presume free from the problems listed above,
cheers sam,
gary
ps i thought about buying part worns to get started, you can buy branded named with 5-6mm tread for approx 100-130 quid for four 225/45/17,
what are your thoughts on these

At the end of the day part worns are just tyres someone else has considered as not good enough to run anymore....although a million times better that remoulds (IMO) 5-6mil over the legal requirement wont last long if it is a soft compound.
Those tyres i found on mytyres are budget tyres and pro wont be rated very highly in rain conditions for example.... (i think there is a chart on there if a tyre has been tested, and it tells you how it performed in wet, snow, dry etc.)
i would wait and spend a min of £70 a corner for wheels of that size....at least you will get some quality. it really does come down to how much you value staying on the road mate!

 

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cheers sam, yep you are right enough!!!
motorbike tyres last month cost me a whopping £200 for what will last 3000 miles if im lucky, then to buy 4 car tyres the next month... tends to get the wife on your back... so i looked at the cheaper alternatives. in order to try and get my new wheels on sooner.

But you are right mate, better to wait and get some decent rubber....
my mate works for motorway tyres and can get good deals if you put it on their store card with 0% for 6 months, but i would rather pay cash on the day.

or they would never get paid lol..

Those lowered springs don,t half make a huge difference thou eh!!

 

[markmck]

kumho ku19 or kh11 should be around the £70-£75 price range.

Maloya if they do them in the size got a good review in a recent tyre test