Gallardo Tyres

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GallardoOwner

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873 posts

200 months

Monday 3rd March 2014
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Time to replace all four tyres in my Gallardo which are P Zero Rosso 295/30 ZR19

Firstly anybody recently purchased and can recommend a good competitive supplier, secondly has anybody swapped for anything of a similar quality but more competitively priced?

thanks

GRBF430F1

4,843 posts

169 months

Monday 3rd March 2014
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Never scrimp on tyres. Its the only 4 points of the car in contact with the road and therefore should be nothing but the best

GallardoOwner

Original Poster:

873 posts

200 months

Monday 3rd March 2014
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very true, I wasnt planning on putting st onto a Gallardo ! At 4 tyres even an equal brand at £ 15.00 less per corner is a saving

Pioneer

1,309 posts

130 months

Monday 3rd March 2014
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Continental Sports are an alternative for the G apparently. Search on here and you'll find more info. Personally I prefer the P Zeros.

70proof

6,045 posts

154 months

Monday 3rd March 2014
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i got a set of four p zero's with the all important 'L' mark for under 1k fitted from huntingdon performance tyres in godmanchester

CHJ22

14 posts

141 months

Monday 3rd March 2014
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I had both Pirelli & Continental on my G ... Pirelli's are far Superior IMO.

thainy77

3,347 posts

197 months

Tuesday 4th March 2014
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I struggled to get any P-Zero's for under £300 a corner, ended up going with Formula Oe Autocentres, I needed them quickly though.

Try PHer Tyrereviews, Jon, he may be able to help.

TobyLaRohne

5,713 posts

205 months

Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Michelin Pilot Supersports are worth a look, they're amazing, they provide more grip than semi slicks and work in the wet!

Sarnie

8,025 posts

208 months

GallardoOwner

Original Poster:

873 posts

200 months

Tuesday 4th March 2014
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http://www.tyreleader.co.uk/tyres-for-car/lamborgh... Interesting that they reccomend a different brand for front and rear, is that common, also the front and rear are different tyre references, I assumed it would be same tyre regardless

DevonPaul

1,169 posts

136 months

Tuesday 4th March 2014
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The Gransport supposedly takes the same tyres as the Gallardo, when I looked at my sizes online the Lambo specific tyre was the option I went with.

I looked at BlackCircles.com, then phoned my local ProTyre (who I've used for years) who are a Blackcircles fitting centre.

They undercut BC by a couple of quid.

I think the fronts were £202.

Working it out a pence per mile, saving a few quid on tyres is nothing compared to the fuel. When it comes to things that keep me from the ground, tyres, shoes, carpets, mattresses, parachutes, I don't scrimp. Even the 23 year old Carina runs on Toyos, though at 85 quid a pair and 12k from the fronts, they're not breaking the bank smile

Another Fluffer

3,888 posts

164 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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The Gallardos drivetrain is designed to work with Pirelli tyres only, using other tyre brands (even premium brands) such as Michelin which are regarded as better tyres in many respects are not designed to work with the cars driveline.

The tyres will seem fine at first but soon the differentials will start to become noisy (not a pleasant sound) you can quieten it down a bit using a diff aditive but it will only last so long

In my opinion it is not worth skimping on tyres or even not skimping and using a different brand due to ill effects further down the line!

andrew

9,952 posts

191 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Another Fluffer said:
The Gallardos drivetrain is designed to work with Pirelli tyres only, using other tyre brands (even premium brands) such as Michelin which are regarded as better tyres in many respects are not designed to work with the cars driveline.

The tyres will seem fine at first but soon the differentials will start to become noisy (not a pleasant sound) you can quieten it down a bit using a diff aditive but it will only last so long

In my opinion it is not worth skimping on tyres or even not skimping and using a different brand due to ill effects further down the line!
do the differentials read the tyre sidewalls, or do they communicate directly with the suppliers ?

GT101

942 posts

283 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Not Gallardo specfic but we've had very good experience using Bridgestone RE050 on the Ford GT to replace the OE Goodyear F1 Supercar tyres.
Improved wear and grip in both wet and dry.

Dave

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Edited by jeremyc on Wednesday 5th March 18:09

Another Fluffer

3,888 posts

164 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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andrew said:
do the differentials read the tyre sidewalls, or do they communicate directly with the suppliers ?
Each tyre comes with its own communication device to send signals to the diff, but the manufacturers don't want you to know that so shhhh

andrew

9,952 posts

191 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Another Fluffer said:
andrew said:
do the differentials read the tyre sidewalls, or do they communicate directly with the suppliers ?
Each tyre comes with its own communication device to send signals to the diff, but the manufacturers don't want you to know that so shhhh
wink

Dolittle

1,256 posts

157 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Another Fluffer said:
The Gallardos drivetrain is designed to work with Pirelli tyres only, using other tyre brands (even premium brands) such as Michelin which are regarded as better tyres in many respects are not designed to work with the cars driveline.

The tyres will seem fine at first but soon the differentials will start to become noisy (not a pleasant sound) you can quieten it down a bit using a diff aditive but it will only last so long

In my opinion it is not worth skimping on tyres or even not skimping and using a different brand due to ill effects further down the line!
Sorry but thats not really true. Thats what Lamborghini tried to tell me when I had noisy diffs, a bit of additive and the problem goes away. One of my old Gallardo's had the noisy diff problem and it had been run on Pirelli's all it's life. Another Gallardo I had, I put Michelins on, I never had this problem. Although I would say, the Pirelli's seemed to have a lot more grip.

Davo456gt

695 posts

148 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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think the issue is the 4 wheel drive system centre differential is very sensitive to differing tyre diameters, and gets wound up if there is a notably difference front to rear.
So tyres from differing manufacturers may be slightly different from Pirelli in diameter.

prashan

256 posts

194 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Just replaced all 4 on my G with the Pirellis with the magic L on them....c£950 from R-Tec St Albans...compared to £1300 at HR Owen.

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GallardoOwner

Original Poster:

873 posts

200 months

Thursday 6th March 2014
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prashan said:
magic L on them ??????

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