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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: feeutfo on 13 April 2012, 19:59:57
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Suspect even Dunlops might be quieter.... :-\
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Suspect even Dunlops might be quieter.... :-\
I would say Sport 9000 and Sport Max TT are noiser :-\
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Hmmm, bloody Falkens are so quiet. Poxy things.
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Suspect even Dunlops might be quieter.... :-\
Earplugs? Trip to a couple of heavy metal concerts? ;)
But er.. definitely not the Neutons. Thought something had gone wrong when I put them back on after the UG8s :-[
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Suspect even Dunlops might be quieter.... :-\
Earplugs? Trip to a couple of heavy metal concerts? ;)
But er.. definitely not the Neutons. Thought something had gone wrong when I put them back on after the UG8s :-[
Must admit, I've not been impressed by them ::) Just hope they (and the Alpha's on the front) will last out until I have done the suspension work and had the set up done :-\
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Suspect even Dunlops might be quieter.... :-\
I would say Sport 9000 and Sport Max TT are noiser :-\
Sport Max TT are definately noiser than Continental SC3's...
Mind you, if you fit them on a Diesel and live on the motorway you'll never know! ;D
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PS3's. But then again some people might have a fit if I mention them.
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I have to say I'm very impressed with the new tyres I have on my 18's. No intrusive tyre noise, no tram lining, excellent grip levels in wet and dry conditions...
However, I don't drive that hard nowadays, and they aren't a premium brand, so I'll shut up! ;D :D :-X
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Hmmm, bloody Falkens are so quiet. Poxy things.
Nowt wrong with these Chris work nice on my Mondy....."Its just your imagination (der, dum, der dum)..running away with you.....it is just your imaginaaaaation, running awaaay with you" ;)
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You better come round here and take it for a spin then Jeff. Both hands on the wheel at all times. Bend it you mend it.... Actually, no. You bend, it you pay for me to mend it. ;)
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You better come round here and take it for a spin then Jeff. Both hands on the wheel at all times. Bend it you mend it.... Actually, no. You bend, it you pay for me to mend it. ;)
Bloody hope its an auto ;D
Wouldn't be able to fix it if i bend it....got a few more bits for you on mine need doing first.....priorities Chris, c'mon :D
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You better come round here and take it for a spin then Jeff. Both hands on the wheel at all times. Bend it you mend it.... Actually, no. You bend, it you pay for me to mend it. ;)
Bloody hope its an auto ;D
Wouldn't be able to fix it if i bend it....got a few more bits for you on mine need doing first.....priorities Chris, c'mon :D
...and then I'll stick the sc3's back on. Differant world.
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You know the answer, Chris. :y F Fer Fe Fer.. Far Fal..
<Obi-Wan voice>
Those aren't the tyres you're looking for.
Your SC3s are fine.
Move along.
</Obi-Wan voice>
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You know the answer, Chris. :y F Fer Fe Fer.. Far Fal..
<Obi-Wan voice>
Those aren't the tyres you're looking for.
Your SC3s are fine.
Move along.
</Obi-Wan voice>
Want cake and eat it tyres.
Quiet with stability.
Grip with durability.
...and they may as well be free the way its going. ;D
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Don't get Dunlops if you want quietness :y.
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I would say Uniroyal Rainsport 2's but I haven't got experience of the SC's on the Omega.
I'm plenty happy with either performance wise.
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PS3's. But then again some people might have a fit if I mention them.
Its OK, I'm taking deep breaths ;D
PS3 are quite good when first fitted, then become like driving on ice. I will concede, despite poor lateral grip when worn a bit, they have stonking stopping power in a straight line.
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Not sure Sport Maxx TT are for you chrisgixer, due to noise and durability - my rears did around 11k. If you reckon nearly 30k from SC3s....
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Not sure Sport Maxx TT are for you chrisgixer, due to noise and durability - my rears did around 11k. If you reckon nearly 30k from SC3s....
20k at the most, although I'm not sure my notes are correct.
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I'm in a similar predicament. What to put on TBE. I'm not as anal as gayboy, so roadnoise isn't a problem, but agree with his other tyre complaints
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GY F1 assym 2's? Seem to get really good reviews. No personal experience but the assym 1's were pretty good on my BMW.
