Ahhhh.....What Tyres are right? Do I worry about ZR?!

[da_murphster]

Just bought some 18 inch spiders which need new rear tyres.

Current ones are Eagle F1 245/40 ZR 18 Gs d3

I can only find Y rated (upto 186mph) - does this matter? I believe the ZR rating is old and now covered by Y?

Best, what I think are suitable tyres, are on blackcircles....



Before I press 'buy' can someone confirm that these are the correct tyres? Aware that for lightweight cars they need to be correct ones!

If they are not the right ones can someone point me in the right direction?

Edited by da_murphster on Saturday 30th August 13:42

[NCE 61]

I have just been looking myself as noticed O/S rear was a bit flat after a run this morning , found 255/35/18 Here and they ZR's but are speed indexed Y.

[da_murphster]

£191.40!!!

Massive difference in price - which are the right ones?

I spoke to Camskill (recommended on this site) and they said that ZR are no longer produced and they are now Y.

I am assuming that the ones I'm looking at are the 'optimum' size?

[da_murphster]

Right I have just read every 'tyres' search on the Tuscan Forum and still confused.

Can I put 255/35/18 onto my 'normal' 18 inch spiders? Is this recommended to get more rubber on the floor? According to mytuscan.co.uk the actual wheel sizes are the same.

Seems to be a massive price variation for what appears to be the same tyre (£115 upto £200) - is there anything specific I should be looking for if I'm going for Eagle F1's?

If it makes any difference I have 235/40 ZR 18 91Y on the front.

Help appreciated as my Tuscan is presently sat on my drive as an MOT fail for tyres whilst its finally topless TVR weather!!

[sparky 33]

da_murphster said:

Right I have just read every 'tyres' search on the Tuscan Forum and still confused.

Can I put 255/35/18 onto my 'normal' 18 inch spiders? Is this recommended to get more rubber on the floor? According to mytuscan.co.uk the actual wheel sizes are the same.

Seems to be a massive price variation for what appears to be the same tyre (£115 upto £200) - is there anything specific I should be looking for if I'm going for Eagle F1's?

If it makes any difference I have 235/40 ZR 18 91Y on the front.

Help appreciated as my Tuscan is presently sat on my drive as an MOT fail for tyres whilst its finally topless TVR weather!!

just get 255/35/18 goodyear f1 from ctyres.co.uk only &130 each with free delivery..Hope this helps

Edited by sparky 33 on Saturday 30th August 17:54

[da_murphster]

Well price check complete - just need to make sure I actually buy right tyres now - ctyres are looking the best so far.

mytyresEAGLE F1 GS-D3 255/35 ZR18 94Y XL BSW, VSB runout_____£191.4
______EAGLE F1 GS-D3 245/40 R18 93Y BSW, VSB runout_________£121.8

ctyresGoodyear F1 GSD3 EAGLE XL 94Y 255/35/18______________£139
______Goodyear F1 GSD3 EAGLE XL 97Y 245/40/18_______________£121.50

etyres__no 255
______GOODYEAR - EAGLE F1 GSD3 245/40R18Y___________________£141.60

camskillGOODYEAR TYRES / CAR / GOODYEAR EAGLE F1 ASYMMETRIC - 255/35R18 94Y XL__________£149.00
________GOODYEAR TYRES / CAR / GOODYEAR F1 GSD3 EAGLE GOODYEAR F 1 GSD 3 - 245/40R18 93Y£128.00

blackcircle___No 255's
_________Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 245/40 R18 Y (93)________ £115.32

[jilap]

Tuscans orginally came with smaller tyres on the front. They were later changed to 255/35/18 all round, which is what I run on my Tuscan S.

[da_murphster]

so I'm pressing buy on the 255 ones from ctyres?? speed rating etc all fine?

Edit: prolly best I go for 255 not 155.....

Edited by da_murphster on Monday 1st September 12:21

[da_murphster]

Balls...gone up to £153!

Edit: price change is just if you choose them fitted.

Does anyone know If I am likely to get 4 18inch spiders into my Tuscan at all?!?!

Edited by da_murphster on Monday 1st September 12:22

[Tuscan Six]

This year I got 235/40 at front (better ride than 35) and 255/35 at rear fitted to mine - Eagle F1 Assymetrics. These were around £700 fitted. Andy of APM in Liphook provided and fitted them. Great tyres.

[Mark A S]

You might try calling Micheldever tyres, http://www.micheldever.co.uk/ they have, in my experience always been the cheapest for decent tyres.
There web site is V new, so bare with it!

cheers
Mark.

[da_murphster]

Going for the asymmetric - not as sexy to look at but everything i have read rates them highly (higher than older directional ones)

cytyres - £149 (mitcheldever was the same)

Looking forward to mhy TVR being back on the road - I have 3 cars and they are all unusable at the moment!!

[Funky Jo]

Tuscan Six said:

This year I got 235/40 at front (better ride than 35) and 255/35 at rear fitted to mine - Eagle F1 Assymetrics. These were around £700 fitted. Andy of APM in Liphook provided and fitted them. Great tyres.

Hey Tuscan Six, that's highly interesting. Is it still street legal (in the UK) to change to /40 (versus /35 in the papers), or do you need to have it checked and approved officially ?
More interesting: How does the bigger diameter + more air suspension change the driving behaviour and/or "comfort" ? Any influence on speed (reality versus dashboard?)?