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Quote from tweetiepooh:


I fitted 4 new tyres to mine as they were borderline legal and car then fails MOT (scrapped) a month later.

I would have been tempted to get 4 wheels from the scrappie and then sell on the ones with new tyres.

I knew the tyres were lean from the last MOT but they'd only done an extra 1300 miles so I took a chance just in case something more significant came up. Car's only 9 years old and 54K miles but you never know.

Protyre are really good for prices and our depot price was lower than web. On a 16" for the Mondeo I chose the Falken F310 ECOrun. A grade wet stop, B for "fuel" (resistance) and 67dB noise so quiet as well. The same tyre on larger wheels is no where near as good.

I used Falkens (195/45/14) on the Metro, (14" Compomotive alloy rims) excellent grip in the wet. We have a good independent tyre specialist in the town. They really know their business and take great care of alloys using stick on weights and final tightening in diagonal sequence with a torque wrench. You also see stacks of racing rims and slicks in the workshop so I think the local enthusiasts use them.

Though the Colt has steel rims I'll still check them out first.