TYRES
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Capncol
- Posts: 3761
- Joined: Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:40 pm
- Location: Reading & Southampton
Re: TYRES
Those number refer to the tyre size. The make of tyre makes more difference.
Good tyre cost unfortunately. Buy the best within your budget.
Good tyre cost unfortunately. Buy the best within your budget.
Cheers Col.
206cc 1.6ltr (Wifes toy)
Mercedes ML (workhorse)
Corvette C3 (my toy)
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206cc 1.6ltr (Wifes toy)
Mercedes ML (workhorse)
Corvette C3 (my toy)
When requesting help of a technical nature, please give as much detail of the fault as possible along with details of exact model, engine size & type, gearbox, year, mileage, and any relevant work carried out to try to solve the problem to help us help you.
Better still, put the details in your signature.
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Karrot
- Posts: 120
- Joined: Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:31 pm
- Location: Durham City
Re: TYRES
I can recommend www.mytyres.co.uk as a supplier. I picked up a pair of All season / Winter tyres from them pretty cheap and they run nicely on my 206cc
Fairly quick to ship them too.
Karrot
Fairly quick to ship them too.
Karrot
As long as water isn't falling out of the sky, the roof can be down.
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gazza82
- Posts: 2129
- Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:41 pm
- Location: Buckinghamshire, UK
Re: TYRES
Cheap usually means hard wearing and not much grip ... should be know as Ditchfinders ...
Don't go for the cheapest but middle of road with either a known name (Avon, Dunlop, Falken, Goodyear, Continental, Hankook, Toyo, etc) or good reputations on the various sites. Avoid the very cheap and totally unknown brands unless you want trouble. I put Federal tyres on our 206 hatchback first when I fitted alloys ... appalling handling ... changed to Falkens and much better. Federal is a well know US brand and I should have realised US cars don't go around corners ...
Another good source is http://www.BlackCircles.com ... They are good if buying 2 or 4 tyres and you can usually find they will fit them at a local garage (of you choice).
Or, use Blackcircles and mytyres to get a good price and use that to haggle down you local tyre dealer!
Don't go for the cheapest but middle of road with either a known name (Avon, Dunlop, Falken, Goodyear, Continental, Hankook, Toyo, etc) or good reputations on the various sites. Avoid the very cheap and totally unknown brands unless you want trouble. I put Federal tyres on our 206 hatchback first when I fitted alloys ... appalling handling ... changed to Falkens and much better. Federal is a well know US brand and I should have realised US cars don't go around corners ...
Another good source is http://www.BlackCircles.com ... They are good if buying 2 or 4 tyres and you can usually find they will fit them at a local garage (of you choice).
Or, use Blackcircles and mytyres to get a good price and use that to haggle down you local tyre dealer!
Family Fleet: ex-Cayman Green 206 CC 2.0 LE, Indigo Blue 206 1.4 HDi Hatchback, Subaru BRZ Auto, Alfa Romeo MiTo
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SAnt
- Posts: 44
- Joined: Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:16 pm
Re: TYRES
I recently purchased from tyreleader.co.uk Good service, but beware that they are not a UK company. Having said that, they despatched quickly and were a lot cheaper than UK suppliers. Just ask at your local garage how much they charge to fit & balance. Mine were about £10 each.
2002 206cc 2.0 Manual