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?
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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.
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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.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?
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A full set of Good Years will be around the same price as the 2 RFT rears
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This is good advice and absolutely right - excellent tyre and I've used them on all my Zeds up to the MNictrix wrote:A full set of Good Years will be around the same price as the 2 RFT rears
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
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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,
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Thanks for the heads up re tyres for sale but unfortunately they wont fit.
Cheers,
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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
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
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Thanks Mr Wilks - you've just saved me 200 quid!!!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 everyone again for replies.