mikeyt
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At last service Dealer advised four new tyres and alignment check they offered to supply buget set at £105 ea and £100 for the alignment doe's this seem ok?, car only doe's 6K miles a year never off road and tow's the tin tent for hols so economy needed, I'm thinking buget tyre's as well but not sure which type any advice would be great
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 5th Mar 2012 3:07 pm |
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Bodsy
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if budget tyres, make sure that they are weight rated to the D3 at 111 or higher. Bodsys Brake Bible
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| 5th Mar 2012 3:16 pm |
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mikeyt
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Thanks Bodsey, was looking at Nexen and Kumho but but both rated at 108, next cheepset is Accelera iota and are rated 112v anyone using these at the moment?
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| 5th Mar 2012 3:35 pm |
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DSL
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Quite a few reports on here that Iota ones give terrible ride & handing. Search and said posts should be found. 
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| 5th Mar 2012 3:46 pm |
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Bodsy
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I've always stuck with branded names for tyres TBH, not saying the budget ones wont be fine, but it's a big heavy beast..... Bodsys Brake Bible
D4/D3 Remote FBH heat kits
BAS Remaps/ EGR Blank
Transmission Flush
Software updates/enabling
Clock/ SNOTM /3Flash / 4x4Info /BT Update /Service Reset/Error Codes / Gearbox Reset
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| 5th Mar 2012 4:05 pm |
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al cope
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I've tried Nexen in 275x45x20's - worse tyre I've ever used, got rid of as fast as I could. Doubt if I did 1000miles on them.
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| 5th Mar 2012 4:14 pm |
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mikeyt
Member Since: 31 Oct 2010
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Thanks DSL, rule's these out as well then
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| 5th Mar 2012 4:22 pm |
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Zapp79
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I used to think about getting cheap tyres but then you really have to consider - those bits of rubber are all there is keeping you in control of a couple of tonnes of metal and keeping you and your family / passengers this side of oblivion!
Do you really want to save £50 that much?
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| 5th Mar 2012 5:54 pm |
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NickJ
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Dont know if Toyo is regarded as an economy tyre but used to have them on the front of my other car. Absolute rubbish, had an accident caused by understeer when on a mildly damp road going around a corner. Replaced with Pirelli... wow, what a difference.
Caravanning may be cheap (per night on a site) but do you really want to risk it? Surely an arguement against cheap tyres?
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| 5th Mar 2012 6:06 pm |
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NJSS
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Consider General Grabber ATs from site sponsor AJS Tyres:-
http://www.ajstyres.co.uk/the_new_general_AT/Pages/1.html
Great all round tyre, excellent life, safer than, & I would have thought more cost effective than "El Cheapo".
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| 5th Mar 2012 6:06 pm |
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Zapp79
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The Pirelli scorpions gave me 'confidence issues' once they were becoming more than half worn and they gave up on me once in the wet with the tin tent behind... I required the additional braking performance of a datsun. 
Never had any confidence issues with the Grabbers.
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| 5th Mar 2012 6:12 pm |
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mikeyt
Member Since: 31 Oct 2010
Location: heanor
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ok chaps thanks for the advice grabbers it is then
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| 5th Mar 2012 8:59 pm |
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R44DGF
Member Since: 07 Mar 2012
Location: MUCH HADAM
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HI all what is the tyre size for the 19" disco3 wheels thanks
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| 17th Mar 2012 3:15 pm |
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Slimer
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255/55 The End
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| 17th Mar 2012 3:21 pm |
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R44DGF
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thanks a lot
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| 17th Mar 2012 3:23 pm |
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