Tyres for M Series Cars

Tyres for M Series Cars

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R3UMP

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171 posts

212 months

Thursday 20th October 2016
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Hi All, I have recently purchased a Taimar. The tyres on the car are 195/70/14 Fulda's Although they look in very good condition I have found the receipt for them in the service history. They were fitted in 1983!!!. The tyres although not perished are now very hard and not overly rubber-like anymore. Obviously these need to be replaced now but therein lies my problem. What tyres do I go for? I have looked at Vredstien Sprint Classic - these look very nice but are rather pricey at £140ish a corner. Although I don't doubt they'd be great my pockets aren't that deep at the moment as there are some other mods I'd like to do with the car so I was looking for something more mid price range. I'd like to keep the classic look if poss but realise that may not be an option with a more modern tyre. I've been trawling black-circles.com but am very undecided what to order up. Any help or recommendations would be gratefully received.

phillpot

17,105 posts

182 months

Thursday 20th October 2016
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Try Camskill but very little choice if you want H or V speed rating.

Dollyman1850

6,316 posts

249 months

Thursday 20th October 2016
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http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110...



Sportrac 5 Vredsteins on Dads car in 15 inch but 195 / 70 / 14 are available as above.

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octanetorque

144 posts

136 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Depends - if your car for summer, fair weather use only? The Vred... Classic Sprints are a good choice and many people recommend them; they are a classic pattern and so won't have grooves for water displacement - but I've not done a back to back

I use my (albeit) Vixen in all seasons (ex-heavy salt in winter) and I just switched to Uniroyal Rain Expert 3 that I used BlackCircles to buy and fit. Great tyre, lots of grip, confident in the rain. Modern tread pattern and good feedback. Max height is 65 profile sadly.

R3UMP

Original Poster:

171 posts

212 months

Friday 21st October 2016
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Thanks very much for your valuable advice. I went for a set of Sportstrac 5s from Cam skill - Under £50 each inc delivery which I thought was great price. Thanks again smile

R3UMP

Original Poster:

171 posts

212 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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Went in yesterday for a set of new Sportracs as Dollyman recommended - tyres felt great on the trip back from the fitters