Goodyear Eagle 255/35 zr18

[Buster 007]

Does anybody know where to get these tyres I have 1 that needs changing on my Sag and finding it hard to source.

Cheers Tony

[so called]

Be careful as they now make them in China and their not as good as the German ones.
My fronts are German and the backs are Chinese and you can see the difference.

Another Tony.

[Buster 007]

Thanks for that, whats the actual problem them and who stocks them in the north?

[shep1001]

Buster 007 said:

Does anybody know where to get these tyres I have 1 that needs changing on my Sag and finding it hard to source.

Cheers Tony

Camskill supply only, or Black Circles. When I got mine, there was a 'fitted option' which you enter your post code for. Find out who the garage is and go ask them to do it cheaper. Got an extra £5 per tyre when I tried this.

[the jollyrodger]

[quote=so called]Be careful as they now make them in China and their not as good as the German ones.
My fronts are German and the backs are Chinese and you can see the difference.

Another Tony.[/quot


im just wondering,what difference do you see?
i cant see any difference in mine,german on front,china on back.

[nelly1]

See here...

[so called]

so called said:

Be careful as they now make them in China and their not as good as the German ones.
My fronts are German and the backs are Chinese and you can see the difference.

Another Tony.

The difference is a bit hard to explain. The tread pattern is the same but the tread on the Chinese ones has distortion where the flutes of the tread come out to the side wall.
Its easier and very obvious if you feel it.
Having said that, if they are on the front then maybe this distortion is scrubbed off ??? Dont know.
I crashed and wrote off my Tuscan because the back end stepped out while on a straight piece of road. I cant say how much the tyres contributed but.....
Having said all that I transfered the SP12's onto my Mk2 Tuscan and so still have the Chinese tyres at the back end but I drive a little more carefully now.
I got a full set from Silverstone Performance with the wheels but I had to change my front 2 whilst in Germany when a nice person cut me up and off the road when he was trying to take a photo of me, so fronts where bought in Germany (and made in Germany).

[Buster 007]

Thanks everybody for your input, but been told today by several suppliers that Goodyear have stopped making the tyre so any ideas would be welcomed

cheers Tony

[thainy77]

If you do a search you will find a fair bit of info but Goodyear have replaced the old F1' with Eagle F1 asymetric tyres which are a lot better especially in the wet. I've got them all round and can highly recommend them, for what thats worth! They don't look as good though.

Like others have said just make sure you get the German version and not the Chinese ones as the side wall materials are nowhere near as good. I got mine at Kwikfit, i could have got them cheaper but needed them fairly rapidly, i had to wait a day for them to be delivered.

HTH.

[Buster 007]

I'm trying to avoid replacing both front tyres and the new tyre is not compatable.

Cheers anyway

[scorcher]

Iwould of thought it was advisable to change tyres in pairs anyway.More so on a high performance car