Got a bloody nail in one of my front tyres so gonna replace the front two, get the tracking done at the same time!

Got 16" mondy rims, with Hankook Ventus K102's on at the moment, so was just going to replace those.

Can't seem to find K102's anywhere on the net, but most of the tyre website's recommend K105's for the size I need.

One of my mates reckons these tyres are pretty poor, so recommended a few different types (although the K105's were still more recommended and more expensive than his suggestions), but he also got me looking at some Goodyear Eagle F1's.

Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on here?

Cheers

Keir

 

On my mondeo i use Falken FK451 and rate them very very highly. Reasonable price and very good grip wet and dry, 205/50zr16.
I would have them on the cossie if they did them in 15", but they don't.

 

Is the tyre not repairable?

 

Nankangs

 

I've just got some Avon (KV1's) I think which changed my car totally and were Ł120 for 4.

 

Aren't Avons supposed to be highly lethal in the rain

 

avon are lethal full stop
we had a new one fitted to a works van last year
did less than 10 mile's and the side wall went

 

These are superb. I've not found the limit of them as yet and I give it some pastie in the twisties.

 

I don't really think thats a fair comparison obviously just a bad un

But of the numerous people i know that have had Avon's they all said, in the dry they grip like nothing else, and in the wet they are fucking lethal

 

TOYO PROXUS T1R, ace tyres, have used F1GSD3, never again waste of time IMO.
Also UNIROYAL RAINSPORT 1 excellent tyres awsome in wet, very good in dry.
Just put new T1R on front of mondy to replace F1GSD3 that both bulged the sidewalls out!!, difference is amazing, every aspect streets ahead especially grip wet and dry.
tabetha

 

i'l give u the wet bit ok andy
the arse of that 3.5 tonner was allways trying to get ahead of the front when it rained

plus i dont think it helped the way it was fitted

 

Go on then

What did they do while fitting it

 

bent their spoon.

 

Cheers for the info guys.

Been told the tyre aint repairable as the nail is too close to the sidewall

Went down to the garage today just to ask about prices n stuff, the guy down there also recommended the Hankook one's or the Eagle F1's.

The F1's were quite a bit more expensive though, although on the net there's only a few pounds difference, but that obviously don't include fitting/balancing etc

 

Where abouts are you as I have a mate who works for Kwikfit who gets good discount?

 

quite a bit fruther north I'm afraid, up in Fife,Scotland

 

If you had used ULTRASEAL as I do, it would only be a case of pulling the nail out and job done, seals perfect, and cheaper than new tyres.
tabetha

 

If you're really on a budget could you not just have an inner tube put in?

Just a thought

 

mobile tyre fitting oufit job
side of the road no machine to push the new tyre on
so the bloke uses three big bars with brute force via a massive hammer

and they said the sidewall went cos we'd kerb'd it

 

Thats how they fit tyres on commercial vehicles though

 

it's the 1st time ive seen it done like that tho
some of there van's do have the press's in them tho

 

When you start getting into BIG commercial vehicles some of the wheels are nearly as big as the vans, would need some hefty equipment to do it

Whan you say thats the first time you've seen it done like that, do you mean fitted by hand, or the way in which he went about it?

 

both mate
and ye ive seen the size of some of the tyre's they carry