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Tyres - Which to go for - 205/45/r17 Budget Under £80 each

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Tyres - Which to go for - 205/45/r17 Budget Under £80 each

Post by prelude_h22 » Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:03 pm

Hi guys

Looking to change over my 225 width tyres to 205 width

My budget is around £80 or under and was wondering what peoples recomendations are:

I was looking at the Hankooks V12 evo K110 tyre as Camskill are doing a special offer on them at the moment £77 each
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m54b0s457p106 ... se%3A_70dB

Or i was thinking the Falken ZE912 they are £69 each

http://www.blackcircles.com/catalogue/f ... e=31746583

I currently have Uniroyal rainsports but find them abit soft and wollow alot but not sure if its beacause its a 225 width tyre

Its the weekend car so mixed normal driving together with some sprited driving and occasional track days maybe

Any thoughts?

Wish i had 15" wheels - Tyres are so much cheaper :lol:

Cheers peeps

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Re: Tyres - Which to go for - 205/45/r17 Budget Under £80 ea

Post by M@dds » Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:05 pm

Falkens are good value for money buddy, good grippy tyre, I've had them on all of my cars from scoots the civic type r's and my lurvly lud 8)

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Post by bennyboy » Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:10 pm

Currently on Neutons. (As are a few others on here I believe)
You may not have heard of them, but at £60 each directly from the supplier on ebay, I think they are up there with much more expensive tyres I have used in the past. Very good in the dry, no complaints in the wet.
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Post by mills » Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:33 pm

You can get toyo proxes for around 80 quid at some places ;)

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:17 pm

Do 215/45/17 instead.
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Re: Tyres - Which to go for - 205/45/r17 Budget Under £80 ea

Post by macky_6 » Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:37 pm

Why not buy decent used tyres from eBay?

I did it and got 4x Conti Sport Contacts for the price of 1 almost.

You will not believe the difference in performance compared to the ones you are talking about!!
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Post by prelude_h22 » Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:50 am

Was tempted by the falkens but the neutons seem like a very good choice :) Will look into that more

Toyos are good but cant seem to find them anywhere for that price as the postage usually bumps it quite a bit.

I would love to go 215's but the ep3's are slightly wider than the motegi wheels it may rub slightly up front when i lower the prelude abit more with the 205's its a guarantee it wont rub.

I have tried searching for used tyres but in most cases they are pick up only and i need them for this saturday

Thanks guys

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Post by indigolemon » Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:54 am

Another vote for the Neutons here - very impressed with them!
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Post by RattyMcClelland » Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:20 pm

prelude_h22 wrote: I would love to go 215's but the ep3's are slightly wider than the motegi wheels it may rub slightly up front when i lower the prelude abit more with the 205's its a guarantee it wont rub.
Ep3 and motegi wheels are both 7" wide but the offset if 10mm difference.
You wont rub.
I ran 225/45 on 7" wheels and only slightly rubbed when ATTSing the absolute mother out of it. Although they were 16s. 8-)
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Post by bennyboy » Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:31 pm

I'm on 215 45 17's, never had any probs, though I'm not silly low. Do have 4WQueer though.
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