Tyre Advice Anyone?

147 1.6 TS, 3door. Nov 2003 18,890 miles in the UK

Tyres Dunlop Sport 2000E, 205/55R16 91V Front & Rear from new.

Front tyres approaching legal minimum and need replacing. Any advice
regarding other Brand/Type of replacement tyre. DO NOT intend replacing rear
tyres at present as they still have plenty of tread.

Any advice much appreciated.
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Paul Woodsford
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> 147 1.6 TS, 3door. Nov 2003 18,890 miles in the UK
>
> Tyres Dunlop Sport 2000E, 205/55R16 91V Front & Rear from new.
>
> Front tyres approaching legal minimum and need replacing. Any advice
> regarding other Brand/Type of replacement tyre. DO NOT intend replacing
rear
> tyres at present as they still have plenty of tread.
>
> Any advice much appreciated.
> --
> Paul Woodsford
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Change the positon of the front and rear tyres in the manner that the frint
tyres put diagonal to the rear and vice versa.

Paul Woodsford wrote:
> 147 1.6 TS, 3door. Nov 2003 18,890 miles in the UK
>
> Any advice much appreciated.

I got Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3s on my 156 and they have pretty good grip. Got
them off the internet from mytyres.co.uk and got them fitted at a local
wheel shop for £10 each. Ended up 40% cheaper then National or similar.

"Simon" > wrote in message
> I got Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3s on my 156 and they have pretty good grip.
Got
> them off the internet from mytyres.co.uk and got them fitted at a local
> wheel shop for £10 each. Ended up 40% cheaper then National or similar.

I'll second that. I've just had them fitted to the front for a second time.
Good grip in all conditions and they seem quieter than the factory fitted
Firestones and the Avons I've had in the past.

Having said all this, I have the 2.4jtd and do a good mix of all driving and
get about 10k miles from a set.

Cheers
Simon C
156 2.4JTD V1 (2002)
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> Change the positon of the front and rear tyres in the manner that the
> frint
> tyres put diagonal to the rear and vice versa.
>

NEVER diagonally change tyres; that's an old and old fashioned idea.
Keep them on the same side as most tyres are directionally bound nowadays.
If you put a tyre on the "wrong" side, it will be turning backwards when you
are driving ahead and i.e. the rain water will not be drained sufficiently.
And, although it sounds crazy for a front wheel drive car, on ANY car keep
the best tyres on the rear!!
So in your case, change the rear to front and put the new tyres on the rear.
Several threads in this NG have explained this in the pat, I won't repeat
that here.

For a 1.6 the tyres are not that important. Most brands/types will do.
If you're content with the present ones, I would suggest to buy 2 new onse;
at least you'll have the same tyres front and rear which is the best for
balance.

Nevertheless:
IMHO Alfa's perform best on Michelins. Although often the most expensive
(less cheap) tyre, the mileage is the highest, so per mile/km they often are
the cheapest in the end.

Don't forget to have the rear tyres balanced when you put them in frotn and
have the alignment checked. Mostly front tyres are unevenly worn due to
(slight) mis-alignment.

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Ciao from Holland
AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
Rosso Radicofani GT 2.0JTS (2005)
Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)

A few years ago, I studied some brands/types since my previous Michelin
tyres had no minimum tread after just 7.000 miles!
I decided to get me some new ones, Goodyear Eagle NCT5, and I still have
them, after 25.000 miles.
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Barry

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"Paul Woodsford" > schreef in bericht
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> 147 1.6 TS, 3door. Nov 2003 18,890 miles in the UK
>
> Tyres Dunlop Sport 2000E, 205/55R16 91V Front & Rear from new.
>
> Front tyres approaching legal minimum and need replacing. Any advice
> regarding other Brand/Type of replacement tyre. DO NOT intend replacing
rear
> tyres at present as they still have plenty of tread.
>
> Any advice much appreciated.
> --
> Paul Woodsford
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"Canonian" > schreef in bericht
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>A few years ago, I studied some brands/types since my previous Michelin
> tyres had no minimum tread after just 7.000 miles!

