Radar Dimax tyres - any feedback?
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I need some new tyres for my DB6. The Pirelli 4000 that I have at the moment are no longer made. I was looking up prices for Avon CR28, and noticed Radar Dimax classic tyres which are much cheaper.
I've never heard of them before. If anyone can share any experience with them I would be interested to know if they are good (or not!)
Geoff
I've never heard of them before. If anyone can share any experience with them I would be interested to know if they are good (or not!)
Geoff
I've never heard of these at all, but a quick google tells me the tyres are 205/70VR15? Now I've used Blockleys for 15 years now and love them on the E-type (mine are 185/15) and I have their crossplies on the XKSS but same principle. So I had a look and this might be of help:-
https://www.blockleytyre.com/product/205/70VR15
No allegiance etc but hope this might help.
https://www.blockleytyre.com/product/205/70VR15
No allegiance etc but hope this might help.
As might this: https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/205vr15-pirelli-c...
The OP asked about lower cost tyres. You suggest Cinturatos at £383 and I suggest Blockleys at £179. That's a hell of a difference and unless the car is being driven extremely hard I doubt that there would be much difference. I've used Blockleys on track and road and am satisfied on both counts. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of good tyres out there, and I wonder just where the difference lies given the price difference. Anyway, the OP will decide one way or another. I hope he lets us know.
Edited by lowdrag on Sunday 10th March 17:42
lowdrag said:
The OP asked about lower cost tyres. You suggest Cinturatos at £383 and I suggest Blockleys at £179. That's a hell of a difference and unless the car is being driven extremely hard I doubt that there would be much difference. I've used Blockleys on track and road and am satisfied on both counts. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of good tyres out there, and I wonder just where the difference lies given the price difference. Anyway, the OP will decide one way or another. I hope he lets us know.
Yes, poor example but another tyre outlet that OP might not have contacted.Edited by lowdrag on Sunday 10th March 17:42
Edited by Riley Blue on Monday 11th March 19:35
This is not a criticism - far from it - but as a reflection on the comment above it does deem rather silly trying to save a few quid on a car worth several hundred thousand pounds, and especially a saving that is very safety important. I am the first to admit it, but I guess we all try to make economies although in my defence I spent quite some time at table with Julian and he convinced me to try some of his tyres and I have found them quite satisfactory even in hard usage. Yet some dislike them intensely and others swear by Vredestein, especially for racing (but they don't make them for the OP's car), I know people who do very little mileage in each car, having quite a few, and whose tyres are probably at least 10 years old at the very least. Last week 'er indoors had her car MOT'd and the comment was made that even though the car is ten years old she still has the originals on the rear, even at 60,000 miles. Being FWD and a runabout they do no work and have tread even now, but - are they safe? We are all guilty of it I guess.
I've spoken to the chap at Blockley several times while I was waiting for him to do a 185/70x13, unfortunately the car needed tyres before his was available. His philosophy on tyre pricing was not about how much he could get away with charging, rather what he could make and supply for. At the time, his competition for vintage tyres wanted something like £300 per corner for my tyres, and his comes out at a much more reasonable £100-odd. Now I check Longstone they have one for around the same price, so if it's introduced some price competition then that must be a good thing. I haven't used either, and as my car is for road use only and is a lower-performance vehicle than the OPs, any comparison would be largely irrelevant.
I ended up using Uniroyal which were even better priced, and had my insurance company accept that the car is on a lower speed-rating than it would originally have been - though in this case the T-rating is ample for the vehicle, and probably would have been specified by the manufacturer had it been available in 1976.
I ended up using Uniroyal which were even better priced, and had my insurance company accept that the car is on a lower speed-rating than it would originally have been - though in this case the T-rating is ample for the vehicle, and probably would have been specified by the manufacturer had it been available in 1976.
Julian started Blockley because Michelin stopped making a number of tyres for pre-war cars, so he decided to make them himself. The now almost standard block pattern used by Blockley is to be seen on most pre-war cars today it seems. Having started off with pre-war, he moved on to post-war and you will find them on C's and D-s and of course for road cars the ubiquitous 185/15 radial although I believe his are the only ones to have the V rating. Might be wrong there though. For my Lynx D-type the size is 650/16 for the rear and they are £380 from Dunlop, and they lasted no time at all if used as intended, whereas the Blockleys are £204 and last twice as long. Now these Dimax may well be the same but I can't comment on something I have never seen or tried. Maybe someone will come along and comment.
Given all the discussion, you've probably made the right decision. You have to feel comfortable at the wheel, and if you are not, your driving suffers. Anyway, if you are like me you bite the bullet and suffer a while, then a month later wonder why the hell you were worried in the first place!
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