Tyres, the good, bad and ugly

[S1NGH 001]

Hi guys

I decided to start this thread, as there's always numerous threads about tyre suggestions, which brands are good and bad :fencelook: and the recently FAO of run flats vs no-run flats :=):

Which brand do you use ? Do you put safety ahead of cost ? RFT vs non-RFT ?

Would be interesting to see the views of fellow fanatics :thumbs:

 

[Midas335i]

Nice thread bud.

For me tyres and brakes are the most important safely parts of a vehicle, being in the transport industry for 30 years, you really do see it all.

I've tended to stick with the premium brands as a matter of preference, namely Michelin, Continental, Bridgestone, Pirelli, Good Year, although there's always stock issues with Michenlin's

I've got 5 cars at home, my tractor and E300, the wife's SLK 350, sons E60 M5 and daughters F30 320i, all which came with run-flats, and will always be replaced with run-flats, due to safety concerns, I see it as sacrificing a little ride comfort for a lot more safety :thumbs:

Have been seeing a lot of people switching to normal tyres though, if it works for them good luck :=):

 

[herr bmw]

rft for the bm:rollsmile: and always a quality brand,namely yokahama,michelin,bridgestone,etc

on the navara,also brand names,but have found good year to be very good on the bakkies(had a hardbody before)

 

[SP33DYV]

Nice thread bud.

For me tyres and brakes are the most important safely parts of a vehicle, being in the transport industry for 30 years, you really do see it all.

I've tended to stick with the premium brands as a matter of preference, namely Michelin, Continental, Bridgestone, Pirelli, Good Year, although there's always stock issues with Michenlin's

I've got 5 cars at home, my tractor and E300, the wife's SLK 350, sons E60 M5 and daughters F30 320i, all which came with run-flats, and will always be replaced with run-flats, due to safety concerns, I see it as sacrificing a little ride comfort for a lot more safety :thumbs:

Have been seeing a lot of people switching to normal tyres though, if it works for them good luck :=):

e60 M5 definitely do not have run flats.

I also stick to the well known brands. No run flats though on any of my cars.

 

[S1NGH 001]

Have to fully agree with both Collin and Midas :thumbs:

I've also tended to stick to the premium brands, and stuck to RFTs on the BMW's and Mercs :thumbs:

Safety always comes first :rollsmile:

Agree Collin, Good Years are good on SUV's and bakkies, have a set of them on the Disco :thumbs:

 

[Midas335i]

Nice thread bud.

For me tyres and brakes are the most important safely parts of a vehicle, being in the transport industry for 30 years, you really do see it all.

I've tended to stick with the premium brands as a matter of preference, namely Michelin, Continental, Bridgestone, Pirelli, Good Year, although there's always stock issues with Michenlin's

I've got 5 cars at home, my tractor and E300, the wife's SLK 350, sons E60 M5 and daughters F30 320i, all which came with run-flats, and will always be replaced with run-flats, due to safety concerns, I see it as sacrificing a little ride comfort for a lot more safety :thumbs:

Have been seeing a lot of people switching to normal tyres though, if it works for them good luck :=):

e60 M5 definitely do not have run flats.

I also stick to the well known brands. No run flats though on any of my cars.

My bad, always assumed it had RFTs, since it doesn't have a spare :thumbs:

 

[Josh-ZN]

i just went to get my two front tyres replaced 215/40R18 - 135i

asked them to balance the back ones at the same time. still about 5000km left in the rears. the one rear tyre has a nail in it near the side. tyre guy asks me if a warning light has come on because the nail looks right through. they pull the nail out, and you can see the steel in the tyre as the nail did a bit of damage. the bridgestone rft still held its pressure and had they not taken the wheel off i would never have known. the strength of these RFT's are incredible.

now i have also hit a few potholes on our wonderful roads. i remember my audi s3 with non-rft's ended up with buckled rims. i asked them to check my 135i rims for buckles as the potholes i have hit with the bmw were hectic. rims were perfect with no sign of buckles. the bridgestone rft's are awesome imo.

if i had any non-rft tyre on my car instead of the rft's, i would have been changing a wheel on the side of the road and i would be purchasing or repairing buckled rims.

i stick with bridgestone rft's as these are what my car was tested with by bmw. they have tons of money to spend on R & D. I dont need to do my own :thumbs:

 

[S1NGH 001]

i just went to get my two front tyres replaced 215/40R18 - 135i

asked them to balance the back ones at the same time. still about 5000km left in the rears. the one rear tyre has a nail in it near the side. tyre guy asks me if a warning light has come on because the nail looks right through. they pull the nail out, and you can see the steel in the tyre as the nail did a bit of damage. the bridgestone rft still held its pressure and had they not taken the wheel off i would never have known. the strength of these RFT's are incredible.

now i have also hit a few potholes on our wonderful roads. i remember my audi s3 with non-rft's ended up with buckled rims. i asked them to check my 135i rims for buckles as the potholes i have hit with the bmw were hectic. rims were perfect with no sign of buckles. the bridgestone rft's are awesome imo.

if i had any non-rft tyre on my car instead of the rft's, i would have been changing a wheel on the side of the road and i would be purchasing or repairing buckled rims.

i stick with bridgestone rft's as these are what my car was tested with by bmw. they have tons of money to spend on R & D. I dont need to do my own :thumbs:

Same here buddy, all my BMW's have Bridgestone's, hit a lot of bumps with the E90, and rims are still perfect, they are well engineered tyres :thumbs:

 

[Midas335i]

i just went to get my two front tyres replaced 215/40R18 - 135i

asked them to balance the back ones at the same time. still about 5000km left in the rears. the one rear tyre has a nail in it near the side. tyre guy asks me if a warning light has come on because the nail looks right through. they pull the nail out, and you can see the steel in the tyre as the nail did a bit of damage. the bridgestone rft still held its pressure and had they not taken the wheel off i would never have known. the strength of these RFT's are incredible.

