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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: kevpuk on 20 November 2008, 16:46:35
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Need a couple of tyres for my Elite 3.0 estate.....235/45 x 17....general recommendations from local places (called 5 so far) is the Pirelli P Zero Rosso and the best price I have is £87 fitted each (sounds good to me !)
There have been some recommendations for Continental (Sport Contact 3, I believe) but these are circa. £126 fitted.....
So, any recommendations ?
(Also looking for 2x 205/55 x 16 for my Seat 1.8T Toledo....seem to be getting recommended Pirelli - again ! - P6000 on the whole, although some suggest P7.....and some Continental again....any thoughts ?)
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...I've used Khumos (Ecsta KH11) on my 2.2 - 225/55/R16 - they've been fine and would certainly buy them again. They cost me approx £150 a pair fitted
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Hi,
before buying anything I will recommend checking tire tests in google..
Although there are many cheap brands around , when it comes to wet
and dry braking tests (which is critical) most of those brands are lost..
And from the tests I read my conclusion is that tire subject is
exactly "you get what you pay"..
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...obviously also depends on what you're using the car for - no point buying top of the range tires for bimbling around town...!! ....basically why I went for mid-range tires. I'm sure you've already considered this so apologies, don't mean to teach you to suck eggs...!!!
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Hehe.....sucking eggs !
Seems that the world of Google tends to be pretty OK with the P Zero Rosso's.....think that it stacks up ok for these :)
For the Seat, reading up it does seem that the P6000 is perhaps not such a good tyre.....the P7 seems a little better.
TBH, I think that the usage is important here, as mentioned above, and - for the most part - my Omega is the 2nd car in the household (Seat is fair bit newer....) and thus mostly commuting and so forth. That said, will hit the motorways too, so needs something half-decent and safe from my heavy right foot !! ;D
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usage styles are of course important..if you can drive slow :D no problem..
but a 1.7 ton monster is not easy to stop with a hand size touching area rubber
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i prefere avons :S
not a bad price and sposed to be very good tires!
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goodyear eagle f1s ! but i use conti sport contact 2s very good :y
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I have P7's on my Omega 225/55/16 - just had 2 on at £85 each.
They supposedly have stiffer sidewalls that help big saloon cars to corner better and quiet runners too.
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You could try
http://www.blackcircles.com/about
They deliver them to your chosen fitting centre and everyone I know thats used them has saved a fortune Ill be using them next time its my time to change.................shame I descovered them just after the last change SODS LAW again :(
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The sport contact 3's are not as grippy as the 2's were.
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I now have Goodyear excellence all round. I paid £437 for 5. Sure they were 235/45/17
Try these, they gove discount based on how many you have fitted...
http://www.event-tyres.co.uk/
I had previously used Pirelli P6000's on my last mig & Granada prior to that
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for that price id get the pirellis! well proven tyre
contis are very very very good and last along time
i bought 2x Toyo T1R's for £150 235 45 17 W rated
Dunlop SP3000a's are also very good seem to last forever
!!have had nothing but trouble with Kumho tyres KU31's best avoided!!!
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I recently got 4 off 235 45 17 W rated,
http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m4b0s312p9490 £96 x4 for Goodyear F1 asymetric + £39 to fit.
I previously had Goodyear F1 GSD3 - but I couldn't source these.
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I use Dunlop SP9000 or Conti SC2 on MV6 (235/45/17), with slight preference for the SP9000.
Personally wouldn't put pirellis on a skateboard, though will concede they work very well on her Rover 25.
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I have Falken FK452's which can be had for a very good price from Camskill. These are highly regarded performance tyres excellent wet and dry. They are a slightly softer compound but so far I havent noticed problems with wear. Falken 912's are the new version of their 'normal' tyre, I have heard good things about them also.
I have been using Falkens for many years now, I have them on my Golf, the Omega and the rear of my TVR. They are also very highly regarded in the TVR world as a performance sports tyre. On the front of the TVR I have SP9000's which are also excellent and I believe were already mentioned in this thread.
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So this place http://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk/home.asp seems great !
Like a kid in a candy shop.......Goodyear, Avon, Dunlop, Pirelli - all prices seem good too ! So, now the choice is even harder as it seems these guys carry allsorts :o
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try that wondefull auction site! i got my toyo's off there and dad got a good deal on some dunlop sp3000's
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OK, looks like I may be going the Falken FK452 route....found a local fitter that will sort 2x Omega tyres @ 235/45/17 and 2x Toledo tyres @ 205/55/16 for £287 all in - seems good to me :)