Ditching RFTs - Advice Needed

[paulgs1000]

Thanks guys. For £24 I'll invest in a Slime Compressor Kit.

Will experiment with pressures. Both of you suggested well below the recommended 2.2bar and 2.7bar quoted on the inside of the door. Is the higher pressure because they are RFT?

Hmm, that's how I understand it Chris - too high for non runflats - runflats have a harder sidewall and need higher pressures. (I'm no specialist but the lower pressures work for me)

[ChrisN53]

Thanks guys. For £24 I'll invest in a Slime Compressor Kit.

Will experiment with pressures. Both of you suggested well below the recommended 2.2bar and 2.7bar quoted on the inside of the door. Is the higher pressure because they are RFT?

Hmm, that's how I understand it Chris - too high for non runflats - runflats have a harder sidewall and need higher pressures. (I'm no specialist but the lower pressures work for me)

I've got the F1s on the front now! So currently running non-RFT upfront and RFT rear.

TyreLeader were very good - tracking number against my order pretty much straight away. Got a text message from DPD saying they would be delivered in an hour window, and they were. Bit annoying that the fronts and rears are sent separately! The fronts came from the Netherlands and the rears are still en-route from Germany - hopefully be here tomorrow or Monday.

[ChrisN53]

I've now got Goodyear Eagle F1s all round...and blimey, what a difference!

No crashing/thuds as I go over small to medium sized deviations in the road. No more tram-lining and getting caught in indentations in the road from heavy vehicles. The car just feels so much sure when pressing on through a corner, but is so much nicer to cruise around in when just pootling about. Definitely recommend this change to people!

I cannot fault TyreLeader at all. A couple points to note however. If you are ordering four tyres, and the fronts and rears are of differing size, they will dispatch these as two separate shipments. Not really an issue, just something to note as you will get two deliveries, and in my case these were on different days. The fronts came very quickly, then the rears.

DPD seemed perfect to me. The tracking website was updated regularly, and they text me to give me a time slot that they would deliver in. Can't fault them. The DOT date on the fronts were 2215 and on the rears one was 2315 and one 2415. So the tyres are very new - not old stock that has been sat around.

TyreLeader customer service was decent too. I raised a ticket as I didn't know the tyres would be sent in two different shipments, so queried why I had two order numbs yet had only received one tracking number. They replied within an hour and confirmed they would let me know the tracking number as soon as it was available, and later than evening they did exactly that.

Would definitely use them again.

[InvisibleName]

I joined the merry band of non-RFTs today - Goodyear Eagle Asymmetrics all round. Got a nice long run this weekend, so looking forward to bedding them in. Had a chat with my insurance company & they were happy that they didn't come under the modification heading