Thread: 9.00 16 Tyres

Rang them - they have not heard of Alliance Tyres and did not know they were a dealer for them - they are a Bridgstone and Continental Tyre dealer.

However they are checking.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Rang them - they have not heard of Alliance Tyres and did not know they were a dealer for them - they are a Bridgstone and Continental Tyre dealer...

Garry

That's a bit interesting but probably correct. 18 months ago when I was looking for 9.00 16 I found the Alliance on the Tyres 4U site, sent an email to them then received a reply from Chalmer's Truck Tyre Service in Euston Road Alexandria. Apparently Tyres4U had forwarded on the contact.

You may have to do that, you also may have to find a truck tyre service that can handle such a large case.

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Tyres 4U Tyres 4U are the importer and their local distributor is "ACT Tyre Brake & Mechanical"

The tyre is listed on their website MPT; NATO Traction Lug Special



Diana

Spoke to Tyres4U - very helpful. There about 10 of these tyres in country with a new shipment about to arrive. The Canberra dealer is Central Tyre Service - who I rang price is just under $400 a tyre - about half the cost of Michelins, the same price as the Firestone bar treads and just under double the price of MRF bar treads/sand grips.

Another door seems to open on the tyre front.

Garry

At $400 it only $20 more than it was from Chalmers Tyre service 18 months ago.

I prefer the NATO pattern over bar tread if only because of the grooves in the bars as well as the bars themselves.

What I won't say is that I actually did some re-grooving of a couple of Alliance NATO pattern Traction Grip. Ron will most probably agree with me that only tyres branded regroovable should be re-grooved.

Also I sharn't say the same thing about some 12.00 20 Dunlop NATO pattern tyres and re-grooving. (Honest officer - I didn't re-groove the tyre, there was no groove that low in the first place). No I haven't gone below the wear indicator bars. But doesn't it make a worn appearence look like it actually has the life indicated by the wear indicator bars.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

What I won't say is that I actually did some re-grooving of a couple of Alliance NATO pattern Traction Grip.

You just did say it.

Oh - and you are being missed on the Series 1 Club site - there is even a thread just on you being MIA.
http://www.lrsoc.com/forum/index.php...07.0;topicseen

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

You just did say it.

Oh - and you are being missed on the Series 1 Club site - there is even a thread just on you being MIA.
Garry

What me? Said what? I deny all and everything I said!

BTW: On the LRSOC, that is someone else called Diane!

Diana

P.S. I was thinking about taking a new identity: What do you think about "Sue Narmee"?

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

On the LRSOC, that is someone else called Diane!

Diana

P.S. I was thinking about taking a new identity: What do you think about "Sue Narmee"?

So there is a Diane from Australia on the club site?

Took me a while to get the new name - but got it now.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

So there is a Diane from Australia on the club site?

There must be a Diane, has another name Antechinus and is a member of the Forward Control / 1 Ton forum!



Garry - who was the fourth 101 at the Winter Rally, not Ron or Iain, I thought that he had Alliance tyres on his 101 or were they regular bar tread.

I know Miss Guided II had Alliance Traction Lugs when Steve Priestly had it, although they were worn out by the time that he sold it to Iain.

Diana