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GY F1 assym 2's? Seem to get really good reviews. No personal experience but the assym 1's were pretty good on my BMW.
My old 3.2 had them on when I got it. Grip didn't seem to good, although they where at the end of thier life tbh.
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Not sure Sport Maxx TT are for you chrisgixer, due to noise and durability - my rears did around 11k. If you reckon nearly 30k from SC3s....
20k at the most, although I'm not sure my notes are correct.
Was going to say, I rarely get more than a year out of anything (18k) and SC3s were no better than SportMaxx (non-TT) for me.
Decided not to go down the £100+ a corner route last time, so tried a couple of budget offerings. N6000s on the rear and General UHPs on the front. UHPs currently slightly ahead on noise as well as grip, although they are both quite reasonable IMHO.
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Not sure Sport Maxx TT are for you chrisgixer, due to noise and durability - my rears did around 11k. If you reckon nearly 30k from SC3s....
20k at the most, although I'm not sure my notes are correct.
Was going to say, I rarely get more than a year out of anything (18k) and SC3s were no better than SportMaxx (non-TT) for me.
Decided not to go down the £100+ a corner route last time, so tried a couple of budget offerings. N6000s on the rear and General UHPs on the front. UHPs currently slightly ahead on noise as well as grip, although they are both quite reasonable IMHO.
:o
Even with tunnie driving, I could feel these were a bit lively :o. Probably had a few hundred miles on them.
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Yup got N6000's here, quite happy with noise levels after Falkens. Suit my driving, but those with digital throttle pedals which are either on or off, might not find them sufficient.
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Not sure Sport Maxx TT are for you chrisgixer, due to noise and durability - my rears did around 11k. If you reckon nearly 30k from SC3s....
20k at the most, although I'm not sure my notes are correct.
Was going to say, I rarely get more than a year out of anything (18k) and SC3s were no better than SportMaxx (non-TT) for me.
Decided not to go down the £100+ a corner route last time, so tried a couple of budget offerings. N6000s on the rear and General UHPs on the front. UHPs currently slightly ahead on noise as well as grip, although they are both quite reasonable IMHO.
:o :o :o :o :o ::) ::) ::) :-X :-X :-X
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Wheels with sc3's re fitted, as the Falken shod wheels have gone off to be refurbed.
Measuring the two tyres in Leptons...
Sc3's driven at a comfortable speed, look at Lepton gauge. 1300 Leptons showing
Falkens at comfortable speed, look at Lepton gauge. 850 Leptons showing.
Conclude, Sc3's almost twice as stable as Falkens, and are not that much noisier.
Sc3's are the tyres I'm looking for. I will learn to be happy with tyres that work. :y
(Lepton=a unit of speed measurement that is not an arrestable offence if excessive and has no resembalance to mph)
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Wheels with sc3's re fitted, as the Falken shod wheels have gone off to be refurbed.
Measuring the two tyres in Leptons...
Sc3's driven at a comfortable speed, look at Lepton gauge. 1300 Leptons showing
Falkens at comfortable speed, look at Lepton gauge. 850 Leptons showing.
Conclude, Sc3's almost twice as stable as Falkens, and are not that much noisier.
Sc3's are the tyres I'm looking for. I will learn to be happy with tyres that work. :y
(Lepton=a unit of speed measurement that is not an arrestable offence if excessive and has no resembalance to mph)
I think SC3's will be the way I'm going in the not too distant future ;)
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Wheels with sc3's re fitted, as the Falken shod wheels have gone off to be refurbed.
Measuring the two tyres in Leptons...
Sc3's driven at a comfortable speed, look at Lepton gauge. 1300 Leptons showing
Falkens at comfortable speed, look at Lepton gauge. 850 Leptons showing.
Conclude, Sc3's almost twice as stable as Falkens, and are not that much noisier.
Sc3's are the tyres I'm looking for. I will learn to be happy with tyres that work. :y
(Lepton=a unit of speed measurement that is not an arrestable offence if excessive and has no resembalance to mph)
I think SC3's will be the way I'm going in the not too distant future ;)
Grip on a 245 wide sc3 far exceeds that of a 265 wide Falken 452, and will last longer.
