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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Kieran on 16 January 2015, 21:41:47
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Need a whole new set of tyres for my estate. Don't really want to do budget brand. Had a look online at different makes ie Dunlop, Michelin etc. They all seem to be in the price range of about £90.00. Had a look at Falken Ziex ZE914 coming in around £66.00. Read the reviews and seem quite good. Has anyone on here had them fitted and experience with them.
Cheers
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Didnt you read forum rules .......
Tyre threads are now banned and you will be sent to hell for starting 1 ;D
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Didnt you read forum rules .......
Tyre threads are now banned and you will be sent to hell for starting 1 ;D
40 lashes at least ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Falkens might come back in fashion now Gixer's gone. ;D
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Need a whole new set of tyres for my estate. Don't really want to do budget brand. Had a look online at different makes ie Dunlop, Michelin etc. They all seem to be in the price range of about £90.00. Had a look at Falken Ziex ZE914 coming in around £66.00. Read the reviews and seem quite good. Has anyone on here had them fitted and experience with them.
Cheers
Some people have had mixed results with Falkens... what cars were the reviews based on? Unless they're a similar weight rear wheel drive car, the results are almost meaningless :-\
Goodyear Eagle F1 Assymetric 2s are pretty well received on the Omega, or if budget allows, Continental Sportcontact MO or Dunlop RTs?... :y
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Black round tyres in correct size seem to work ;D
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I have new set Uniroyal rainsport 3's on mine and no complaints :y. I think the full geo setup also helped :D. Had goodyear eagle F1 GSD3's before them :y
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I had Goodyear F1 asymmetric 2`s which were quite good but seemed to move about a bit too much so I recently had some Dunlop Sportmaxx RT`s fitted on the front and while it`s early days yet and I`ve not done much mileage I quite like them although these are 97Y and the Goodyears were 93Y.
Had the Goodyears been 97Y I might have liked them more as they did have very good levels of grip.
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Need a whole new set of tyres for my estate. Don't really want to do budget brand. Had a look online at different makes ie Dunlop, Michelin etc. They all seem to be in the price range of about £90.00. Had a look at Falken Ziex ZE914 coming in around £66.00. Read the reviews and seem quite good. Has anyone on here had them fitted and experience with them.
Cheers
Generally, it seems, all the Faulken 91x tyres are unsuited to the Omega. The problem won't show up until you have done 2 or 3 k on them, and then it will dance about all over the place.
My preference is Dunlop SportMAXX RT, but don't expect too many miles off them, and the later ones seem to be more prone to tramline than the previus sets I've had.
GY Assym F1s are a good tyre if you don't push too hard. I've had 6, 3 have failed with various faults, others wore a bit quick for my liking, and didn't offer the grip I was expecting, but I do drive a little spirited sometimes.
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I have Falken Azenis FK453. 235/45/17 and works fine
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I have new set Uniroyal rainsport 3's on mine and no complaints :y.
I forgot to add, they must be good as they say Sharkskin Technology on the side wall :D :D
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My preference is Dunlop SportMAXX RT, but don't expect too many miles off them, and the later ones seem to be more prone to tramline than the previus sets I've had.
Interesting you say that. I have them at the moment and, whilst mine normally doesn't tramline at all until the fronts are down to 3 or 4 mm, it's not as stable as it normally is on new rubber. They are quite determined to try to stop me unsticking them, though, even in the wet. :y
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Falkens might come back in fashion now Gixer's gone. ;D
Gixers gone? What have I missed now?
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Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.
£60 a corneer tops :)
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Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.
£60 a corneer tops :)
You win the lottery bg? :o I thought £40 a corner was your styleee?
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Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.
£60 a corneer tops :)
You win the lottery bg? :o I thought £40 a corner was your styleee?
Was trying to appear affluent, but been caught out.
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Next it will be get part worn tyres which could be a health hazard ;D
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Next it will be get part worn tyres which could be a health hazard ;D
Are they cheaper, and do you get coffee. ;D
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No probably tea using a second hand tea bag.There are probably some good buys with part worn but how do you know what unseen damage has occurred. Is it worth the risk?
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Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.
£60 a corneer tops :)
Bang on!!!!
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I have Falken Azenis FK453. 235/45/17 and works fine
The older 452's were OK if not driven too hard. My theory was if you did overdrive them early on, they'd never recover. Not tried 453's though.
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Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.
£60 a corneer tops :)
Bang on!!!!
Yes, but you drive slower than Tunnie's mum ;D
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I have new set Uniroyal rainsport 3's on mine and no complaints :y. I think the full geo setup also helped :D. Had goodyear eagle F1 GSD3's before them :y
I hear good reports of these.......with the exception of poor mileage.
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Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.
£60 a corneer tops :)
Bang on!!!!
Yes, but you drive slower than Tunnie's mum ;D
:D :D ;D
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I have new set Uniroyal rainsport 3's on mine and no complaints :y. I think the full geo setup also helped :D. Had goodyear eagle F1 GSD3's before them :y
I hear good reports of these.......with the exception of poor mileage.
I only do 1000 miles a year so hope they last me :y. So far I am impressed with them - must be that "Shark Skin" Technology :D
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Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.
£60 a corneer tops :)
Bang on!!!!
Yes, but you drive slower than Tunnie's mum ;D
Use to enjoy my drive to work, then they put average cash collection points,along the A1, so yup now sloooowed down.
If you are thinking they don't work,wrong know of 3 people been nicked,and done the speed awareness course.
A1 buckden-southoe, was a lovely set of bends at the old 70mph hofficer. :D
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You're not wrong BG... Mickleham bends on the A24 tween Leatherhead and Dorking used to be a real challenge at the nsl when it was two lanes... Now at 50mph and one lane, a blind monkey could negotiate them one handed :'(
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You're not wrong BG... Mickleham bends on the A24 tween Leatherhead and Dorking used to be a real challenge at the nsl when it was two lanes... Now at 50mph and one lane, a blind monkey could negotiate them one handed :'(
That seems to be about the standard we're aiming at these days. ::)
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You're not wrong BG... Mickleham bends on the A24 tween Leatherhead and Dorking used to be a real challenge at the nsl when it was two lanes... Now at 50mph and one lane, a blind monkey could negotiate them one handed :'(
That seems to be about the standard we're aiming at these days. ::)
You're probably right... cars driven remotely by one armed google monkeys... no less ::)
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I have new set Uniroyal rainsport 3's on mine and no complaints :y. I think the full geo setup also helped :D. Had goodyear eagle F1 GSD3's before them :y
I hear good reports of these.......with the exception of poor mileage.
Had some older Rainsports on my E34 525i - fantastic combination of chassis and tyre, very progressive breakaway. Could do entire laps of wet roundabouts sideways.