Expect the obligatory "your discs look worn and your pads are thin" F1 Autocentre special...

What you talking about ?

I currently have 195 55 16, anyone know if I'd get away with 205 55 16. They are so much cheaper!

No you cant use them thats the width of the wheel

Only one you could prob change is the middle number 40 being low pros 50-55 standard

Expect the obligatory "your discs look worn and your pads are thin" F1 Autocentre special...

The difference between the 2 sizes are usually within spec , most manuals will state different tyre sizes for 16in. My almera takes 195 or 205 on 16in, both 55 or 50 profile is permitted but the 55 will be slightly more off on the speedo than with the 50. There are sites which tell you what size can be fitted and what percentage difference from the original.

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m62b0s460p111624/Uniroyal_Tyres_Car_Uniroyal_RainSport3_Uniroyal_Rain_Sport_3_-_195_55_R16_87H_TL_Fuel_Eff_%3A_C_Wet_Grip%3A_A_NoiseClass%3A_2_Noise%3A_71dB

195 55 16 for 46 , but not fitted. can usually get done for about 10 a corner at local garages.

My tires are £78 each. If only this was this price for mine :disappointed:

Good price but only includes 'standard' balancing - this will do nothing but wear them out faster. Opt for fully balanced or get them fitted elsewhere

Have alook at the video here Not a clue what they're on about. Either the wheels are balanced or they're not.

​you're their perfect customer

standard balancing involves sticking magnetic weights to the wheels. Go over 60 and your car will shake and your tyres will wear faster. But go ahead and assume it's either balanced f
or not.

I'm not their customer... and you have completely no idea what you talking about - just trowing empty words. Show me the place who offers Road Force Balancing in quoted fully fitted price, funny guy..

Nice tyre but personally I would go for Avon zv5, lasts a lot longer (25-30k on fronts) and are made in England. Same size for £50 each at Eurofit Auto centres (you can get black circles to price match which I did).

Who said there must be shown full tyre fitting process on such a short video ? - it's just a quick info... same a others doing

You misunderstand. It's the reference on the video to standard balance or premium I'm referring to.

If you would need some fancy balancing surely most of the garages would promote this as some sort of extra service... Its common practice to include balancing in the fitment price and if the tyres are balanced properly you won't have vibrations in the steering wheel when doing 70+

Any premium balance is just usual crap talking like at every big chain garage... you just going there for the best "standard" fully fitted deal and say "no, thank you" for any extra job proposed:)

I'm trying to understand what can be done other than standard balance. Many years ago, I had a problem with balance that was only solved by balancing the wheels on the car, but that's not a common problem and I can't remember when I last saw the kit required to do that in a tyre fitters.

I think u can either balance the wheel off the vehicle, which is usually adequate, but I believe you can also balance the wheel whilst on the car, which would counter any additional imbalance in the brake disc. Maybe that is the difference?

Under £48 ( each ) you can have dunlop or goodyear and they are much better in my opinion

Best tyres ive ever hard are goodyear nct 5s. Got avon zv5 ok but i found everyone leaked after time but this just maybe down to alloy corrosion? I had 2 nAnkangs on front never heard of them and cost 60 each and only done 6k in them and wearing fast. Prob get 12k out of them. Recommend bridgstone hard tyre but i got 32k out of mine on front too

best tyre I have ever had. got them on my ed 30 gti golf. stick like glue. wet and dry. 225/40/18 from black circles

Internet m8

Delivered ...not fully fitted

Yes fitting £7 each take you to 53 fully fitted for much better black ring wich is the only one thing what will conect you with road :smiley:

Im shocked at some of their prices - very good prices on larger tyres!!

Might have to use them now for my 265/35/19's!!

Full geometry....not same as balancing but looks at tracking and pitch/toe of wheels ... last time I had it done (following accident) it was carried out on a ramp with a laser-rig - [email protected]$$ expensive!! :confused:

More than proxes on black circles for my 205/45/16s

Road Force Balancing
http://www.balancemycar.co.uk/wheel-balancing-all-you-need-to-know/

These are superb tyres...got them on the front of my Scorpion S3 (see profile pic) handling and grip is excellent wet and dry.

Re balancing...magnetic weights?...on alloy wheels LOL

Not sure about other places, but always try to avoid f1autocentres in Cambridge.

Tyres don't seem to be available at price and size posted .

You thinking they are better than mitchelinl or continental ?! All the best for you and your passangers . Btw if you think about when you have to change your tyres than you not really wasting time for courier thats call planning !

reviews pretty much say they are on par with those brands, even tho the wear rate is quite poor.

