Tyred of Looking!

[Toffer]

Following the recent bad weather, is there a national tyre shortage?
As I have been unable to find any this week anywhere, I am waiting a couple of weeks hoping tyres become available...
I need two each of "Y" rated 245/45R18 and 265/40R18 (could use 275/40R18) tyres and I do not want "run flats", as I do not like them.
Any ideas welcome...

[Tango13]

I've got a couple of Goodyear Eagle F1 275/35 R18s (I think) that have done less than 500 miles sitting in my garage doing nothing. I took them off my M5 as they didn't suit the car. PM me if interested.

[trickywoo]

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m61b0s...

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m61b0s...

[Toffer]

Hi Tango! Thank you for the kind offer, but I want to keep the front and rear effective tyre diameters similar, so need the sizes specified. Thanks again for your suggestion! Toffer

[jon-]

Lots of availability from the European boys, value tyres, tyretraders etc.

Check out http://www.tyresearcher.com/Browse_Tyre-Size_18.ht...

[Toffer]

Hi Trickywoo! Thank you for the hyper-links to Camskills.

They are based in Cumbria (I am near Cambridge), but they can deliver tyres to me, but I then need to find a tyre fitter willing to fit and balance them.

None of the "usual on-line tyre suppliers" have tyres for my car (MB S320CDi on AMG 18" rims)!

A couple of months ago, my local tyre shop (a well known chain) said that their health and safety people had told them not to fit tyres that had not been sourced by themselves.

Looking at the links, it appears the only same manufacturer.tread pattern tyres available for front and back are the FALKEN FK 452...and the rears have to be 275/40R18 rather than the manufacturer's specified 265/40R18 (I don't think this really matters), as there is loads of clearance in the wheel arches and the 275 tyre provided exactly the same effective diameter as the 245/45R18.

I never realised it could be so difficult to find a set of tyres...Unbelievable?

Thank you again for your help, I will investigate some local tyre fitters...

Toffer

[Toffer]

Hello Jon_

Fantastic website and extremely helpful...thank you PHers!

[pits]

Recently used a site called
http://www.clickontyres.com/

Really good service, UK based and have some winter tyres in stock.

[Toffer]

Thanks Pits!

The problem I am having, is finding the two correct size tyres for front and rear, from the same manufacturer and same tread pattern...with a "Y" speed rating and decent load performance (the MB S series weighs in at around 2 tons)