Hi, going to get some tyres in the 245/45/18 or tomorrow.
Was looking if anyone had any recommendations for a decent all round tyre in the $200 range? Something they have tried out and found to be decent.
Thanks.
Tyre (245/45/18) Recommendations around $200
Macgyver on 11/12/2023 - 02:46
Last edited 11/12/2023 - 09:17 by 1 other user
Last edited 11/12/2023 - 09:17 by 1 other user
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I hope that's a joke.
There's a reason why people say not to skimp on tyres, and that's for safety.
Radar and other non-mainstream tyres may seem alright and last arguably longer than 'regular' tyres (given they'd be made of harder compounds/ more silica) but that comes are the expense of general handling (you may not notice), wet weather performance and emergency braking.
This is where the R&D and profit margin's for an established name go but well worth saving yourself an insurance excess in my books.OP general advice would be:
See what brands your local store has in stock for your size.
Pick any well known variant from a mainstream brand (Michelin, Bridgestone, Yokohama, Pirelli, Dunlop, Hankook etc.).
Note: Eco branded tyres again come with a trade-off of less grip to better fuel efficiency
Compare a couple on product reviews or a tyre comparison site to see overall ratings
Compare to Tempe tyre for price match opportunity. Note, Tempe tyres are grey import so price match with brick-and-mortar store is hit and miss.
I hope that's a joke.
Nope. No joke. Had two sets of Radars on my VE and was very happy. No longer have the car, but I didn't have a problem with handling, performance or safety. They were very good in the wet.
Pick any well known variant from a mainstream brand (Michelin, Bridgestone, Yokohama, Pirelli, Dunlop, Hankook etc.).
They all have their issues lets not forget.
Pirellis have a nice brand but wear extremely fast, was lucky to get 20,000k's out of my last set.
yeah I saw the review's when looking at a new set over BF sales. This was the consensus for most Pirelli products unfortunately.
Ended up with Dunlop FM800's which review say are good but time will tell. Personal preference however is for safety/predictability over tread wear, so I'm happy to bear the 50% premium on better tyres compared to bargain brands (even if longevity is somewhat reduced)
Then again I've had conflicting experience with the same brand. My last pair of Bridgestone Alenza's lasted barely 30k, when the OEM Bridgestone Duelers got 55k easy. Road performance slightly favoured the Alenza's but nothing seriously noticeable. Funnily enough the Alenza's are now the OEM tyre for the current generation tyre (Subaru Outback).
Had Pirelli Zero’s on a GT Mustang, terrible things! Put a set of Michelin Pilot sport 4s on.Great tyre!
Commodore with radar tyres checks out.
whatever established brand name you can get at that price these days
.Decent means what exactly? Price, grip, longevity. Pick any two.
Do you have an example of a tyre that has both grip and longevity? I thought those two attributes were trade-offs.
Not really, but if you apply the basic rule the best combination of grip and longevity will not be cheap.
Cheap tyres might have grip, but they’ll wear really fast. Cheap tyres might have good wear, but they’ll also be hard and poor grip. If you want better grip that lasts a decent amount it’ll be expensive.
If you can extend your budget to $250 per tyre Tempe has RE50As in that size
Prior to using the pilot sport range, RE50As were my tyre of choice
But as above what do you mean by ‘decent’? Any advice can be useless depending on what your priorities are
Winrun R330
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bad first hand experience?
Yeah, I've dealt with plenty of winrun tyres, they are garbage, as are most of those cheap Chinese things.
I recently bought a car that came with these. Need to be very careful in the wet as it doesn't require much throttle before the rear end steps out. The dealer said they get them for $70ea wholesale. Noisy as well.
My go to are Dunlop FM800 Super Sport; very good bang for you buck!
Have a look online for performance reviews on them compared to other popular tyres such as a the RE003 or Pilot Sport 4.
Go back in time a few weeks and buy pirelli from mycar for 50% off.
A tyre is just a tyre.
If you don't know enough about tyres to know what to buy you are unlikely to be disappointed no matter what you get.
There's two ways you can get it wrong. The first is to buy some weird brand of completely rubbish based on getting the lowest price. For commodity products the lowest priced available usually is rubbish, the middle range ones are all similar, and the highest priced ones are not worth the premium unless you have special needs. The second is to get an unsuitable one. Like buying off-road optimised tread pattern tyre for use on the roads, or vice versa.
If you don't know buy a big-selling familiar name brand product. Companies with big sales have gotten there because most people are happy with what they sell, and they want to protect that name.
Pirellis on Black Friday
The trolling is strong with you.
Yeah I bought the exact size P Zeros PZ4 for 175ea
On my previous VE, I had some "Radar" brand from Bob Jane and they were pretty good. They were about $180 each and was very happy with them.
Radar Dimax R8 245/45R18 100W $187 each.