Groan - more tyre advise

[daggartuk]

Hi, I need to replace my 2 rear tyres which are Bridgestone RF's. The front tyres are good for at least another year of driving and are also RF's - the question is, do I fork out £420 and replace the rear tyres only or do I bite the bullet and change all for for non RF's as seems to be the recommendation of many for £600??? Money is a bit tight after Christmas but will I regret trying to save myself £200 in the long run?
Any thoughts folks?
Happy new year all!

 

[Zoomer]

Def ditch the RF. You will be surprised how good non RF are on the Z. Have a search on previous threads as you don't need to buy MPSS. Others like vreds and Hancooks so my out may get a set for less than you think.

 

[john-e89]

Hi, I need to replace my 2 rear tyres which are Bridgestone RF's. The front tyres are good for at least another year of driving and are also RF's - the question is, do I fork out £420 and replace the rear tyres only or do I bite the bullet and change all for for non RF's as seems to be the recommendation of many for £600??? Money is a bit tight after Christmas but will I regret trying to save myself £200 in the long run?
Any thoughts folks?
Happy new year all!

V8 Animal is selling a full set of Bridgestone RF in size 18 in the for sale section. Might be a good stop gap for a while.

 

[Nictrix]

A full set of Good Years will be around the same price as the 2 RFT rears

 

[paulgs1000]

A full set of Good Years will be around the same price as the 2 RFT rears

This is good advice and absolutely right - excellent tyre and I've used them on all my Zeds up to the M

The Good Year Eagle F1 assymetric 2s may be a good price as assymetric 3s have come out - do a search - I use Blackcircles and choose a local garage for fitment

 

[daggartuk]

Thanks for all the replies. I think non RF's will be the way to go although I'm struggling to get a set for under £600 - I'm guessing it's because I have 19" rims. Asda tyres seem to be the cheapest for F1's fitted.

Thanks for the heads up re tyres for sale but unfortunately they wont fit.

Cheers,
Gareth

 

[mr wilks]

You should be able to get a full set of 255 30 19 / 225 35 19 (delivered to your door from tyrleader.co.uk )
Uniroyal RS3 £430ish
Hankook Evo2 K117 £460ish
Vredestein Vorti £485ish
all of which will perform well above what you will be experiencing on current Bridgestone runflats

 

[daggartuk]

You should be able to get a full set of 255 30 19 / 225 35 19 (delivered to your door from tyrleader.co.uk )
Uniroyal RS3 £430ish
Hankook Evo2 K117 £460ish
Vredestein Vorti £485ish
all of which will perform well above what you will be experiencing on current Bridgestone runflats

Thanks Mr Wilks - you've just saved me 200 quid!!!
Thanks everyone again for replies.