pcw1982 Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I have a Honda Civic (57 reg) as my 'other' car, it needs new shoes and I was shocked at the prices I'm being quoted, about £550-600 for a set. A bit of google work and I have found some for £230! These are Westlake SV308 XL 225/45R17 W94, the recomended rating for the car are 225/45R17 Y91. So my questions, does anyone know if getting W94 rated as opposed to Y91 makes much of a difference? If it makles any difference I do approx 10k per miles year mainly local commuting for work etc with the odd longer run thrown in but not very often. Any comments appreciated. Cheers Quote
Leeroy Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 That's pretty cheap for tyres that size. I had a quick look online and couldn't see much info about that tyre, apart from a chap in NZ raving about them. I'd steer clear personally, due to lack of info out there.... Quote
rtbiscuit Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 those tyres are not suited to the weight of the car. if you car requires y91, that should be the minimum put on. Quote
Gudzy Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 The letter refers to the speed rating of the tyre, so you have to get a tyre rated higher than your cars top speed. The load rating which the number refers to should be the same or higher, as this related to how much weight the tyres can take. So those Westlake tyres are fine on the load index but not on the speed index. Kumho 39s are available from camskill at the correct load and speed rating for £280 delivered for a set of 4. Whether they will be any good is anybodies guess though, I'd tend to stick to recommendations from an owners forum. Quote
Ekona Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Really? W is rated for 168mph. Now, I don't know the OP's car in detail, but I'm fairly confident in saying that it won't be doing 168mph any time soon Those tyres will be fine. Well, they're utter cheapy garbage so will be horrible, but there's no other reason you shouldn't be able to run them if you want to. Quote
spursmaddave Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 BRIDGESTONE BR S001 TL 91Y Premium brand - Official F1 tyre supplier for 14 years Size: 225/45YR17 Speed: Y Load: 91 four tyres: £420.80 AVON AV ZZ3 91Y >> Our best selling premium brand - British manufacturing technology Size: 225/45YR17 Speed: Y Load: 91 four tyres: £372.40 Quote
spursmaddave Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Got Avon ZZ3 on mine - lovely tyres IMHO. Yeah I am not sure what tyres are £550-£600 in that price range, maybe Pilot Sports etc personally I wouldn't feel safe putting a tyre on any car that was less than £100 but that's just me... Quote
Ekona Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I'm guessing that's probably a dealer-fit quote for OEM tyres, whatever they are on a Civic. Quote
Ekona Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 personally I wouldn't feel safe putting a tyre on any car that was less than £100 but that's just me... You'd love the tyres on my MX-5 then, £30 each Quote
Ebized Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 You'd love the tyres on my MX-5 then, £30 each You might come to regret saying that when you say all us ZED owners should be running around on PPS's @ around £200-£250 a corner Quote
spursmaddave Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 personally I wouldn't feel safe putting a tyre on any car that was less than £100 but that's just me... You'd love the tyres on my MX-5 then, £30 each There are always exceptions I meant a car for 'normal' road use i.e. commuting etc but of course again depends on power I wouldn't spend £400 on tyres for a 1ltr Micra for example Quote
spursmaddave Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 You'd love the tyres on my MX-5 then, £30 each You might come to regret saying that when you say all us ZED owners should be running around on PPS's @ around £200-£250 a corner I expect the ones on the Porker & the Scooby are substantially better than the slicks on the MX-5 Quote
spursmaddave Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Slightly better, yes In the way that Cheryl Cole is 'slightly' better looking than Susan Boyle Quote
Allan Zada Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 W rated tyres will be fine but you want to make sure you get the load rating correct (the number before the speed rating). Having owned a civic which i bought with westlakes fitted i cant advise you enough not to bother. Terrible tyre wet or dry. kumhos however are a fine midrange tyre, would really be worth spending the little extra Quote
choptop Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I have just had a set of Michelin Sport 3's put on the company hack. Yes, they are expensive but what a difference. It is quite unbelievable. Buy Michelins..........did you hear me?..........BUY MICHELINS Quote
pcw1982 Posted July 13, 2012 Author Posted July 13, 2012 Thanks all, I was quote £630 at Kwik Fit for a set of Continental Sport, same was then £480 at my local Honda dealer, was came as quite shock they were cheaper, they are apparently the recommened tyre. Thanks for input, I was thinking the cheap option might not be too wise, hence the question! The Avon's sound good, as I said I don't do a lot of miles other than commuting at local speeds so should be fine. As Ekona said i dont really get the speed rating, the lowest rating (Q) is 99mph, I get over that about about as often as Susan Boyle's looks are compared to Cheryl Cole's! Obviously don't want the lowest rating but anything above 120 and I'm not sure the car could even do it! Thanks again for help Quote
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