Remould or not to remould??

[Deleted Member]

That is the question? :lol:
I'm in the process of deciding which set of tyres to get?
I was tempted by the idea of buying a set of remoulds on rims from 4x4at and changing them when i'm going to be doing some offroading,and changing back to the road tyres when i get home.
What is the general concencise on remoulds,bearing in mind i will probibly be towing with them as well!!
Or should i spend a little more and get a good tyre that i'll get more miles out of.
I've heard all these stories of remoulds ripping up when towing or motorway driving!
So! what should i go for??
And which is the best make to go for??

steve

[jace]

remoulds have to be kite marked nowadays so in theory as good as new tyre or at least not as bad as they used to be! unless there made in china!

[Terranosaurus]

Make sure they are speed rated to whatever speed your vehicle is supposed to be fitted with, not what speed you do. People are fitting basic spec tyres to big powerful trucks and then being surprised when they shred them despite runnig within the speed rating.

Having said that my yokos are obviously new tyre and they balance up really easily and have really good road manners, whereas Machos are a copy of them and usually take a lot more lead (well zinc these days) to balance them and people do comment about their road manners.

If you're going to buy them as a second set then remoulds are probably worthwhile but if your only tyres I'd buy new ones. If getting a second set I'd consider getting a cheap nut gun off ebay, I got an 18v impact gun and 18v drill with 2 batteries and a charger plus some crappy sockets and drills for £26. Now it's not capable of massive lbft but for changing wheels and other jobs its a god send. That and get a decent trolley jack, proper full size chassis one, between them thos 2 will make changing your wheels over much less bother and help you with lots of other jobs to.

A new cheaper make of tyre is often as good and cheaper than a remould.

If your only using them for occasional off roading then a cheapish tyre or remold will suffice, as for towing it would depend on your useage, how far how often and distance. I certainly wouldn't want to be towing for any distance on proper off road tyres of any make, and certainly not on remolds, plus your speed will be restricted.

A proper off road tyre affects handling on the road and can make the vehicle wallow as well as causing horrendus road noise :lol: in your cabin space.

I'd consider getting a cheap nut gun off ebay, I got an 18v impact gun and 18v drill with 2 batteries and a charger plus some crappy sockets and drills for £26. Now it's not capable of massive lbft but for changing wheels and other jobs its a god send..

I agree on all your comments in your post but don't forget places like makro, I got a 12v (runs on cigarette lighter plug) impact driver with 4 impact driver sockets from Makro for £10. Excellant bit of kit and capable of torques over 100Lb ft (I spun the wheels nuts back on and checked them!!) A cordless multi speed(14v rechargeable) drill for speeding the wheel nuts(I use it for the caravan steadies) cost me £9 in the sale at Sainsburys

[Boggert]

I'm currently on my second set of Colways, the first set were on a Grand Vitara, great tyres good on the road and off road.

I have just put a new set on my Terrano. I did have a small problem with one tyre, but Colway had a new one on my door with in 24 hours, free of charge. Can't complain at that.

My mate is running them on his jeep and rates them very highly.


www.sowdentyres.co.uk

[t-jay]

i,m getting collway mt's (235/70/r15's)fitted all round on monday. guy at the garage said he has been using collways on all of his vehicles for the last eight years and had no problems.

[marky]

before i had been shown the error of my ways i had a range rover classic with bronco amazon remoulds, could not fault them off road, seemed ok towing the caravan too, however probably would not go for them again would prefer some branded news! just for peace of mind.

[KillerPete]

I,ve got Colway AT's on mime, seams to run ok and I've had know problems towing.

[Deleted Member S]

I've had nothing but trouble from remolds over the years :evil: Ok they were fitted to a few cars when I bought them but have had tread coming off, turning into eggs & having blow outs at speed :evil: As we don't have much money we went for AT's to try & get the best of both worlds :roll: When funds allow going to try & get a set of steel wheels for off road & may consider remolds like colway MT's as they won't be used all the time :?

[jace]

i tore the tread blocks off general grabbers mine came with other than that they stuck pretty good

[Deleted Member]

I guess it's down to personal experience then,will just have to hound some places for the cheapest good tyres! like the idea of a second set to change though!!
I've never used remoulds on my previous cars,to many bad stories of people going down the motorways and the tyre breaking up!!
I'll have something on for this weekend though!!

