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[Taxi_Driver]

I do like Nankangs NS2's  

Seem a good fairly hard wearing budget tyre  

Altho i dont order from the internet anymore......used to use mytyres.co.uk

I've found a local company (well not too sure how local really......they have have quite a few branches local to me........so maybe more widespread than i think)

Bathwick Tyres.......can order (never have them in stock) Nankang NS2's and fit em for £55 per corner  

Need to visit them this week for 2 new ones on the front.......its either that or get the penknife out to cut a few new treads on the edges  
(scuffing   )
Think i'll get em to do the tracking this time round........ok not ideal.....but if they make a difference it will be worth it  

Or get an alignment at WIM, who may be having an OOF open day soon

Well.....i would spend the dosh...if thought it was gonna be worth it.......i think Bathwick charge about £25 for tracking.....ok i know i wont be ideal......but my tyres are lasting less each time....so summat is getting worse.....if they make an improvement...i'll be happy  
Reason i dont want to spend a load of dosh.....a few days later i could be going over mountainous speed bumps or driving around new estates that have raised ironworks........so basically all the good work that WIM could have done on my Omega......could easily be undone in days  

[TheBoy]

I do like Nankangs NS2's  

Seem a good fairly hard wearing budget tyre  

Altho i dont order from the internet anymore......used to use mytyres.co.uk

I've found a local company (well not too sure how local really......they have have quite a few branches local to me........so maybe more widespread than i think)

Bathwick Tyres.......can order (never have them in stock) Nankang NS2's and fit em for £55 per corner  

Need to visit them this week for 2 new ones on the front.......its either that or get the penknife out to cut a few new treads on the edges  
(scuffing   )
Think i'll get em to do the tracking this time round........ok not ideal.....but if they make a difference it will be worth it  

Or get an alignment at WIM, who may be having an OOF open day soon

Well.....i would spend the dosh...if thought it was gonna be worth it.......i think Bathwick charge about £25 for tracking.....ok i know i wont be ideal......but my tyres are lasting less each time....so summat is getting worse.....if they make an improvement...i'll be happy  
Reason i dont want to spend a load of dosh.....a few days later i could be going over mountainous speed bumps or driving around new estates that have raised ironworks........so basically all the good work that WIM could have done on my Omega......could easily be undone in days  

Read WIM's post in Tech info for reasons why yours may be getting worse

[Kevin Wood]

i think Bathwick charge about £25 for tracking....

It's camber that's the problem, though, so it will need a full geometry setup. The limits on the machines are really wide and the best setting for your car will be somewhere between those limits. Mine was within limits but ate a set of fronts in 12K. If the guy setting it up doesn't have the experience with Omegas he will likely see that they're all in the green and adjust nothing, or he'll adjust them to "somewhere in the green" which could make matters better or worse

Kevin

[Taxi_Driver]

I do like Nankangs NS2's  

Seem a good fairly hard wearing budget tyre  

Altho i dont order from the internet anymore......used to use mytyres.co.uk

I've found a local company (well not too sure how local really......they have have quite a few branches local to me........so maybe more widespread than i think)

Bathwick Tyres.......can order (never have them in stock) Nankang NS2's and fit em for £55 per corner  

Need to visit them this week for 2 new ones on the front.......its either that or get the penknife out to cut a few new treads on the edges  
(scuffing   )
Think i'll get em to do the tracking this time round........ok not ideal.....but if they make a difference it will be worth it  

Or get an alignment at WIM, who may be having an OOF open day soon

Well.....i would spend the dosh...if thought it was gonna be worth it.......i think Bathwick charge about £25 for tracking.....ok i know i wont be ideal......but my tyres are lasting less each time....so summat is getting worse.....if they make an improvement...i'll be happy  
Reason i dont want to spend a load of dosh.....a few days later i could be going over mountainous speed bumps or driving around new estates that have raised ironworks........so basically all the good work that WIM could have done on my Omega......could easily be undone in days  

Read WIM's post in Tech info for reasons why yours may be getting worse

Found it   But it wasnt in Tech info  

Wishbones and weak front springs........hmmmmmm not sure i suffer from those........it only passed an MOT end Nov.....nothing picked up on......
Tho i must say........i used to be able to get over 30k off the front tyres.......im down to about 20k now........so i havent got 'silly' wear going on, just not as good as i used too  

[Entwood]

TD ..

Imperial Tyres on the Elgin Estate do a full "Optiline" setup for £50 +VAT ... probably not as good as WIM but they sorted my problems out .. and the car had been to Bathwick 5 times - and it still pulled left.

You get a full printout as well that you ccould fax to WIM if you wanted further advice.

[Taxi_Driver]

TD ..

Imperial Tyres on the Elgin Estate do a full "Optiline" setup for £50 +VAT ... probably not as good as WIM but they sorted my problems out .. and the car had been to Bathwick 5 times - and it still pulled left.

You get a full printout as well that you ccould fax to WIM if you wanted further advice.

Thanks for the info Entwood  

Tho last time i asked Imperial Tyres for a quote...........for 4 wheel alignment...they quoted me £70 odd  :-/

[Entwood]

mmmm

23/7/07  OPT/1A Opti Adjust Front & rears  1  £50.00 VAT 8.75 Invoice total £58.75

[JamesV6CDX]

The TD is on Avon ZZ3 on rear (bloody hopeless) and some crap budget on front.

I didn't find the ZZ3 too bad on the back of the Elite  

[TheBoy]

The TD is on Avon ZZ3 on rear (bloody hopeless) and some crap budget on front.

I didn't find the ZZ3 too bad on the back of the Elite  

Yeah, but you didn't have "Tractor Power" ^TM

[Kevin Wood]

The TD is on Avon ZZ3 on rear (bloody hopeless) and some crap budget on front.

I didn't find the ZZ3 too bad on the back of the Elite  

Yeah, but you didn't have "Tractor Power" ^TM

You mean he doesn't get stuck in his own furrows due to lack of nobbly tyres?
 

Kevin

[Markjay]

I did so far a total of 90k miles on 2 Omegas and several sets of tyres... with one exception, all were Michelin. I have no complains about the Michelins, they do the job and are long-lasting.

The odd one out was my previous set which were Contis, I thought the Contis were slightly better all around, i.e. the car felt more sure-footed, and the noise level was low, but not significantly enough to stop me from buying Michelins again...

So from my experience Michelins are OK, Contis are slightly better, if this helps.