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Stes Ultimatum
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Well it's time to get some new boots for my Scorpio,
I though the 24v models only had the 225's ?
I'm on a bit of a budget 
Any ideas ?
Thanks Steve. 
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lesterlad aka Rodders
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #1 on: Sep 20th, 2010, 7:40am » |
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on Sep 20th, 2010, 7:11am, Stes Ultimatum wrote:
I'm on a bit of a budget
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Part worns ?
I had two for mine last year for 25 quid apiece, with loads of tread on them.
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #2 on: Sep 20th, 2010, 8:00am » |
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Where in the country are you?
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #3 on: Sep 20th, 2010, 8:32am » |
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Cheshire on his profile Ken.
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Stes Ultimatum
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #4 on: Sep 20th, 2010, 1:56pm » |
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Runcorn mate,
I can get four off eBay fitted under £200 !
And it's not far too
Steve
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #5 on: Sep 20th, 2010, 7:57pm » |
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Tyres and condoms have the same rule - buy the best rubber you can afford as a blowout at high speed can be costly ! 
try www.mytyres.co.uk
Used them for years and their prices are pretty competetive; as for reccomendations, i generally use Hankook or Falken.
Part worns  .... never know what you're going to get (although i have bought part worns for my transit in the past with no problems) and for a heavy, high performance motor like a cossie i'd be extra cautious.
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PJDavis
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #6 on: Sep 20th, 2010, 10:30pm » |
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Hankook is a good hard wearing tyre. Less grippy than some, but I like them.
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Stes Ultimatum
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #7 on: Sep 20th, 2010, 11:33pm » |
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The tyres i've looked at getting are NANKANG NS-2 VR,
I've had 2 sets before on scorpio 12 spokes, but 205/55/16 when i had them fitted to one of my old mondeos & the focus estate i have,
they have good grip in the wet !
Steve.
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Tons_of_fun
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #8 on: Sep 21st, 2010, 10:00am » |
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Excellent choice Steve. Im a huge fan of NS-2 's. Currently got Kumos on the Mondeo which are also very grippy...If a little noisy
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #9 on: Sep 21st, 2010, 8:36pm » |
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I've bought part worn tyres in the past and not had any problems.
If you buy a used car you effectively have a car with a set of part worn tyres anyway but you don't go and buy a whole new set... 
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Sierra XR4i's are great...especially when fitted with 4WD 
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mondeoman
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Re: Tyres !
« Reply #10 on: Sep 23rd, 2010, 8:52pm » |
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I'm need to get some new boots for my wife's 2.3 Ultima Saloon and I could do with a little advice on the correct tyres to use.
Currently we have 12 spoke 225/50/R16/92W tyres, but I'm looking to change to 195 tear drop alloy's for winter tyres.
So I will need 195/65/R15/?
I understand for winter tyres I can go down one rating in speed to V, but what is the correct load rating? I don't think I need 92 for smaller tyres?
Any advice welcome
Cheers,
Simon
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