Or, to look at it another way, if anyone ever wanted a self imposed Lepton limit, fit Falkens. ;D
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Suspect even Dunlops might be quieter.... :-\
Earplugs? Trip to a couple of heavy metal concerts? ;)
But er.. definitely not the Neutons. Thought something had gone wrong when I put them back on after the UG8s :-[
Must admit, I've not been impressed by them ::) Just hope they (and the Alpha's on the front) will last out until I have done the suspension work and had the set up done :-\
Also run Alpha's on the front quiet enough -- got Enduro's on the back like driving a bloody steam roller would not recommend. :-[ ??? ??? :y :y
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Unfortunately it looks like I'll be swapping the Alphas to the rear to prolong the life so things could get interesting ::)
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On the subject of SC3's I note there are at least two versions, standard and stengthened sidewalls, giveaway is the bigger rim protection lip and the writing on the tyre and speed rating.
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On the subject of SC3's I note there are at least two versions, standard and stengthened sidewalls, giveaway is the bigger rim protection lip and the writing on the tyre and speed rating.
Strengthened side walls? Or Rim protection? Anyway, that's what I have. 93Y iirc.
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Sorry wrong description, should really have said 'load range', there is an SL and an XL rating.
I believe it's to do with the ply rating and it relates to standard load and extra load?
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Sorry wrong description, should really have said 'load range', there is an SL and an XL rating.
I believe it's to do with the ply rating and it relates to standard load and extra load?
Stiffness of the sidewall ;) I prefer XL (normally about 97 I think) as it's a stiffer sidewall so less flex, but that's on standard elite wheels... On a reduced sidewall depth on 18's I would probably go for standard like Gayboy has :y
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Yes have XL rated SC3's on the rear and SL rated SC3's on the front of my V6, from a visual perspective the rim protection is more pronounced on the XL's.
Tonights disaster is a screw in the 1/4 worn Dunlop SP Sport Maxx on the back of the DTi. >:( Wouldn't have minded the front as there's only a few 1000 left on them... so now I need to buy four tyres.... Could really have done done without spending that money this month. Think i'm going to go with either Toyo T1R's (Had these on it when I got it and they suit it well) or possibly Kuhmo E39's or Accelera Alphas.
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Yes have XL rated SC3's on the rear and SL rated SC3's on the front of my V6, from a visual perspective the rim protection is more pronounced on the XL's.
Tonights disaster is a screw in the 1/4 worn Dunlop SP Sport Maxx on the back of the DTi. >:( Wouldn't have minded the front as there's only a few 1000 left on them... so now I need to buy four tyres.... Could really have done done without spending that money this month. Think i'm going to go with either Toyo T1R's (Had these on it when I got it and they suit it well) or possibly Kuhmo E39's or Accelera Alphas.
If the screw is in the tread area can't you have it repaired ???
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Yes have XL rated SC3's on the rear and SL rated SC3's on the front of my V6, from a visual perspective the rim protection is more pronounced on the XL's.
Tonights disaster is a screw in the 1/4 worn Dunlop SP Sport Maxx on the back of the DTi. >:( Wouldn't have minded the front as there's only a few 1000 left on them... so now I need to buy four tyres.... Could really have done done without spending that money this month. Think i'm going to go with either Toyo T1R's (Had these on it when I got it and they suit it well) or possibly Kuhmo E39's or Accelera Alphas.
If the screw is in the tread area can't you have it repaired ???
Yep it's in the tread, but i was under the impression you couldn't have a Z rated tyre plugged / repaired?
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I have done before. Plays on your mind though.
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I have done before. Plays on your mind though.
If it can be repaired then i'll probably do that as it's got about 6mm of tread on it and is matched to the other side. Even if the pair end up as spares it will at least buy me some time as the fronts really need doing....
Popped a pair of 9090's on spare wheels on the back for tomorrow, just about managed to dodge the rain!
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I have done before. Plays on your mind though.
If it can be repaired then i'll probably do that as it's got about 6mm of tread on it and is matched to the other side. Even if the pair end up as spares it will at least buy me some time as the fronts really need doing....
Popped a pair of 9090's on spare wheels on the back for tomorrow, just about managed to dodge the rain!
Can be done, but as with any tyre, once repaired it "loses" it`s respective rating
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Repaired today, hopefully that will buy me some time as I need to get a Geo done and the other two tyres replaced.