Groan - more tyre advise

daggartuk · Post by **daggartuk** » Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:45 pm

Hi, I need to replace my 2 rear tyres which are Bridgestone RF's. The front tyres are good for at least another year of driving and are also RF's - the question is, do I fork out £420 and replace the rear tyres only or do I bite the bullet and change all for for non RF's as seems to be the recommendation of many for £600??? Money is a bit tight after Christmas but will I regret trying to save myself £200 in the long run?
Any thoughts folks?
Happy new year all!

Zoomer · Post by **Zoomer** » Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:54 pm

Def ditch the RF. You will be surprised how good non RF are on the Z. Have a search on previous threads as you don't need to buy MPSS. Others like vreds and Hancooks so my out may get a set for less than you think.

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:01 pm

daggartuk wrote:Hi, I need to replace my 2 rear tyres which are Bridgestone RF's. The front tyres are good for at least another year of driving and are also RF's - the question is, do I fork out £420 and replace the rear tyres only or do I bite the bullet and change all for for non RF's as seems to be the recommendation of many for £600??? Money is a bit tight after Christmas but will I regret trying to save myself £200 in the long run?
Any thoughts folks?
Happy new year all!

V8 Animal is selling a full set of Bridgestone RF in size 18 in the for sale section. Might be a good stop gap for a while.

Nictrix · Post by **Nictrix** » Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:13 pm

A full set of Good Years will be around the same price as the 2 RFT rears

paulgs1000 · Post by **paulgs1000** » Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:17 pm

Nictrix wrote:A full set of Good Years will be around the same price as the 2 RFT rears

This is good advice and absolutely right - excellent tyre and I've used them on all my Zeds up to the M

The Good Year Eagle F1 assymetric 2s may be a good price as assymetric 3s have come out - do a search - I use Blackcircles and choose a local garage for fitment

daggartuk · Post by **daggartuk** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:29 pm

Thanks for all the replies. I think non RF's will be the way to go although I'm struggling to get a set for under £600 - I'm guessing it's because I have 19" rims. Asda tyres seem to be the cheapest for F1's fitted.

Thanks for the heads up re tyres for sale but unfortunately they wont fit.

Cheers,
Gareth

mr wilks · Post by **mr wilks** » Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:41 pm

You should be able to get a full set of 255 30 19 / 225 35 19 (delivered to your door from tyrleader.co.uk )
Uniroyal RS3 £430ish
Hankook Evo2 K117 £460ish
Vredestein Vorti £485ish
all of which will perform well above what you will be experiencing on current Bridgestone runflats

daggartuk · Post by **daggartuk** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:42 pm

mr wilks wrote:You should be able to get a full set of 255 30 19 / 225 35 19 (delivered to your door from tyrleader.co.uk )
Uniroyal RS3 £430ish
Hankook Evo2 K117 £460ish
Vredestein Vorti £485ish
all of which will perform well above what you will be experiencing on current Bridgestone runflats

Thanks Mr Wilks - you've just saved me 200 quid!!!
Thanks everyone again for replies.

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