Ohh man... good for you if you think that michelins and continentals are the best:)
Dunlops
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Dunlop/Sport-BluResponse.htm
Uniroyals
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Uniroyal/Rainsport-3.htm
... and check for wet grip

Well I've just run through a dummy order and clicked on the Precision Balance Upgrade. What they show is a bog standard balance rig.

But that's way beyond wheel balancing and unless you're continually hitting kerbs or potholes, it shouldn't be necessary. It's a good moneymaker but learn how to read tyre wear and you'll know if it's needed. They charge £2.50 a wheel so it sounds more like a con than anything else.

Yes. I was reading some of this on another site earlier on, and decided it was a load of utter spherical things. What it forgets is your car is running on a real road which is probably cambered, with an irregular surface, the car has a non symmetric load, it's not always travelling in a straight line etc etc etc. Because of all these variables, the tyres are changing shape continuously which means that they're continuously going in and out of balance, in absolute terms.
"if the wheel is out of round......." is a cracker. If it's out of round, it should be scrapped.
You'd be as well contacting your nearest witch doctor and asking him to banish the shaky spirit in your car. :smiley:

The steering seemed to be the only thing that wasn't shaking. :smile:

I'll buy this Barum : 205/55 V 16 : Bravuris 3HM from http://www.national.co.uk/ for £98

Good tyres... and if you are thinking about wheel alingment - you can print £15 off voucher from their website

There are usually deals on Groupon to do alignment for just under £20.

£14.50 after £15off voucher at national garages

Is this better than the Goodyear or the Dunlop with very similar price but higher fuel rate?

I didnt say they are the best . They are better and last longer . Fuel consumption much better on them and much less noises .

Thanks mate

There might be insurance issue if changing to non-standard tyres... Not worth it !

I'm quite positive Larger/Wider Tyres don't effect your insurance, as they are actually safer due to the larger surface contact area.

The only time you will have an issue with insurance is if its bald when you have an accident or when you fit a tyre that affects the handling of the car; ie. Narrow tyres (Stretched) or when you have fitted over sized tyres, prohibiting clearance, causing rubbing on the wheel arch / arch liner which causes abnormal tyre wear..

The main legal problem with Tyres is actually the Load rating, this is where your Insurer will have an issue.

If you look in your cars handbook your manufacturer (not all) will generally recommend what size tyres you can fit, they normally give you 2 (sometimes 3) sizes to choose from (generally allowing a change of +/-2.5%)

No way the will allow you fit wider tyres on same wheels...how load index can remain the same if you do that ? Yes, they usually allows different tyres but on different wheels at same time

I wouldn't use the one in Milton Keynes ever again, they 'balanced' re-aligned my wheels when replacing tyres but the steering wheel wasn't lined up. Then told me there was nothing wrong and tried to charge me again to correct the problem!

What's this talk of balancing? It's as simple as balanced or not. Any garage that fits tyres will balance your wheel (unless it's a real shady garage). All this talk of fancy balancing is simply a ploy to get more money from you.

I work in and around cars and trucks and this is the first time I've heard of "premium balancing", not surprised it's from a chain store too!

I run 255/35/18 tyres, any offers for that below £100 throw me a message :wink:

The one in the Barnwell road put me in a very bad situation (to charge me more). I left the car in their garage at 8am before going to work. I was told that everything would be ready (changing tyres) until 5pm. They called on my mobile phone around 4:30pm and said that they don't have the tyres that I had ordered online. They suggested me to get another pair of tyres (more expensive, without any off) or take the car and bring it again in another day. I had paid £15-20 (*2) for taxi that morning (from garage to Madingley road) and evening. So it did not worth for me to pay another £40 for taxi and not have the car for another day. I had to agree with their first option and be charged about £60 more.

That's bad service, did they not check for you if the tyres had arrived when you dropped your car off. As per website I always phone first so as not to have a wasted journey.

Well tickle me pickle, you've gone and done it

Also some Uniroyals for you:)
http://www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk/car-tyres/uniroyal/rainsport-3/255-55-r18-tl-109-y-xl-fr.html
http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?show=111667

I was in their garage the day before and they said everything is fine, just drop the car tomorrow morning and give the keys to one of the staff. Simply they don't care at all about customers money and time.

The code works for any tyre I think. Tried it with the Goodyear and it works. Would anyone recommend this Uniroyal over the Goodyear tyre?