Tyres for shed - part worn or new?

[funkyrobot]

My shed needs some tyres. It's a sub £700 Mk1 1.6 petrol Focus and I don't want to spend too much on it.

I was thinking part worns. However, it's something I've never done before. I'm thinking that there is the potential for trouble with any used tyre as you don't know what has happened to it.

Could go new, but the cost for 4 is obviously more than part worns and I'm trying to keep things as cheap as possible. I did a thread about new tyres a month or so ago and I can't find anything cheaper than around £35 per tyre without fitting. Wheel size is 195/60 R15.

Anyone dared to use part worns before and survived?

[JD82]

My dad used to all the time on various cars. Never crashed because of them! But he would wear his tires down to the cord so... and I’m talking 90s here. But tires are presumably tougher now. He used to regularly get his tires ‘repaired’ too... Anyway. Personally I wouldn’t, but if they’re in good nick I don’t see why not. I’m sure a tire professional will be along shortly, so I’ll bugger off now!

[mintybiscuit]

Yup.
Got them on My Volvo V70 workhorse.
Cost me £ 35-00 a corner with less than 1mm tread gone. FITTED.
I guess they are from breakers yards or similar.
All fairly new. The chaps I use let you inspect the tyres before fitting too ( I would have anyway )
I am not yet dead.

[anonymous-user]

I wouldn’t especially as non branded tyres like Primewell or Matador are perfectly decent and cheap. I think these are made by Yokohama and Continental btw.

[bluezedd]

I fit part worns in my driveway without balancing them and buy them off the wheel. That way I can inspect them myself and choose the ones I want.

I wouldn't recommend going to a part worn fitter though, as I've seen things like really old date codes, cracked tyres, bulges on the inside that have been ignored etc.

I'm not convinced that part-worns save you much in terms of cost per mile (excluding my bodging garden outfit) as the last 4mm wears faster than the first 4mm of the tyre.

If I was getting them at a part worn place, I'd only want to get 2 at a time fitted, that way there's less risk of being stuck with 4 rotten tyres.

[Bennyjames28]

I opted for 4x new mid range nexen tyres for my Toyota avensis shed. After I got a cheap guy to fit them it was 50 quid a corner.

[stevemcs]

I wouldn't, i'd fit budgets, I stick Hankooks on my shed, they are decent enough for the money.

[xjay1337]

funkyrobot said:

My shed needs some tyres. It's a sub £700 Mk1 1.6 petrol Focus and I don't want to spend too much on it.

I was thinking part worns. However, it's something I've never done before. I'm thinking that there is the potential for trouble with any used tyre as you don't know what has happened to it.

Could go new, but the cost for 4 is obviously more than part worns and I'm trying to keep things as cheap as possible. I did a thread about new tyres a month or so ago and I can't find anything cheaper than around £35 per tyre without fitting. Wheel size is 195/60 R15.

Anyone dared to use part worns before and survived?

On my first "nice" car I bought part worn michelins ETC from Ebay.
Never had a problem.

Even on my BMW now my rear tyres I bought for £160 with 7mm tread left (£230 new).

[HustleRussell]

funkyrobot said:

I did a thread about new tyres a month or so ago and I can't find anything cheaper than around £35 per tyre without fitting.

Is that expensive? Four tyres each costing much less than a tank of fuel which’ll give you 40,000 miles peace of mind.

[addz86]

I’d rather go for part worn high end tyres than new budgets personally

[HustleRussell]

addz86 said:

I’d rather go for part worn high end tyres than new budgets personally

Nexen, Barum £40 delivered- not ‘budgets’.

[meatballs]

You buy part worn whenever you buy a used car tbh

[xjay1337]

HustleRussell said:

addz86 said:

I’d rather go for part worn high end tyres than new budgets personally

Nexen, Barum £40 delivered- not ‘budgets’.

Those are budgets - sorry (imo!)

[AAD44H]

budget news, much better than part worns

[steve_bmw]

On my Clio runaround I went with kwik fit own brand, premiere classe or whatever they are called.
No problems at all, about 40 quid a corner fitted.

[rallycross]

AAD44H said:

budget news, much better than part worns

What a silly thing to say, if you know what you are doing you can get a set of premium part worn tyres that will outperform and budget or mid range crap for less.

But not a good idea if you don’t know what you are doing.

I have bought quite a few sets of these Michelin’s ps3 from this seller they are ex Gintta Junior race series tyres date code from this year or last year, 7-8mm tread, done one weekends racing ( less than 100 miles) for £100 plus delivery for 4 and my friends at the local
Tyre shop fit 4 for £25.

Michelin Pilot Sport 3 195/50 X 15 tyres/race/trackday/rally/wets/Mx5/Fiesta/GTI https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

[Terzo123]

xjay1337 said:

HustleRussell said:

addz86 said:

I’d rather go for part worn high end tyres than new budgets personally

Nexen, Barum £40 delivered- not ‘budgets’.

Those are budgets - sorry (imo!)

Nowt wrong with Nexens.

Excellent performance for the cash

[Mr Tidy]

I tried the part-worn option in the mid-90s, but just seemed to be buying so many of them!

Haven't bothered with them since - I'd rather just fit decent tyres, seeing as they are what keep me on the road.

[aka_kerrly]

If you swap to 195/50/15 which is a much more common size you can get a Uniroyal Rainsport 3 for £35 each from Camskill & get a local fitter to sling them on for you and have change from £200.

Or you could try looking on ebay/local ads for a set of wheels with decent tyres and flog yours with knackered or no tyres

[Bobberoo99]

Got some part worn Cooper things fitted to the back of my shed Rover45, £50 balanced and fitted for the pair, was shown half a dozen tyres by the fitter and asked to pick which ones I wanted, 6mm+ tread and they're better than the Dunlops on the front!!