Category: Reifen & Felgen Forum

A friendly hello in the round, I have the following problem: On the internet I bought a new set of tires from a large tyre dealer. After mounting in a master workshop one of the tires has burst when balancing. The manufacturer sees as the reason on the sent pictures a mounting error, but can not explain it further. A material error in the production excludes this categorically. The dealer offered me replacement, only honestly said am I am not exactly convinced of the tires due to the defect. Here are the photos of the two (!) defective places (about 15 cm apart) from inside and outside. Have you ever had similar experiences? What do you think, can you fix a new tire, a few weeks old, so that it looks like that?

Hello, I was told today by the tyre dealer that changing the tires to the rim would take an hour. The summer tires have to get off the rim and the winter tires should be on it. I am supposed to expect 120€. It is a Kia Sportage with 245/45 19 inches and RDKS. Another dealer wants 100€ if I buy new tires from him. Is now no surprise that the assembly here is cheaper if I buy new tires. 19 inches and SUV?

Hello guys, I just came from the workshop and just have to ask you …. the following facts. Three – four weeks ago I bought new tyres and had them pulled up by a workshop on my rims. This morning arrived at the vehicle three of my four tyres were visibly flat (car stood for a week in the parking lot). Then drove to the workshop (approx. 500 m) and received the notification that all four metal valves are broken. The replacement of the valve If a valve had been broken, I wouldn’t have had a problem with the whole thing. However, I find it very strange that all four valves would have broken at once. Would the workshop have had to check the metal valves in the case of new tyres? Is there any protection for me? What do you think about it?

Hello, I am looking for a winter tyre recommendation in 235/40 R18 95V for my Mercedes E-Class A207 convertible, as my desired rim would be available again. My favorite would be the Conti TS850P, but it has already been on the hump for a few years, with its predecessor 830P and also the old 810 in size are still available. Performance is important to me, price aspects are rather second-ranking (but should not sound arrogant now, I am already economical, but not at the wrong end). My KM performance is rather low in winter, which can change, however. Since I don’t necessarily need the WR this winter 2017/2018 but probably only later, I could still wait for the successor (is there already something known??) or just at short notice to avoid Conti850P or a better recommendation from you. What do the experts advise me here?

Hello! I wanted to mount the winter tires on the car today, I noticed that a tire has a indentation. Looks like a pressure point. I’m not sure if the tire is to be replaced or not. Basically I’m rather careful with the tires and don’t enter a riskio, but I’m not sure with the tires. They’re no longer the latest ones from 2014 and in part the profile is strangely worn out. However, the profile depth should still be right and the rubber mixture feels What do you think? Would be good if I could have an assessment of you pros 🙂 (I know of course that nobody is responsible for his advice and no one knows when a tire will burst or not). I have attached the photos. Let me know if you need more. Thank you

Hello to the forum, we just had the topic with the tires “…from O to O…”, October to Easter. Now the winter tires have been on it since October, we have November and an outside temperature of 15 to 18 degrees, for which the tires are not intended. Suppose it happens an accident, because the braking path has extended through the “wrong” tires. How is this rated by the reviewer/court? Thank you

Hello, I ordered new aluminium wheels and winter tyres for my Golf 7 from a tyre dealer and had them mounted 2 weeks ago. The rims have an ECE report according to which the rims have to be mounted with serial screws (i.e. ball waistband). It seemed a bit strange to me that new screws were used to mount the tires and not the screws of the summer tyres with VW rim. After I had to balance up again yesterday, I noticed that now all at once other On direct demand, I learned from the fitter that the wrong wheel screws (so probably cone bundle) were mounted and he now mounted the right ones. The rim would not have been damaged. Today, when screwing, I once turned out a screw and looked at everything. There are now actually ball bundle screws mounted. In the mounting of the rim, however, one sees a clear impression which probably the cone bundle screws lagged. In my opinion, this is completely unacceptable and the rims are definitely damaged. The question is now this is a safety technical defect or simply an optical unbeauty?

Hi, everybody, I disposed of a set of tires yesterday at our dealer. 1 tire now costs 3.- Where do you dispose of your worn tires?

Hello people! Yes I know, again such a boring decision thread. However, this year I have to buy winter tyres in size 225/45/17 and am not sure which one. Vehicle: Volvo S60 with 130Ps, front wheel Driving profile: A lot of curvy federal road, time and again highway, always untidy or poorly cleared climbs. Budget is up to 100€ per tire. Have read some reviews and for me the Nokian D4 (where is the difference to D3 & A4?) d the Goodyear Ultragrip performance emerges as a favorite. Which of the 2 would you prefer? With good reason also equivalent alternatives. Thank you in advance! LG Maximilian

In 2014, when winter and summer tyres were simply hardened with sufficient profile, we only put on winter tyres Conti TS850 185/60R15. The reason was that at 450 meters of altitude we got quite good snow and ice and all-year tires were not available with convincing winter characteristics at the time. With the rear tyres the calculation was up, they are now still top. Although front tyres still have 5.5 – 6 mm profile in the middle, they are now moving outwards to 2 mm. What do you think? Buy new TS860? Or take Crossclimate + for the front now? They seem to be a corner better than all year-round tyres from 2014, although only with satisfactory snow.