Need advice for new tires

dillinger said:
I have the exact tyres on my 2.0TDI Caddy, good tyre. Pay R 1100.00 per tyre fitted and balanced. Dunlop also offers free insurance on the tyres, just ask them to explain the T&C to you. No idea where you are located, the place I go to is Koenic in Edenvale.
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So total price for 4 tyres + labour is R4.4K? That's not bad at all, might check them out. Thanks for the info!
 
Moonlit8377 said:
Any thoughts on Nexus tyres?
Got a quote from a tyre place, ~R5K for 4 tyres plus fitment + alignment.
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would like someone's recent experience with Nexus tyres if possible.

If none, I'll probably pull the trigger with Dunlops once pay day comes.
 
Moonlit8377 said:
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would like someone's recent experience with Nexus tyres if possible.

If none, I'll probably pull the trigger with Dunlops once pay day comes.
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I haven't heard of Nexus tyres, but have owned Nexen tyres.
I have have used the SU1, SU4, RU5 and most recently the GX.
All very good tyres, I cannot fault them and have not had any issue with any of them.

They have been my go to tyre brand for a long time now.
 
Moonlit8377 said:
apologies, Nexen

Where did I get "Nexus" from :X3:
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Nexen gets a lot of hate just like hankooks got a few years ago, but they are perfectly fine especially for everyday cars imo.

Nexen are also oem for some porsches
 
I was looking for tyres a couple of weeks ago. My tyre of choice is the Continental Premium Contact 6, which is what I had on, but in 235/45R18 they run to R14K per set, fitted. Seemed a little too steep.

I got a quote on Apollo Aspire 4G+ at about R9K; my previous tyres were Aspire 4G, and they lasted 25000km till near bald, with shockingly bad wet grip. I also got a quote on Nexen AU5 for R7K; they sound reasonable.

My FIL phoned around for me though, and Dunlop had a set of Bridgestone Turanza T005 they'd picked up on special, so I got those for R5500. Nice. Alignment was fixed too - previous places often get the car model wrong, so the toe-in was very toed-in.
 
I've had:

Bridgestone Potenza - Excellent, hold like glue in the rain, a bit noisy but i like them.
Yokohama - Not bad, but very very noisy on certain surfaces.
Michelin Pilot Primacy - Worst tyres I had, at 16k km pieces of the tyres were literally falling off exposing the side-wall on 2/4 of them. But, they did grip well. Unfortunately the tyre place said it was road surface damage which i found a bit hard to believe as it happened more over time but anyway...

Dunlop - Pretty good, no complaints actually they lasted well, gripped well too.
Firestone - also pretty good, no complaints with them, gripped well too but wore rather quickly.

Generally i think more places make good tyres today though, unless its something very very fast and you need insane levels of grip you can't go too wrong with whats out there.
 
neoprema said:
I've had:

Bridgestone Potenza - Excellent, hold like glue in the rain, a bit noisy but i like them.
Yokohama - Not bad, but very very noisy on certain surfaces.
Michelin Pilot Primacy - Worst tyres I had, at 16k km pieces of the tyres were literally falling off exposing the side-wall on 2/4 of them. But, they did grip well. Unfortunately the tyre place said it was road surface damage which i found a bit hard to believe as it happened more over time but anyway...

Dunlop - Pretty good, no complaints actually they lasted well, gripped well too.
Firestone - also pretty good, no complaints with them, gripped well too but wore rather quickly.

Generally i think more places make good tyres today though, unless its something very very fast and you need insane levels of grip you can't go too wrong with whats out there.
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Michelin is considered a premium brand and tends to make tyres sourced by high-performance car manufacturers, notably Ferrari and Porsche. This points to them making soft(er) compound tyres than most of the other tyre manufacturers, which could explain the high wear rate you experienced with them.
 
Nexen is a good tyre. Have them currently on my Lexus (Nexen AU5) and it is as quiet as the previous Conti PremiumContact 6.

Wear also seems pretty good, done about 40k km and about 5-6mm thread left. They are also the OEM tyre for the Audi A3 these days....
 
thestaggy said:
Michelin is considered a premium brand and tends to make tyres sourced by high-performance car manufacturers, notably Ferrari and Porsche. This points to them making soft(er) compound tyres than most of the other tyre manufacturers, which could explain the high wear rate you experienced with them.
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Iv had Pilot super sport and Pilot Sport 4, and they get more than primacy (which is meant to to last longer) so those primacy's dont seem right
 
thestaggy said:
Michelin is considered a premium brand and tends to make tyres sourced by high-performance car manufacturers, notably Ferrari and Porsche. This points to them making soft(er) compound tyres than most of the other tyre manufacturers, which could explain the high wear rate you experienced with them.
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Brand <> Compound

Which is why every brand has a multitude or tyre models offering different compounds for different needs.
 
UPDATE:
Decided to go to Koenic in Edenvale. Thanks @dillinger
Spent R5500 total for Dunlops tyres + fitment etc and I'm very happy.

Tyres feel a bit more "grippy" than the worn out Continentals I had. But otherwise they feel mostly the same.

Thanks again to everyone for their responses :)
 
I do recommend Continentals, smacked so many potholes, not one bubble.

Car previously had some cheap chinese kak on them, one pothole = 1 bubble. Rubbish.
 
Rickster said:
I do recommend Continentals, smacked so many potholes, not one bubble.

Car previously had some cheap chinese kak on them, one pothole = 1 bubble. Rubbish.
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Previous tyres were Continentals and they were solid even though they were pretty much finished as they were smooth as hell.

I would've kept them in for longer but one tyre died on me and switched to spare (which was also finished). With rainy season coming I didn't wanna risk hydroplaning. Also if I had another flat - I'd be stuck.

Considered Continentals but they're way to expensive... so Dunlops was the obvious choice. And it still broke the bank :(
 
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