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MG MGF Technical - Pirrelli P7000

Hi guys,
Just about to have some Pirrelli P7000's put on the back (£87 each) - anyone used these before?

I already have Goodyear NCT3's on the front, will these go ok together?

Regards,

Mike Gibson
Mike Gibson

You should be okay with that combination. The P7000 is a far superior tyre to the NCT-3, so the worse you'll find is more understeer (be wary about the rear end though, until the greasy new tyres 'bed - in'). A few folks have used P7000s on their F's in the past, and the tyre has a good rating on the BBS tyre survey.

The P7000 also did very well in the Autocar tyre test (this week's edition). Shame more high performance tyres weren't tried though :o(
Rob Bell

Rob,

just had a look at the tyres that they have fitted and they are not P7000 but P6000, when I asked he said that they don't do P7000??? is this right?

Regards,
Mike Gibson
Mike Gibson

Mike

I suggest you tell them to stop speaking out of their exhausts!

see:-

http://www.pirelli.co.uk/en_GB/tyres/catalog/tyre_product.jhtml;jsessionid=WUUEGJTBX1DSPFYKH5CSFFA?selected=size&catid=UK_UHP&productid=2113

Ted
Ted Newman

HI m8


P6000 are good , but its the P7000 that won all the awards.This is where the P7000 warent their money and the price you paid looks like a slighter cheaper 7000 or a costly 6000.

Anyway best thing you can do is dump the Fronts

Hope this helps
paul

i would take P6000 back and ask them to fit P7000 that you asked for. Dave
DC Morris

Mike

The P7000 don't come in a size available for a 15" wheel. (So the guy's right)
Matthew Minion

P7000™
Size range
35
215/35 ZR18TL 84Y
265/35 ZR18TL 93Y
40
215/40 ZR17TL 83W
215/40 ZR18TL 85W
225/40 ZR16TL 85W
225/40 ZR18TL 88Y
235/40 ZR18TL 91Y
45
205/45 ZR16TL 83W
215/45 ZR17TL 87W
215/45 ZR17TL 87W(a)
225/45 ZR16TL 89W
225/45 ZR17TL 91W
235/45 ZR17TL 94W
50
195/50 R15TL 82V
205/50 R15TL 86V
215/50 ZR15TL 88W
225/50 ZR16TL 92W


Ted

Mike, I'm getting worried about your tyre dealer.

As Ted has posted above:

>>
195/50 R15TL 82V
205/50 R15TL 86V
<<

These are fine for your car. They don't do the 'standard' 185/55 R15 size, but that's not a problem: use the 195/50 R15. But you were asking for the rears, and that is 205/50 R15, so yes, P7000s DO come in the correct size.
Rob Bell

Guys, Rob,
thanks for all your advise on the tyres.

The guys at the tyre place are normally good but I dealt with the new guy so as you can expect, just thinks that he knows everything!!

Very happy with the tyres but think that I got charged for P7000 instead of the P6000 that I have. Plus I was told that all tyre prices went up in January - but it wasn't the tyre dealers that told me this, does anyone know if this is true?

Regards,
Mike Gibson
Mike Gibson

Mike
I have been running P7000 on the back and still have the old GNCTs on the front. I have covered about 10K miles on this combination and found the Pirellis superb in all types of weather.

I paid about £80 from Elite tyres at Rainham about a year ago.

david
david stonehouse

This thread was discussed between 30/01/2003 and 01/02/2003

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