[Deleted Member S]

I'll have something on for this weekend though!!

I would hope so as there would be sparks flying & you'd have no wheels left by the time you get there :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cosmic PM sent to you

[(RIP) PLANK]

Well i have had some experience of remolds in the past i had a set on an old van of mine years a go and towed a huge caravan all over the country i wore them right down to bald towing most days and neerhad any issues with them!
My transit is due for new tyres (a bald spare and oone on the limint, plus a nail sticking out of another) especially as it spends a fair bit of time 'off road' and could do with some more tread.

I have had a price of £107 delivered for 4 195 r 14 c tyres (106 load rating) that are winter pattern and studable! so I think that may be the way i am going as well, bear in mind i tow some prettty large trailers most days and also have the van pretty loaded up right to the weight limit (sometimes a little over :wink: ) every day!

[(RIP) PLANK]

here is the colway remould link i tried:

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk

[knotting-pot]

I have read somewhere recently and will try to find the link but we may have no choice soon. There is a growing number of people who think due to the carbon footprint etc that we will be forced into accepting remoulds as a more environmentally aware method of manufacturing tyres.

[(RIP) PLANK]

If you check colway's home page there is a lot of info on the environmental issues and all of their tyres now comply, I beleive the 'greenway' brand they have launched reffers to this environmental initiative.

I have dodged the new tyre issue once again by fitting two part worn tyres o both our T2 and my transit, i really am to mean to part with the cash :lol:

I did as my info suggests fit a full brand new set of BFG's too my last T2 but having exspensive tyres makes you scared to use them off road! at least with colway a branch through the side wall halves the replacement cost!

[JonathanM]

there are some good tyre suppliers who frequent Difflock & mud club forms, Mark Sowden (Sowden tyres) springs to mind.
I use Kumho MT's, did price Colways etc, but for the same sort of money (might have been £3 more per tyre IIRC) the Kumho's seemed like a good buy, and have not let me down.

I don't really liek towing with the MT's though, doesn't seem as stable as it should be - but that may be because day to day I use 16" rims & tyres, and the MT's are on some 15" rims, so have a larger sidewall profile.

[Terranosaurus]

here is the colway remould link i tried:

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk

Or just go direct to Colway Tyres (http://www.colwaytyres.co.uk/)

[jace]

these people do alsorts remoulds and new
www.4site4x4.co.uk

[(RIP) PLANK]

here is the colway remould link i tried:

http://www.tyresdirectuk.co.uk

Or just go direct to Colway Tyres (http://www.colwaytyres.co.uk/)

yes but as the thread says colway dont sell to the public the link, i added was from their site they are colways recomended online supplier - here we go again?

[Deleted Member]

Ok folks,thanks for all the personal thoughts! as usual giving food for thought,i have decided to go with my mate who has advised on a new tyre but one which i should see the best part of upto 40k..so the mileage i do,that should be a few years at least i'll get out them!!!
I'm sure they were either Grabber or General AT2 tyres he said,getting them fitted on Wed, costing £340 :o
Not to bad for 4 decent tyres!
Going to see if i can get some more money off,i'm keeping my road tyres,so should not get charged for the disposal of tyres!
should be all set for the weekend now :P :P

We have remoulds on Trooper, Dakar something, they are same tread pattern as BFG Muds (but for a set they are the same price as 1 BFG :lol: ) they are excellent off-road and on-road. But as said they have to be certified or whatever.

Saying that our mate who moved to Russia, used to run cheap russian remould mud terrains, massive chunky things on his Cherokee, can't have been certified for UK but they lasted 9,000miles with snow studs on them, which is what I'm getting for vitara.

Anyway have you tried snowden tyres?

Anyway have you tried snowden tyres?

I should read all the way thru 1st :oops: :lol:

[jace]

thats what i had but i was ripping tread blocks outve tyres on road exelent off road though look nice chunky aswell.ive gone for more road biased tyres this time as trucks spending most tme bombing up motorways at mo it did leamington to devon and back then leamington manchester/back then leamington to north wales an back all in about fortnight!