Exige tyres

[Sam Exige]

The rear tyres on my Exige need replacing and to my horror I find I can only get the Yokohama A048 from Lotus for £170 each. By the way, one dealership wants to charge £85 to fit the tyres!

Anyway, what are the viable alternatives to the Yokohamas? I do use the car on track days, so still want the soft compound semi slick type of tyre.

[boggy]

Hi all,

I'm watching this space as I also want an Exige, I'm sure you can get slightly cheaper tyre's than that

Boggy

[cuzza]

Might be worth looking at Toyo R888s - not sure if the sizes will be right though. Kumho and Dunlop do a track day style tyre too.

[bogie]

Toyo R888s - but they arnt much cheaper...should be £10 a corner to fit...try one of the specialists like www.sinclairebodyshop.co.uk for a better price...generally about £600-650 for a set of 4 though...thought that was quite reasonable myself...you can apy more than that for tyres for a exec saloon !

[jfrf]

cheapest price i have had is 155 for each rear which is a fitted price.
just shop around and ask to price match
the r888 is the only real alternative but probably wont save much money

[Davey S1]

Eliseparts.com do AO48's cheaper than dealers. Shouldnt cost much to get a local fitter to put them on

Or

Check out the Bookatrack venues. They also sell AO48's cheaper than dealers and will fit them for you at the track for £10 per corner(you dont have to be doing the trackday btw)

[bob_defly]

Just had the rears replaced, mine were £169 incl VAT anf fitting. Stick to AO48's if you want to keep the grip levels high, others will be worse in the dry..

[scotte]

i thought the AO48's were desiged for the exige's light weight hence less of a normal tyre would be pressing on the road if used on the exige - hence the AO48's address that problem. is this not true ?

i asked a local garage if they would fit tyres that are ordered online and delivered to them - they quoted £5 per tyre.... which is nice.

would be interested in the cheapest online price for AO48's if someone finds them.

cheers
scott

[bogie]

A048 LTS compound are only available via dealers generally

[scotte]

really ? not even at eliseparts website ?

[scotte]

what about here ?

www.bell-colvill.co.uk/LotusShop/Details.asp?Id=AD07

[scotte]

that would be a dealer doh !

[bogie]

yep - Eliseparts do them...think they may be sourcing them through a dealer though...dosent matter theres not much to be saved to be honest.

[scotte]

www.eliseparts.com shows:

Exige Yokohama A039 Tyres
FULL SET £ 619.80
FRONT 16" (each) £ 129.95
REAR 17" (each) £ 179.95

EXIGE Yokohama A048 tyres
Full Car Set £518
Front Pair £236
Rear Pair £286

Are both these the standard for the the ExigeS2 ?

Whats the differece ?

Cheers
Scott

[Davey S1]

Bookatrack and Eliseparts are the only places other than main dealers who can supply AO48's that I have come across

[moles]

scotte said:

www.eliseparts.com shows: Exige Yokohama A039 Tyres FULL SET £ 619.80 FRONT 16" (each) £ 129.95 REAR 17" (each) £ 179.95 EXIGE Yokohama A048 tyres Full Car Set £518 Front Pair £236 Rear Pair £286 Are both these the standard for the the ExigeS2 ? Whats the differece ? Cheers Scott

The 39's are /were the standard tyre for the S1 Exige better than 48's in the wet same amount of tread but more expensive. The 48's have a rating of 60 on the side for tyre softness, the 39's are 120 so should last twice as long in theory, and toyo's are around 220 I think.

[scotte]

moles said:

...and toyo's are around 220 I think.

sorry more questions.

what are toyo's ?

do you have a link ?

cheers
scott

[cross-eyed-twit]

www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m12b99s669p1601


this is a Toyo R888.

[scotte]

thanks.

[rixge]

Have a look on www.blackcircles.com and see if their site offers any bargains.