Tyre Query?

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Hi all,

To begin, sorry if this is the wrong area however I wasn't to sure where would be best!

Been away with work recently and have returned to my girlfriend having two tyres replaced due to damaged sidewalls (egg shaped lumps in tyre, guessing shes hit a kerb etc) Anyway the two tyres in question were the front left and the rear left.

Now my issue is that they have replaced these tyres with cheap Accelora tyres however rather than putting them as a pair together on the front axel, they've just put them on the left hand side. Originally I had two Falkens on the front and two Pirellis on the rear. Now I have the following,

Accelora Falken



Accelora Pirelli

As Im guessing they've been balanced (probably not as the garage in question was crap and lied to her about the quality of tyres), do I leave them like this, or swap the Falken for the rear Accelora?

Cheers in advance guys

[SuperPav]

What car is it and how worn are the other two tyres? On a performance car I'd swap all for decent matching ones. On a diesel Fiesta daily city hack, I wouldn't bother as long as decent tread on all.

If your gf is a regular driver, suggest you put worst tyres on kerbside, and simply replace with Acceleras when she does a repeat of her parking demonstration.

[Slow]

Due to having tyres changed on 3 wheels while not on my car I now have 2 matching tyres on the right. 2 directional tyres of different brands on the left.

Haven't died yet, been meaning to get them swapped over at some point.

[read20]

Front right Falken has had about 7-8 months of use I would say, (not at home so cannot see depths)

Rear right Pirelli was fitted in November and is in good condition.

The car is a Ford Focus mk2, so its just used for daily commuting, probably around 30-40 miles per day.

I don't really want to replace anymore tyres due to funds, so am now keen to just bite the bullet and wear these acceloras down, hence why I was thinking of matching them at the front and just running them down? Thoughts?

Cheers again

[read20]

To be fair too, Ill most likely be driving the car on a daily basis, went away with work and shes wrecked them!

[John145]

Stick the cheaper rubber on the front, it'll burn them off quicker and it's better stability.

[read20]

Do you then need to get the tyre balanced?

Also whats the quickest way of switching diagonal tyres?

[John145]

If the tyres were balanced then there is no need to rebalance them. Doesn't matter where they're fitted.

Best way to jack the car for stability is to raise the whole car. You'll need 4 axle stands. Loosen all the wheel bolts of the wheels to be removed before you jack the car.

[Andyjc86]

Accelera are usually directional, so pop it back to the garage and tell them to put them both on the back, as they should have in the first place.

[B'stard Child]

John145 said:

Best way to jack the car for stability is to raise the whole car. You'll need 4 axle stands. Loosen all the wheel bolts of the wheels to be removed before you jack the car.

Only do this on solid and level ground - axle stands are not the most stable compared to wheels on the floor - doesn't take much to end up with a mess!!

[John145]

Andyjc86 said:

Accelera are usually directional, so pop it back to the garage and tell them to put them both on the back, as they should have in the first place.

I'd put them on the front if they're inferior to what's currently on. Might have more tread but less grip!

[John145]

PRODUCT MODEL (Fuel Eff.: G Wet Grip: E NoiseClass: 3 Noise: 74dB)
Description 195/50R16 84V TL Accelera Alpha

Ouch, stick them on the front!

[read20]

That's what I mean, they're a piece of crap! To be fair to the mrs, she went in there and was set to get some Falken tyres and was then told these were better! so Ill call up the garage and get them to change them around, should I get them both on the front then as opposed to rear?

Thinking that way I can just burn them, (so at least Im not outlaying more £££)

[read20]

Have also just noticed that the tyres have different load ratings,

the two acceleras, which incidently are phi's not alphas are 94 w

the other two falken/Pirelli are 91v's

im going to call the garage and get them to move the tyres about, however is it to have differing tyres like this? They've been on the car a week tomorrow

[John145]

My advice would be to crap rubber to the front wheels. There'll be no further issues with balancing etc.

Once the phi's or whatever are dead, stick decent rubber on the rear axle then move the odd tyres to the front until you eventually have 4 of the same brand/model tyre on the whole car always having the best tyres on the rear.

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Thanks for all your help mate, ill sort it out later this week!

Cheers

[ZiggyNiva]

For what its worth I believe the PHi's are the tyres all the alfa lads rave about, and are one of the recommended replacement tyres by Alfa UK.