Glyn M Ruck

Here's my setup if you can read it - Darn thermal printers - My cheap scanner did a better job than the photo scanner ???



Please remember this is for RHD you must do the opposite for LHD

t1n0

Anybody?...Beuhller? ....Beuhller?

About Castor adjustments:
Mr. Ruck, thanks for the info. I don't think Tire Kingdom is aware of that detail. I am in the States, LHD, I am a little confused. I don't want to walk into their shop claiming something, and then stammer if they question me. Could you specify exactly what the numbers should be for castor on driver and passenger for a LHD car.

Thanks again for the great info.

Glyn M Ruck

Drivers side 9.4 deg Passenger side 10.4 deg

rkdnc9

Hi All,

I have 2 different brands of tires (205/55/16) on my car(2004 benz c240 rwd) in the front and rear. Specifically Fuzion VRi (~10,000 mi old) in the rear and Hankook in the front. I bought the car used and it came with those tires. Now, I want to replace the front tires. I was doing research and decided to buy General Altimax HP tires. I heard that they have good traction in dry/wet/icy conditions. Now my questions:

1. Are General Altimax HP tires good?
2. Is it ok to have 2 different brands of tires on the front and back (which is what I am having right now).
3. If I have to have same brand on all 4 wheels, which one will be good, General or Fuzion?

Please help me. I am stuck deciding... It snows moderately in my place. So I would like to have good set of tires for this winter.

Thanks in advance for any suggestion(s)!

TemjinX2

1. i have the general exclaims and i'm pretty happy with there performance. General's are just the value brand for continental but they come out of the same factory.

2. yeah you should be fine

3. person choice with be general for a decent performing economy tire. Performance would be goodyear f1 summer tires or michelin ps2's.

You can go to the wheel and tire section. They have pretty good recommendations on there.

Glyn M Ruck

People have experienced a lot of run out & balancing problems with them. Be prepared to make your tyre shop change one out if it causes vibration

TemjinX2

i driven on generals for the last 10k without any vibrations or balancing issues. I've even driven them on canyons without any problems, but there economy roots do show at the limit, but i was keeping up with mj's modded e55 with michelin ps2 pretty well on them.

Glyn M Ruck

Yeah Mike - you obviously got a good set. I don't think there is much wrong with them as long as you don't get one of those bad ones that show up. If you do rather than grind it round I just think you should make the tyre shop replace them as defective.

On our shores Dunlop are having more trouble in this regard than Conti/General. The UHP seems the most troublesome in the General line

Interestingly the Conti & Barum brands are made in the South African plant & the Generals are imported

TemjinX2

i'm using them both on my car and the gf's car. they seem to be ok with me.

i had more trouble with my pirelli's i bought. The tires had a defect..where the car would keep leaning to the left even with balancing, alignment, moving the tires around. i just learned to live with it..i'm never buying them ever again. I remember they were made in turkey.

Are you sure about the imported part? i could've sworn the set i had said made in south africa.

the other alternative would be falkens.

Glyn M Ruck

Maybe in the past - UHP now made mainly in Czech Republic, Brazil & Portugal

Nothing called General made here anymore for passenger cars - Only 4X4 tyres

rkdnc9

Thanks for all the responses/views guys.. But I still have an unanswered question, is it ok to just replace the 2 front tires with general altimax hp and leave the fuzion vri on the rear? or would you rather suggest me to buy all the 4 tires?


thanks,

Glyn M Ruck

Best to run all four tyres of same brand but if you want to wear off some old tyres that's OK too. On a RWD car put your best tyres on the front. In fact I disagree with our AA. I would always put the best tyres on the front. Your steering & most of braking wheels.

rkdnc9

Thank you!

C230 Sport Coup

Another tire thread? Geez....
Sumitomo HTR ZIII's rule!!!!

Glyn M Ruck

Yes, but Sumitomo is the holding company of Dunlop & they all have run out problems if you are unlucky. They all come out of the same plants

mike82y

I will never buy any tires from Dunlop anymore I had enough run out problems with them..

Ruck, does "run out" has anything to do with directional tires?

mike

jfabes

i have Exclaim's with 15k and no problems whatsoever...

there isn't really anything wrong with running two differnt types of tires...people do it all the time - just spend a few hours at a local tire shop and you'll see what I mean

personally, i have a pet-peave about different tires on one car, it's the OCD side of me...

but seriously, as cheap as General's are, why not jsut spend the extra $150and buy all four? or, with 10k miles on the Fuzion's, they should still have more than 50% tread left...so if you're strapped for cash, just by two Fuzion fronts.

Glyn M Ruck

No - badly constructed tyres. Directional or non directional, symetrical or non symetrical tread makes no diference to this problem

billbugger

I have those as well. I love them!
And a lifetime warranty helps as well.

hieracity

hey guys,

where can i find good tires for a good price for my 05 c230 coupe? and what are good tires?

thanks.

C230 Sport Coup

Ah, thats BS. I mean, BS, there not out of round or any run out problems.
I just got 2 new ones on the rear.
Still had 5/32 left on my Bridgestone RE050A PP's on the front amazingly.

I just got back after driving 2K miles with my old Exclaims on the back.
(2nd set of rims, ordered tires but they didn't come in time)
Even after getting them balanced along the way, the car still shook and vibrated. They are crap.

Now, with my AMG rims back on the car, new Sumi's on the back and same Bridgestones on the front, it rides and drives like a dream.

Tire rack did a comparison with the BS RE050A PP's to Michelin PS2's they were very close...
and the new Sumi's they tested against the BS's head to head and the Sumi's won by a couple hundreths of a point, at a fraction of the cost of either of those tires.

Sumi's are the best bang for the buck right now.
Fuzion's were the sheit a few years ago. I had several sets,
the Sumi's ride so much better while maintaining awesome grip and handliing.
And I had PS2's as well that came on my current rims.
I'd say the Sumi's are almost if not just as good.
Quiet, excellent ride, handling, grip and even work well in the rain.
Perfect.

C230 Sport Coup

Many many threads on this...try searching.
tirerack.com is good place and a sponsor.
But I like the Sumitomo HTR ZIII's.

kirax2

pzero nero ftw in price

Glyn M Ruck

You can stick your head in the sand if you wish. Sumi/Dunlop have been having some problems. There are complaints all over Europe. You got lucky or likely your Sumi's came out of the Japanese Dunlop factory where quality control is best.

While I am a Michelin person - I fully accept that Sumi make a nice tyre if you get good ones. The Japanese Dunlop plant has always made great tyres.

Let us know where your Sumi's were made.

You've had crap with Exclaims which is the South African experience. TemjinX has no such problems - It's luck of the draw.

Glyn M Ruck

Just remember that Sumitomo Corp is a general trading company involved in everything from Shipping, to Finance to Civil Contruction. They used to have tyres made for them by Dunlop & ultimately bought Dunlop. Sumi's are Dunlop developed with the Sumi name on them.