Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Search the maintenance guides for answers to 99.999% of Omega questions

Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Down

Author Topic: Tyre Brands  (Read 1790 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Mr Skrunts

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Skruntie Land.
  • Posts: 25474
  • 3.O Elite Saloon with all the toys,
    • 2003 CD 2.2 Auto
    • View Profile
Tyre Brands
« on: 06 June 2022, 20:34:55 »
Think my car has 225/55 R16 W fitted.

What brands do you favour?
Logged
Ask yourself :  " WHY do I believe in what I believe?"

Remember that my opinions expressed here are not representative of the opinions of other members on the OOF Forum.

biggriffin

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • huntingdon, Hoof'land
  • Posts: 9758
    • Vectra in a posh frock.
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #1 on: 06 June 2022, 20:52:28 »
Ooooo a tyre thread.. I've got Monarchs 235/45/w/17 XL on the Saab,  used the same name and rating on my omega.
Logged
Hoof'land storeman.

Doctor Gollum

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • In a colds and darks puddleses
  • Posts: 28194
  • If you can't eat them, join them...
    • Feetses.
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #2 on: 06 June 2022, 20:53:52 »
Goodyear Eagle F1 Assym 3 on the Alabama Mumsybus.
Logged
Onanists always think outside the box.

biggriffin

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • huntingdon, Hoof'land
  • Posts: 9758
    • Vectra in a posh frock.
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #3 on: 06 June 2022, 21:01:37 »
I've got 14 Michelin 385/70/22.5 and 4 x315/65/22.5 on the works vehicle.. ;D ;D
Logged
Hoof'land storeman.

STEMO

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 8357
    • Astra 1.6 diesel
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #4 on: 06 June 2022, 21:07:35 »
I've got 225/50/17's on my astra. General tyre, American.
Logged
Diesel till I die

Rangie

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Lincolnshire
  • Posts: 5398
    • RRS TDV8 Subaru Forester
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #5 on: 06 June 2022, 21:08:27 »
Always have Yokohama on our vehicles wear very well, never had any problems, without looking at exact sizes  I know the RRS is 20 inch & the Scooby 15.
Logged
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level & beat you with their experience.

Webby the Bear

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Northampton
  • Posts: 12722
    • 2000 (W Reg.) 2.5 V6 CD
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #6 on: 06 June 2022, 21:22:34 »
I had Kumhos. Seemed ok. Got Nexens now. Seem ok too 👍
Logged
RIP Paul Lovejoy

Nick W

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Online Online
  • Gender: Male
  • Chatham, Kent
  • Posts: 10856
  • Rover Metro 1.8VVC
    • 3.0l Elite estate
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #7 on: 06 June 2022, 21:24:09 »
Quote from: Mr Skrunts on 06 June 2022, 20:34:55
Think my car has 225/55 R16 W fitted.

What brands do you favour?


Continental or Pirelli. But if I'm paying, I buy whatever mid price ones they have in stock.


If they're paying me, I'd consider Michelins....
Logged

iansoutham

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • SE London
  • Posts: 521
    • Omega 2.0 m/f/l est CDX
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #8 on: 06 June 2022, 22:00:41 »
Running the same tyres as yourself on my estate, I currently run Dunlop SPmaxx RT and from experience they will start getting slidable around 3mm tread left. Before that, I ran Bridgestone RE002 tyres but they are now NLA. Prior to that was Dunlop again (different model) and they were useless in the wet.

When these current ones go, I will probably go back to Bridgestone on something like T005 or S001 if available. Problem is that decent brand tyres in that size are hard to come by, especially for sensible money.
Logged

Doctor Gollum

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • In a colds and darks puddleses
  • Posts: 28194
  • If you can't eat them, join them...
    • Feetses.
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #9 on: 06 June 2022, 22:09:12 »
Dunlop Blueresponse were pretty decent performers on the A Class and Focus.

Had Goodyear Eagle F1 Assym 3 on The Barge as well, but on 18"s...

The 16"s had Goodyear Vector 4 seasons fitted and were also strong performers. Similar size to the Omega tyre as well  :y
Logged
Onanists always think outside the box.

johnnydog

  • Omega Knight
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Lancashire
  • Posts: 1830
    • 2.6 & 3.2 sal, 3.2 est
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #10 on: 06 June 2022, 22:12:40 »
Thought I'd ignore a tyre thread, but then thought Id give my sixpen'th....
Recently always had Michelins on my Omegas and family dailys. Had differing experiences with Dunlop and Goodyear where the shoulders developed minor cracks, and deep cracks around the circumference in the tread grooves. Hankook have been good, but wear quickly, similar to Pirellis.
I like Uniroyals and Maxxis on my classics, but the makes are somewhat restricted due to limitations on size.
Got Michelin RO1 on my Audi, which are very good, far better than its original Pirello P Zero Rossos (ditchfinders), but have been superceded. Like Michelin Latitude Sport 3 , - great all round larger sized tyre imho.
But each to their own.....
Logged
2002 3.2 Elite saloon, 2003 3.2 Elite estate, 2003 2.6 Elite saloon

Raeturbo

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • South Wales
  • Posts: 7335
    • Mv6 3.2 Mitsi Evo2. XJ8
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #11 on: 06 June 2022, 23:31:27 »
I’m using Fedral 595 RSR semislicks on the Evo awesome grip but need to be careful in the wet👀
Logged
Laying a rubber road.

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 105924
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #12 on: 07 June 2022, 20:43:32 »
My last 2 Omegas were shod with Michelin Pilot Sport 4, either in 235/45/17 or 245/40/18, which were the only decent tyre I could find after SportMaxx TT became unavailable.
Logged
Grumpy old man

ronnyd

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
  • Posts: 8625
    • Vectra 1.8 SRI Silver
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #13 on: 07 June 2022, 22:28:18 »
Quote from: Webby the Bear on 06 June 2022, 21:22:34
I had Kumhos. Seemed ok. Got Nexens now. Seem ok too 👍
Had them on my Desmond and also now got them on my Vectra :y. Not the same ones of course. :D
Logged

Doctor Gollum

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • In a colds and darks puddleses
  • Posts: 28194
  • If you can't eat them, join them...
    • Feetses.
    • View Profile
Re: Tyre Brands
« Reply #14 on: 08 June 2022, 01:47:09 »
Quote from: ronnyd on 07 June 2022, 22:28:18
Quote from: Webby the Bear on 06 June 2022, 21:22:34
I had Kumhos. Seemed ok. Got Nexens now. Seem ok too 👍
Had them on my Desmond and also now got them on my Vectra :y. Not the same ones of course. :D
Had Nexens on my last Insignia. Not great.
Logged
Onanists always think outside the box.
Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.047 seconds with 18 queries.