Cheap tyre gods, ASSEMBLE!

[fjord]

Need some ultra cheap st tyres. Already got some 'sunny' tyres for the rear (£68 each if you must ask) which have not killed me in the last 8000 miles.

Now i need some fronties. Car is an e46 320d. (That's right, you furious winter tyre, pirelli buying PHers, i dared to run the chepeast nastiest summer tyres all year on the rear of an RWD...)

I've managed to find some 'goodride' (im sure it's a really good ride) 215/45/r18/89w for £53 each from mytyres.co.uk. I've tried black circles and they were more expensive. I don't need fitting, just tyres. (Camskill came in a close second, Nankings for the modest price of £56 each for 93 load rated tyres).

1 - Can anyone find them cheaper?
2 - Does the load rating really matter? It currently has 93's on, and most other cheap tyres i've seen stop at 91. Is there much difference on an 89?
3 - Let's not turn this into the usual cock knocking cheap/expensive tyre arguments that takes place on PH when a tyre discussion comes up.
4 - Obey rule #3 at all costs.

Edited by fjord on Friday 8th November 01:52

[James_N]

Do they have to be new or would these do:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/215-45-R18-Partworn-tyre...

[Sump]

If you're on a tight budget. Go with branded decent mm pair of part worns.

You will feel safer and they run about £40 fitted.

[Cemesis]

If you need to save money, why no buy some 16's with tyres and sell the 18's?

[Funk]

I'm about to put Uniroyal Rainsports on mine for the winter. Good compromise between budget and performance.

[ging84]

i find this to be a useful guide on tyres

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2012-Autobild...

i came across it when i was considering buying some rockstone tyres, i thought, bridgestone and firestone are good tyres, so other tyres with stone in the name will probably be good, or as it turns out unbelievably st

[JonathanLegard]

ging84 said:

i was considering buying some rockstone tyres, i thought, bridgestone and firestone are good tyres, so other tyres with stone in the name will probably be good

Well I certainly can't fault that sort of logic.

[TonyRPH]

fjord said:

2 - Does the load rating really matter?

Yes (IME anyway).

[pimpchez]

Sump said:

If you're on a tight budget. Go with branded decent mm pair of part worns.

You will feel safer and they run about £40 fitted.

This , i would never knowingly buy ditchfinders .

I used to run the tsport on michelin premacys (80quid for 4 part worns ) lasted nigh on a calender year .

Really couldnt complain with that.

Also used to get a 2 michelin pilots for 50 quid in bolton a few years ago .

[Leeds220]

The load rating will be very important to your insurance company should you have an accident.

[beko1987]

Do you not have a slightly dodgy looking part worn place run by, one assumes legal UK residents out the back of a portacabin who will sort you out for no questions asked?

It's where I go for part worns for my big estate, about £70 for 4 not horrendous tyres. Gave me 3 half worn pilot sports and a Yuno, yugo, yunyo whatever which has been faultless in the 2k I've hd it fitted.

Just ask to see the tyre before they put it on and check it has enough tread for winter and no dodgy old repairs visible from inside and enjoy RWD snowy fun!

[Andyjc86]

Goodride are not too bad. I sell a lot of them in odd sizes due to my usual budget supplier (Aurora) not making them in uncommon sizes.

No-one has died in a blazing fireball, sideways, in a ditch as a result.

[LuS1fer]

Aren't Kumhos cheap enough for you then?

[vikingaero]

Not sure what I would do in your situation:

(1) Brand new ditchfinders which might be acceptable

or

(2) Branded part worns that could have hidden damage from the worlds worst parker.

[BorkFactor]

What about getting a set of cheap steel 16s and putting some better rubber on them for the same price as budgets on the 18s?

My E46 is on 16s and I really like them. I paid £250 or so for 4 Michelin Primacys from Costco last year and they did well in the winter.

[CO2000]

http://www.ears.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id... ?




These would have been good if they went as big

http://maxsport.co.uk/product-ranges/all-season-ty...

Edited by CO2000 on Friday 8th November 12:47

[Toaster Pilot]

Got Hiflys on my stter and they do the job - was a seller on eBay based in Southampton selling them slightly cheaper than I paid at a local garage....

[Mr2Mike]

fjord said:

2 - Does the load rating really matter? It currently has 93's on, and most other cheap tyres i've seen stop at 91. Is there much difference on an 89?

Of course it doesn't matter. Tyre companies make different load rated tyres purely for their own enjoyment and to make more money from the idiots that believe they should use the load rating stated by the car manufacturer.

And why would you possibly want to buy anything other than the cheapest, sttest tyres for your premium branded car?

[matchmaker]

ging84 said:

i find this to be a useful guide on tyres

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2012-Autobild...

i came across it when i was considering buying some rockstone tyres, i thought, bridgestone and firestone are good tyres, so other tyres with stone in the name will probably be good, or as it turns out unbelievably st

Glad to see that my cheapo Kumhos came in at a reasonable 15th place.

[r11co]

Will 225 40 18s fit (I'm surmising yes from the tyre equivalency charts)?

If so get a matching pair of Sunny 3970s from allnewtyres. £39 a pop at the moment and a hidden gem of the tyre market. I'm using them all round on my 330i (staggerd size with 255/35 on the rear) and the improvement in grip, feel, stability and ride over the Bridgestone runflats that were on it before is incredible.

Don't get the 3800s or the 3630s though as they simply aren't as good.