Downgrading wheel and tyre size

BeenThroughItAll

aeroblade wrote: »

Very mature...

Pot


Kettle


Black*


*Or should that be 'dark', Darkmatter? Or are you still trying to pretend you're not him?

BeenThroughItAll

photome wrote: »

Did you read the OP or are you still dreaming of your M series while driving your yaris

Is that what they're calling it these days?


Careful you don't go 'driving your Yaris' too much DM, or you'll go blind.

dannyrst

Please bear in mind you will also have "Less Desirable" wheels on the car at the point of sale. So if you are planning on selling anytime soon, it may be worth keeping the larger alloys.

FreddieFrugal

Success!! Found another complete set and this time got them before anyone else. Picking up tomorrow. For £25 less than the other set.

The price difference is not £60-£80 for 4 tyres 'aeroblade',

£360 - £240 = £120

Now if you're in a position where a £120 saving isn't worth making then great for you! But I am not. Motoring is expensive enough anyway with paying out for unnecessary extra costs.

I've got the alloys for £115 add the new tyres £240 = £355

So cheaper than a new set of 17s. Once I've sold the old alloys that's more money recouped as well. But main reason is that if I have to replace a damaged or worn tyre in the future (likely as I'm keeping car until it croaks) then I'm saving 30-50% on the cost.

I'm obviously going to check that the wheels are in good condition before I hand money over. The alloy style is correct for my model and age focus.

The difference in resale price will be negligible anyway. When I was originally researching my car, I was looking at lots of the same trim, mileage, engine cars. This one was only one with 17s and it was actually the cheapest of the lot. So I don't think having alloys 1 inch larger than standard trim fit really matters much. If anything it's a turn off! At least in my view.

When I was looking at reviews of the Nissan Note around the same time, a big complaint that kept cropping up was that the top spec trim had tyre sizes that only one or two companies manufactured, meaning that they were very expensive. Also the large rims and small rubber depth meant that it also ruined the ride comfort. Honest John reviews seem to point out same issue on many cars and recommends the smaller rims.

Also what's all this complaining about effort!? There is no effort involved at all. I needed to change tyres anyway. I'm just asking the fitter to put new ones on a different set of alloys and balance as he would have done anyway. That's not complicated.

The rear ones were running on the front and were incredibly misaligned before I bought it from dealer. They were moved to the back and then realigned by an independent tyre fitters and the old ones replaced. They've done nearly 40k since then so they don't owe me anything, only budget make tyres.

Johno100

IanRi wrote: »

The difference in resale price will be negligible anyway. When I was originally researching my car, I was looking at lots of the same trim, mileage, engine cars. This one was only one with 17s and it was actually the cheapest of the lot. So I don't think having alloys 1 inch larger than standard trim fit really matters much. If anything it's a turn off! At least in my view.

Well then you wouldn't like my Focus with 18" wheels and 225 40 Y 18 tyres.

FreddieFrugal

Johno100 wrote: »

Well then you wouldn't like my Focus with 18" wheels and 225 40 Y 18 tyres.

Not as badly as you'd think! Those are actually less expensive than mine! :eek: Insanity I tell you!

aeroblade

Is there really a £30 cost difference between the 2 size tyres? Hard to believe as one is only an inch bigger in diameter. Were you comparing like for like tyres or budget to premium ones?

bigjl

aeroblade wrote: »

Is there really a £30 cost difference between the 2 size tyres? Hard to believe as one is only an inch bigger in diameter. Were you comparing like for like tyres or budget to premium ones?

The cost of a tyre relates to how many they sell.

The mk2 Mondeo had a really odd size tyre fitted on some models, 1.8 Petrol Verona in my case. I am sure it was a 205/50/16

And they were as much as 50% dearer than a similar sized tyre that was more popular.

As some Mondeo owners did fit the other tyre to save money, when I bought the car the rears where both the wrong size, 195/55/16 I think.

My dad had an almost identical car from new, 97R, and he wasn't impressed at the cost of the tyres come replacement time. Living in a rural area they had to be specially ordered, I think they were Vredesteins.

Compare the price of a common tyre like a 205/45/17 with the 205/50/17 and you should find the 50 series is more costly.

FreddieFrugal

aeroblade wrote: »

Is there really a £30 cost difference between the 2 size tyres? Hard to believe as one is only an inch bigger in diameter. Were you comparing like for like tyres or budget to premium ones?

Like for like. It's £15-20 difference between bottom of budget on both sets. £30-£40 between Goodyear/Bridgestone/continental. Per individual tyre.

FreddieFrugal

bigjl wrote: »

The cost of a tyre relates to how many they sell.

indeed, as I've stated previously, I've hardly seen any other Focus cars on the road with my wheels.