Don't try to let me believe that had anything to do with the tyres.
MUST have been a hughe out-of-line problem
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Ciao from Holland
AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan)
Rosso Radicofani GT 2.0JTS (2005)
Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4)

"alfistagj" > wrote in message
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> "News" > schreef in bericht
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> > Change the positon of the front and rear tyres in the manner that the
> > frint
> > tyres put diagonal to the rear and vice versa.
> >
>
> NEVER diagonally change tyres; that's an old and old fashioned idea.
> Keep them on the same side as most tyres are directionally bound nowadays.
> If you put a tyre on the "wrong" side, it will be turning backwards when
you
> are driving ahead and i.e. the rain water will not be drained
sufficiently.
> And, although it sounds crazy for a front wheel drive car, on ANY car keep
> the best tyres on the rear!!
> So in your case, change the rear to front and put the new tyres on the
rear.
> Several threads in this NG have explained this in the pat, I won't repeat
> that here.

You dont change the tyre with the rim, only the tyre!!!!
Then you dont flip it!!!!!!!!!!!
It is not old fashioned, and it is stupid to have best tyres on the rear,
because you have to have better grip on front tyres!!

"Paul Woodsford" wrote:

> 147 1.6 TS, 3door. Nov 2003 18,890 miles in the UK
>
> Tyres Dunlop Sport 2000E, 205/55R16 91V Front & Rear from new.
>
> Front tyres approaching legal minimum and need replacing. Any advice
> regarding other Brand/Type of replacement tyre. DO NOT intend replacing
rear
> tyres at present as they still have plenty of tread.
>
> Any advice much appreciated.

Bear in mind Dunlops are hard wearing tyres. Fitting softer, grippier tyres
to the front to replace hard worn ones may dramatically change the balance
of the car.

I would not agree that a 1.6 doesn't matter, you can corner just as hard as
a 3.2!

I was advised by one tyre fitter to fit Dunlops at the front and softer
tyres at the rear to prolong tyre life. As I was going in for 4 tyres I
preferred to get 4 Bridgestone Potenzas S03s all round and am really happy
with them. I will swap the fronts with the backs once the fronts are half
worn.

Tyre fitters are keen to promote grippier tyres at the rear to prevent
oversteer. Personally I think this is for the less clued up driver who lifts
off or brakes mid bend in the wet and blames the tyres for spinning off
backwards. However, if you are used to worn hard tyres at the front and
stick a set of Goodyear F1s or Bridgestone S03s on there you might find a
very different handling car underneath you.

Hope this helps
Tony

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> "alfistagj" > wrote in message
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> > "News" > schreef in bericht
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> > > Change the positon of the front and rear tyres in the manner that the
> > > frint
> > > tyres put diagonal to the rear and vice versa.
> > >
> >
> > NEVER diagonally change tyres; that's an old and old fashioned idea.
> > Keep them on the same side as most tyres are directionally bound
nowadays.
> > If you put a tyre on the "wrong" side, it will be turning backwards when
> you
> > are driving ahead and i.e. the rain water will not be drained
> sufficiently.
> > And, although it sounds crazy for a front wheel drive car, on ANY car
keep
> > the best tyres on the rear!!
> > So in your case, change the rear to front and put the new tyres on the
> rear.
> > Several threads in this NG have explained this in the pat, I won't
repeat
> > that here.
>
> You dont change the tyre with the rim, only the tyre!!!!
> Then you dont flip it!!!!!!!!!!!
> It is not old fashioned, and it is stupid to have best tyres on the rear,
> because you have to have better grip on front tyres!!
>
>

it's not stupid to have the best tires on the rear - even for front wheel
drive.
With best tires in front, in case of an emergency break, your car starts
spinning.
Always put the best tires in rear - they teach you that in advanced driver
classes (slip course etc)

cheers,
Kurt