Changing front 2 tyres from Run on flats to Falkens?
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Beancounter1980
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I've wondered this also.
Would be good to hear responses..
Would be good to hear responses..
many have done without problems - been asked here before.
I wouldn't because of the different characteristics you will end up with front to rear - but I guess you could argue that case for different brands front and back - in reality you are unlikely to get to speeds/circumstances where it will be a huge issue on the road. Point is do you want to find out? How long before the rears are shot?
I wouldn't because of the different characteristics you will end up with front to rear - but I guess you could argue that case for different brands front and back - in reality you are unlikely to get to speeds/circumstances where it will be a huge issue on the road. Point is do you want to find out? How long before the rears are shot?
It's not illegal (in the UK) but anything that puts a tyre with different characteristics on the front and rear is never a good idea.
For sure for 99.9% of the time you'll probably never know, but if you were to be on the limit one day or involved in an accident then it suddenly matters.
All a case of your risk assessment, but I'd do a full set for the sake of the extra £'s now and if the RFT's have a lot of tread sell them to someone who needs them to trade in.
For sure for 99.9% of the time you'll probably never know, but if you were to be on the limit one day or involved in an accident then it suddenly matters.
All a case of your risk assessment, but I'd do a full set for the sake of the extra £'s now and if the RFT's have a lot of tread sell them to someone who needs them to trade in.
As above... I swapped all 4 when I made the change recently - if it's the cost try and think of it this way... rather than ditching good tyres I felt I had 2 left with a quarter of their life... around £25 a go / £50 total and at that cost why not? Then at least have the full benefit of the tyres you have changed (better ride) and the confidence to press on knowing there is no chance of any drama due to mis-matched tyres.
Sticks said:
Agree - I was looking at this aspect from 2 points of view:
Firstly no insurance company will ever sanction different structure of tyre front and rear if they actually understand what the policy holder is declaring (and does declare it) and secondly in any serious accident the police always check the vehicle and anything like this can be cited as a contributory factor.
Indeed. Have been through a protracted claims process and my car was thoroughly checked over - all in order, of course. Although my accident was clearly not my fault, they still argued liability. Their aim is to reduce the costs to the company and that's all.
Not wishing to be blunt, but if you want to run a 150+ mph car, expect to have to pay for tyres you can trust.
Not wishing to be blunt, but if you want to run a 150+ mph car, expect to have to pay for tyres you can trust.
I wouldn't have a problem with running diffeerent tires fron to back as long as they are the same over each axel, when i sopke to my insurance company they only stipulated that the tyres were the correct size and speed rating no mention of run flat or not.
Plenty of people have different tires front to back and for general driving i can see it making no difference what so ever.
Plenty of people have different tires front to back and for general driving i can see it making no difference what so ever.
I think its more a case of the characteristics of runflats and non runflats that would bother me. If they were different brand runflats then i wouldnt mind so much although i do like to keep the same tyres all round.
Ps. Just fitted 452's to the sisters octavia estate, great tyre
Ps. Just fitted 452's to the sisters octavia estate, great tyre
Robb said:
X2.... It's never caused me any concerns running Falkens on the back only :fuelfire:
i used to have accelera bugdet tyres on the back and runflats on the front never had any issues with them at all even on wet greasy roads, i recently changed to falkens all round and had the back step out once accelerating hard round a corner, but overall the falkens are a damm good tyre and for the sake of £150-£200 you might as well get the rears done at the same time
AlanJ said:no fit state said:
..until on that dark cold rainy night as you are travelling down that narrow country lane and suddenly.................and as you plant your foot firmly on the brakes.... :chophead:
Been there, done that, still here. Still be here this time next year. You lot worry to much
lol!!
Why not just change all 4 whiles the RFTs still have some life left in them, so when time comes to trade in/sell on you can put back the RFTs in case the dealer/buyer uses the non-RFTs as an excuse to give a lower part-ex/offer price? (ok, you'll need storage for them in the mean time :roll: )