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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: i260 on 18 July 2009, 01:05:24
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Probably been here a thousand times but I need to get 4 225/55/16 new tyres asap (18's not going on just yet) and have short listed the following.
Eagle F1
Bridgestone RE040
Falkon FK452
Kumho KU31
Toyo TR1
Marshall MU11
Can't get the Toyo or Kumho locally, only on net and that will be too long on delivery. Any thoughts on the others.
I want a grippy tyre that will tighten up the handling a bit as the old P6000s seem a little bouncy.
PS I know that a lot of it is personal taste but some constructive comments will make the process easier!
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Mostly a matter of personal choice, but I can tell you this from the tyres that I have used on the Omega. Falken FK 452, very grippy, but I had to raise the pressures to 32 PSI in the front to get the steering precision right, and the wear pattern was spot on, I guess they have slightly soft sidewalls. They lasted 28K miles and were good in the wet as well as the dry. They got a bit noisy towards the end of their life due to feathering of the shoulder blocks, but not too bad.
Pirelli P7s, tramline like you wouldn't believe and crap in the wet.
Kumho KH11, OK in wet and dry, but wore out in the tread centre and no they weren't overpressurised.
Nexen CP641, good compromise between grip and wear, they are OK in wet and dry when new, mine have 20K on them now and are a little 'exciting' in the wet, the front is a bit wayward when pushed, but at least it only understeers so not too bad. I should say that I am a fairly enthusiastic driver though. At the rear rock solid, maybe it's the weight of the 80 litre LPG tank over the rear wheels that helps.
All of the Dunlops I have tried over the years seem to be OK ish, but not great, the SP9000s seem OK but they wear out quite quickly. I hear that Falken Ziex 912 (NOT 512) are really good as well, but not tried them yet.
Careful with the Eagle F1, I think there are many Chinese copies and German variants as well, and I can't remember which are good. They are slippy when cold so rubbish for the winter.
Continental SP2's are rated highly for the Mig as well.
I have tried Yokohama AVS dB V550's and they seemed OK as well, good in wet and dry and not too noisy, but a bit square in appearance, good response on the steering though, and stiff so something like this may be what you are looking for, but they are a bit pricy.
HTH
Paul
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The only tires in that list I can comment on are the Toyo Proxies and Eagles.
Have used both, the Toyo's are great fun - I don't think I have ever had such a grippy tire. However the life was short. I think mine lasted about 8mths, so about 8-12k. The Eagles aren't as grippy but give a longer life. Probably closer to 10-14k.
This is based on them being the drive wheels.
If you can afford to be replacing tyres regular, then Toyo all the way, if you want a compromise, the Eagles are very good.
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Hi i dont about 18 wheels i had 17/45/235 continentals an loads of handling problems changed to 16/55/235 continentals had no problems different car
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On my previous mig I fitted mitchelins and found them very good , I bow have a face lift that sooner or later will need tyres I have 17" wheels on the new one ( not sure what size wheels the old one were) anyone used mitchelins on 17" wheels , I would appreciatte anyfeedback
Thanks Dave :y
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Mostly a matter of personal choice, but I can tell you this from the tyres that I have used on the Omega. Falken FK 452, very grippy, but I had to raise the pressures to 32 PSI in the front to get the steering precision right, and the wear pattern was spot on, I guess they have slightly soft sidewalls. They lasted 28K miles and were good in the wet as well as the dry. They got a bit noisy towards the end of their life due to feathering of the shoulder blocks, but not too bad.
Pirelli P7s, tramline like you wouldn't believe and crap in the wet.
Kumho KH11, OK in wet and dry, but wore out in the tread centre and no they weren't overpressurised.
Nexen CP641, good compromise between grip and wear, they are OK in wet and dry when new, mine have 20K on them now and are a little 'exciting' in the wet, the front is a bit wayward when pushed, but at least it only understeers so not too bad. I should say that I am a fairly enthusiastic driver though. At the rear rock solid, maybe it's the weight of the 80 litre LPG tank over the rear wheels that helps.
All of the Dunlops I have tried over the years seem to be OK ish, but not great, the SP9000s seem OK but they wear out quite quickly. I hear that Falken Ziex 912 (NOT 512) are really good as well, but not tried them yet.
Careful with the Eagle F1, I think there are many Chinese copies and German variants as well, and I can't remember which are good. They are slippy when cold so rubbish for the winter.
Continental SP2's are rated highly for the Mig as well.
I have tried Yokohama AVS dB V550's and they seemed OK as well, good in wet and dry and not too noisy, but a bit square in appearance, good response on the steering though, and stiff so something like this may be what you are looking for, but they are a bit pricy.
HTH
Paul
I had the CP641 on the tractor, good budget tyre, but utterly lethal in VERY wet weather.
I wouldn't put a budget tyre on MV6, I always end up going back to Conti SC2 or Dunlop SP90x0, with a slight preference for the Dunlops. Every other tyre I've put on any v6 Omega I've owned, I've always been glad to get shot of them, and put the conti/dunlops on