TYRES - All you wanted to know, and didn't know who to ask!

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TYRES - All you wanted to know, and didn't know who to ask!

Postby Ric » Thu May 20, 2010 12:32 pm

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Postby smythie » Thu May 20, 2010 1:54 pm

Good stuff
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Postby teK-- » Thu May 20, 2010 2:01 pm

Great post Ric, thanks :D
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Re: TYRES - All you wanted to know, and didn't know who to ask!

Postby The Sean » Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:04 am

Interesting and timely for me, I'm due for a set of 4 new tyres in the next 3 months and seeing as I'm up for the 4 and have an unused spare, I'm thinking in a tight-arsed fashion that maybe I can get 3 only and use the spare as a 4th.

I guess the next stage is to check for signs of cracking etc as per the pics in the 1st linked article.

Mind you, the overall age is less than 5 years so hoepfully things are OK and I can only blow $1300 on 3 new tyres as opposed to $1700+ for 4

(I'm just going to go ahead and get RE050as, they seem to be the best even though pricey and considering the 'If it ain't broke don't fix it' axiom, I should be better off going with the OEMs)
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Postby Ric » Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:55 am

The Sean wrote:... I'm up for the 4 and have an unused spare, I'm thinking in a tight-arsed fashion that maybe I can get 3 only and use the spare as a 4th.
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Best to do this anyway, otherwise the spare is just getting older and less useful.
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Re: TYRES - All you wanted to know, and didn't know who to ask!

Postby coyote » Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:40 am

Sean,

I'll bring this down to Sydney with me next month if you want it.
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Postby The Sean » Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:14 pm

Deal!

Let me know particulars closer to the date and I'll take it off your hands.
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Postby jp928 » Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:44 am

The Europeans now have noise ratings that must be published for tyres. Go here:-

http://www.blackcircles.com/general/tyre-labelling

then On the right hand side fill in your required tyre sizes and search. Each tyre will show noise rating as well as wet grip and economy - not quite sure what this last one means.

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Postby mynameisdaniel » Fri Nov 08, 2013 12:42 pm

jp928 wrote:The Europeans now have noise ratings that must be published for tyres. Go here:-

http://www.blackcircles.com/general/tyre-labelling

then On the right hand side fill in your required tyre sizes and search. Each tyre will show noise rating as well as wet grip and economy - not quite sure what this last one means.

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This is interesting, just checked the sound ratings for two of my sets (identical size, both sets new and on almost identical rims).

http://www.blackcircles.com/catalogue/h ... e=14227772

http://www.blackcircles.com/catalogue/b ... e=30212959

Both have the same 70dB rating but the Hankooks are definitely quieter... Although both are pretty good as the 70dB indicates.
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