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Tyres
My plan is to buy 5 new 155 x 14 for the pick-up sometime soon. Bull Motif are advertising them for £26.25 each which I think is probably the best I'll find. My local garage has quoted £46 each!! (although that is fitted)
Just wondered if there is any advice out there or does anyone have any to sell?
Thanks Ani
Just wondered if there is any advice out there or does anyone have any to sell?
Thanks Ani
are they nankings by chance,got a similar deal from tom roys last month,The only thing I found was that they were a bit soft walled and I had to put 29psi to stop an anoying bouncyness.When I pushed on the back you could see the rear bounce three or four times,but with the car on the trolly no sign,no sign of it now at 29. .But excellent value.
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For what it's worth, I had van rims fitted with 165 Firestones just the other week at £45 each all in. I always search the internet for tyre performance comparisons as I've had some cheap tyres with truly shocking grip and such a choice would somewhat defeat the object of wider tyres dontyaknow.
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the information i was told was that the minor rim can cause the tyre to wobble or slip from the bead and instantly deflate the tyre.(radial)
All four including my spare are fitted with new tubes.
James
All four including my spare are fitted with new tubes.
James
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Has anyone actually experienced this problem of tyres coming off the bead if you don't use an inner tube?
I have heard that inner tubes can spring a leak if you use them with tubeless tyres because the insides aren't smooth enough.
I have heard that inner tubes can spring a leak if you use them with tubeless tyres because the insides aren't smooth enough.
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It is, apparently, a problem which can occur if you let your tyres drop to very low pressures - I've (so far) done around 100k miles on radials with no tubes (although I've had to argue quite hard to get them tubeless on occasion) and have (touch wood) not had a problem.
I tend to describe my driving as 'enthusiastic', so they're not molly coddled either.
As a side point, my workshop manuals lists rims with the 'safety bead' for tubeless tyres, but I don't know if they really exist, I've not encountered anyone who's seen them.
I tend to describe my driving as 'enthusiastic', so they're not molly coddled either.
As a side point, my workshop manuals lists rims with the 'safety bead' for tubeless tyres, but I don't know if they really exist, I've not encountered anyone who's seen them.
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Having used a proper manual tyre fitting kit, the amount of force you need to apply to pop the bead off the tyre is a hell of a lot, and you need to remove the valve so theres no air pressure!
From that point of view, and experience with them on the car - Inners NOT nessecary unless you are running stupidly low pressure!
From that point of view, and experience with them on the car - Inners NOT nessecary unless you are running stupidly low pressure!