Macktheknife Xtreme Xalted Member Donating Members 3,112 Member For: 21y 9m 10d Gender: Male Location: BrisVegas Posted 17/09/03 12:11 AM Share Posted 17/09/03 12:11 AM Ya wouldn't read about it.Fueling the bird up last night and looked down at the tyre.......crikey...yep she's just about flat on the bottom. Hooked over to the air and gave it a blow job. Only had 11 PSI in it so I knew I was probably gunna be in trouble by the morning. (Home was only 300 meters away)Next morning.......yep, she's totally flat. Could see the big chunk of metal that was obviously causing the prob.Did the change and headed to work. Booked in at the local Beaurepairs who were great.The sh!t part. The great hunk of steel had penetrated right through the shoulder and the tyre guys reckoned that a patch would not last too long at all. Solution....new tyre....Just what I need with only 16K up on them.The OK part.....(If there can be when you're spending bloody money). The new tyre was only $259.....with GST and all the other little bits....$271.I thought this was OK. Standard price from Beaurepairs.What do others think?Mackthe..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plonky The Bionic Man - half man-half titanium Member 1,766 Member For: 21y 10m 6d Location: Dodge Scat Pack Posted 17/09/03 12:45 AM Share Posted 17/09/03 12:45 AM Could be worse, imagine if they were 18" tyres.I just picked up the new SS from Sydney. The next day I was forced into a gutter by a truck, ripping out the strut, breaking a wheel and destroying a tyre.Two days later park the car at work. Come back an hour later and both front tyres have been slashed.A week later, go to get in the car and see that it has a big screw sticking out. Considering we aren't allowed to drive on tyres with tubeless plugs in them , that meant the spare went on and a new tyre purchased for the spare.Retail price for a set of 18" tyres on these things is around $3500. The SS, due to the tyre diameter and compound, goes through tyres every 10k (even when driven considerately)On a car with 40k on it before it goes back for auction, the tyre bill will be astronomical, and we have three SS's !Ford has been very smart to leave the 17" rim on as standard fare for the XR6T and XR8. At least the tyres aren't mega expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassius Member 214 Member For: 21y 8m 13d Location: Ipswich...along the goat track Posted 17/09/03 02:49 AM Share Posted 17/09/03 02:49 AM Already have started budgeting for tyres, I have even though about taking a collection when asked to do a skid. :D OEM 18"s for the XR6 if replacing are round 600 bucks a tyre. (Dunlop SP9000 245/40) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainy Member 181 Member For: 21y 9m 2d Location: central coast Posted 17/09/03 10:45 PM Share Posted 17/09/03 10:45 PM priced a set of GT radials(the ones that moffat pushes) -about $280.00 each for 18's.I :D dont know what they r like but good price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plonky The Bionic Man - half man-half titanium Member 1,766 Member For: 21y 10m 6d Location: Dodge Scat Pack Posted 18/09/03 01:26 AM Share Posted 18/09/03 01:26 AM Rainy, I have driven on the Korean made GT radials. All I can say is "Yuk"Tyres are the only thing to keep you on the road. Budget and buy the best you can (Dunlop, Dunlop, Dunlop)Seriously the GT Radial is a very hard compound. It wears well but is atrocious in wet weather. I had a set of 17's on AMG rims on my Mercedes when I first bought it and the bloody thing would four wheel skid at 140kph on long sweeping bends,I had my little boy (he was 2 then) in the car at the time, and as soon as we got back from our holiday on the Coast I went straight to Bob Janes and had a set of Dunlop FM901's put on the car. Expensive but well wroth the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 9m 21d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 18/09/03 01:38 AM Share Posted 18/09/03 01:38 AM Every brand of tyre has there good and bad models, the Dunlops that were on the AU XR's were a crap tyre, whereas the Dunlops on the BA XR's seem to be much better. I had a set of Dunlop Bathurst 1000's on my 16" XR rims on my EF and they are by far the worst tyres I've ever owned, impossible to balance properly by more than one tyre dealership wore badly, gripped hopelessly, I changed them to a set of the cheapest Kuhmo tyres when I sold the car and they made it feel like a completely different car no steering wobble, better ride and better handling.Anyway my point is tyre manufactures make tyres to suit a wide variety of budgets and in doing this quality suffers, one tyre dealer once told me the rule of thumb is to never buy Australian made, whether this is true or not who knows. The MOTOR mag tyre test is a worth a read, I think they should be doing that again soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 4m 5d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 18/09/03 08:21 AM Share Posted 18/09/03 08:21 AM alxr6t> I had exectly the opposite experience to you with my EF - 16 x 8s with Bathurst 1000s and they were great - very progressive and they gripped the same at 25,000km (replacement time) as they did when new. Once I tried the top of the range Yoko on recommendation of my tyre dealer, who said the HWP were using them on their Dunnydoors at the time - couldn't stop the car from tramlining - tried two wheel alignments and different pressures but nothing helped - the dealer took them back at no cost to me as he was so embarrassed.Cassius> SP9000s should not cost you more than $525 - I can get them at this price in the bush and I know they are under $500 in the cities for 245 40 18s.I've just had to put new tyres on my T3 today - tried to get some FM 901s, on plonky's advice, but they were unavailable at the moment so have opted for the el-cheapo LM 702s at just $425 each.BTW I got 27,000km out of the original SP9000s and 25,000km from the Kumho 712s that I tried out on some peoples' recommendation. The Kumhos were about $100 per tyre cheaper but I found they didn't have the wet weather grip or straight line grip of the Dunlops - OK around corners and reasonable value if you aren't constantly pushing the envelope is about all I can say for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plonky The Bionic Man - half man-half titanium Member 1,766 Member For: 21y 10m 6d Location: Dodge Scat Pack Posted 18/09/03 12:45 PM Share Posted 18/09/03 12:45 PM Turbo6man, the LM702 Dunlop is a very good tyre. I believe that they are only sold at Bob Janes and they have a very cool rim protector attached to the sidewall.Don't be disappointed in them, they will do the job very very well (just not as well as the Formula) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR8Chic vrooom psshhht Member 340 Member For: 22y 3m 29d Gender: Female Location: Victoria Posted 19/09/03 03:21 AM Share Posted 19/09/03 03:21 AM I think that's a bit steep for 17's.I just bought some 235 40 18 Pirelli P 7000's last week. $320 each.that's pretty expensive when you think about it... Cos you can buy a set of 4 x 17" chromies with rubber for $1200. (that's what I am doing for the run around car I am getting) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 4m 5d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 22/02/04 02:43 PM Share Posted 22/02/04 02:43 PM Well bugger! Just clocked up 30,000 km since fitting the LM702s and they have worn down to the tread indicators. I'm not at all disappointed with them as they have worn better than the previous two sets of tyres (SP9000s and Kumhos) and their grip is as good as the SP9000s everywhere except in straight line drags. The SP9000s were incredible in this area even in the wet as a couple of WRX drivers found out :lol: But they didn't tramline like the SP9000s until about the last couple of thousand kms that they have travelled. All in all a better value tyre for sure I have a set of Pirelli P-Zeros going on this week ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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