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Re: best tyres on a budget?
« Reply #21 on: 29 May 2013, 18:15 »
Thats a bloody excellent price. Thanks for sharing

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Re: best tyres on a budget?
« Reply #22 on: 29 May 2013, 21:33 »
Seriously dude i know Budgets are tempting but dont Cheap Tyres are Utter Wank plain and simple!! They are the only thing holding you to the deck so wait a month if you can and dont buy tyres for £40 regardless what anyone says they are sh!te!!!
it depends how you drive just remember the roads are not a race track. Iv been driving over 15 years on cheap budget tires with no problem even in snow and ice. I like tyres that take years to wear out of thread ,saves me money lol, ill end up scrapping the car or selling it before i get a new set of tyres as they last so long. I had a nice set of falken tyre on my first car as i spent £1000's on it and they did not even last a year. Its all about how fast you drive and take corners fast, if so get the best or you will end up in a hedge.
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Re: best tyres on a budget?
« Reply #23 on: 30 May 2013, 19:27 »
+1 for the uniroyal rainsports 2  :smiley:
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Re: best tyres on a budget?
« Reply #24 on: 30 May 2013, 19:44 »
Seriously dude i know Budgets are tempting but dont Cheap Tyres are Utter Wank plain and simple!! They are the only thing holding you to the deck so wait a month if you can and dont buy tyres for £40 regardless what anyone says they are sh!te!!!
it depends how you drive just remember the roads are not a race track. Iv been driving over 15 years on cheap budget tires with no problem even in snow and ice. I like tyres that take years to wear out of thread ,saves me money lol, ill end up scrapping the car or selling it before i get a new set of tyres as they last so long. I had a nice set of falken tyre on my first car as i spent £1000's on it and they did not even last a year. Its all about how fast you drive and take corners fast, if so get the best or you will end up in a hedge.

Disagree Mate in rain and snow Budget tyres seriously under perform which has been tested time and time again! not just about how you drive also is how others drive ie if someone pulls out and brakes etc Either way what works for you.... but well aware a road is not a race track But again i have been in a car with cheap tyres driving normally and hit rain at the wrong time and was not pretty! I would put tyres before any other mod!

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Re: best tyres on a budget?
« Reply #25 on: 30 May 2013, 20:32 »
agree alot with the quality issue.......the drive quality and grip and noise from a decent tyre are night and day over cheapos. i had federals on for years and thought they were ok for a £60 tyre BUT when you go for good year etc the tyre difference is massive.

the new good year efficant grip plus tyres have great reviews and is what im putting on mine. thye get A rating for grip. B fuel and 67db road noise one of the best on market at mo
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Re: best tyres on a budget?
« Reply #26 on: 31 May 2013, 14:30 »
I've run Nankang NS2 Sports for years now and felt they've performed well. 225/40/18 I run and pay around £60 a corner delivered.

I'm thinking of splashing out a bit on the next replacement though with something a bit more posh
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Re: best tyres on a budget?
« Reply #27 on: 31 May 2013, 18:51 »
I reckon im gonna go for proxes.. had um before in 15s and they were amazing for the price. Theyre around 115 each in 18s so mid june ill be getting 4 :)

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Re: best tyres on a budget?
« Reply #28 on: 01 June 2013, 10:55 »
best way to see how good a tyre is going to be is look at the new tyre grades they now have u may be surprised on how bad some of the top make of tyres really are ive worked in the tyre trade for 15 years now and yes most budget tyres are not the best and u do get what u pay for BUT not all are the same and some of the top brands are indeed worse on tests then the cheap budgets

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Re: best tyres on a budget?
« Reply #29 on: 02 June 2013, 21:40 »
What do people reckin to them r888s? My mates got um on his civic and rates them but other people say theyre wank. Was thinkin r888s in the rear and t1rs in the front...