now i have also hit a few potholes on our wonderful roads. i remember my audi s3 with non-rft's ended up with buckled rims. i asked them to check my 135i rims for buckles as the potholes i have hit with the bmw were hectic. rims were perfect with no sign of buckles. the bridgestone rft's are awesome imo.

if i had any non-rft tyre on my car instead of the rft's, i would have been changing a wheel on the side of the road and i would be purchasing or repairing buckled rims.

i stick with bridgestone rft's as these are what my car was tested with by bmw. they have tons of money to spend on R & D. I dont need to do my own :thumbs:

Same here buddy, all my BMW's have Bridgestone's, hit a lot of bumps with the E90, and rims are still perfect, they are well engineered tyres :thumbs:

I'll be sure to give the Potenza's a try on the tractor :thumbs:

 

[petrivanzyl]

i just went to get my two front tyres replaced 215/40R18 - 135i

asked them to balance the back ones at the same time. still about 5000km left in the rears. the one rear tyre has a nail in it near the side. tyre guy asks me if a warning light has come on because the nail looks right through. they pull the nail out, and you can see the steel in the tyre as the nail did a bit of damage. the bridgestone rft still held its pressure and had they not taken the wheel off i would never have known. the strength of these RFT's are incredible.

now i have also hit a few potholes on our wonderful roads. i remember my audi s3 with non-rft's ended up with buckled rims. i asked them to check my 135i rims for buckles as the potholes i have hit with the bmw were hectic. rims were perfect with no sign of buckles. the bridgestone rft's are awesome imo.

if i had any non-rft tyre on my car instead of the rft's, i would have been changing a wheel on the side of the road and i would be purchasing or repairing buckled rims.

i stick with bridgestone rft's as these are what my car was tested with by bmw. they have tons of money to spend on R & D. I dont need to do my own :thumbs:

+1000 I've hit many potholes in the 160 000km or so I have done on RFTs. No rim damage...

 

[S1NGH 001]

i just went to get my two front tyres replaced 215/40R18 - 135i

asked them to balance the back ones at the same time. still about 5000km left in the rears. the one rear tyre has a nail in it near the side. tyre guy asks me if a warning light has come on because the nail looks right through. they pull the nail out, and you can see the steel in the tyre as the nail did a bit of damage. the bridgestone rft still held its pressure and had they not taken the wheel off i would never have known. the strength of these RFT's are incredible.

now i have also hit a few potholes on our wonderful roads. i remember my audi s3 with non-rft's ended up with buckled rims. i asked them to check my 135i rims for buckles as the potholes i have hit with the bmw were hectic. rims were perfect with no sign of buckles. the bridgestone rft's are awesome imo.

if i had any non-rft tyre on my car instead of the rft's, i would have been changing a wheel on the side of the road and i would be purchasing or repairing buckled rims.

i stick with bridgestone rft's as these are what my car was tested with by bmw. they have tons of money to spend on R & D. I dont need to do my own :thumbs:

+1000 I've hit many potholes in the 160 000km or so I have done on RFTs. No rim damage...

Makes you wonder how thick these tyres are :fencelook:

 

[Dippies]

i just went to get my two front tyres replaced 215/40R18 - 135i

asked them to balance the back ones at the same time. still about 5000km left in the rears. the one rear tyre has a nail in it near the side. tyre guy asks me if a warning light has come on because the nail looks right through. they pull the nail out, and you can see the steel in the tyre as the nail did a bit of damage. the bridgestone rft still held its pressure and had they not taken the wheel off i would never have known. the strength of these RFT's are incredible.

now i have also hit a few potholes on our wonderful roads. i remember my audi s3 with non-rft's ended up with buckled rims. i asked them to check my 135i rims for buckles as the potholes i have hit with the bmw were hectic. rims were perfect with no sign of buckles. the bridgestone rft's are awesome imo.

if i had any non-rft tyre on my car instead of the rft's, i would have been changing a wheel on the side of the road and i would be purchasing or repairing buckled rims.

i stick with bridgestone rft's as these are what my car was tested with by bmw. they have tons of money to spend on R & D. I dont need to do my own :thumbs:

bridgestone rft's :thumbs::thumbs:

 

[SP33DYV]

Michelin PS2 or PSS :thumbs::thumbs:

 

[Midas335i]

Michelin PS2 or PSS :thumbs::thumbs:

Those are best in my eyes :rollsmile:

 

[SP33DYV]

Michelin PS2 or PSS :thumbs::thumbs:

Those are best in my eyes :rollsmile:

I also like the Conti SC3.

 

[Midas335i]

Michelin PS2 or PSS :thumbs::thumbs:

Those are best in my eyes :rollsmile:

I also like the Conti SC3.

You sure do know your rubber buddy :rollsmile:

 

[netercol]

in the budget tyre range, i love the nangkang ns2, have them on both my tractors.. quite decent grip for a budget tyre in the dry, average in the wet..

as a rule i hate dunflops, but had a set of sp sport 6060's on the wifes car, was not bad (for what it was)

this ofc all personal opinion.. when my budget can stretch to it i prefer michelin..

 

[S1NGH 001]

Have heard good things about the Ns2's :thumbs:

There's been a lot of mixed views:fencelook: with the SP 6060

 

[netercol]

There's been a lot of mixed views with the SP 6060

true though.. just whatever you do never ever consider sp sport 7000d..

 

[S1NGH 001]

There's been a lot of mixed views with the SP 6060

true though.. just whatever you do never ever consider sp sport 7000d..

Will remember that :thumbs: