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ah yes, I'm not worried about fuel economy ! I was wondering if that was an indicator of the hardness of the tyre. On a modern car we had some Dunlop rain clearing tyres (or some such marketing ploy) at one time, looked nice, but were rock solid horrid tyres. TBH, I was just wondering what people were fitting these days, if there's not a clear cut "this is suiting", then I'll just choose. I really can't remember what size wheels they are, it's on wires, 175/70's look about right on the car, and it used to run well on them, but at the moment it's riding really hard, due to some very old tyres ! cheers Dave.

This is the problem isn't it, both of those come up on etyres in the size I want, and they say "fuel economy : F". (on a scale of A to G, G being worst) This probably means they are softer than a "C" Goodyear. Which means that the Kumho could be better, and the Goodyear might be really hard. Mind you, the Pirelli's are "F" as well. what to do, what to do.

thanks for the replies, I remember when I fitted them that the advice was "don't go near a Dunlop, they're too noisy" IIRC the Michelins were very hard. ETyres have a Pirelli P4, a Dunlop, a Goodyear, a continental, a Michelin, etc etc. So, plenty of tyres brands, just wondered if any are particularly suiting Spitfires at the minute. If not, I'll pick a reasonable brand and a tread pattern I like ;-)

Hi all, new here and need some current advice on tyres. Have a MkIII Spit that's back on the road after ~10 years laid up. Have owned it approx 20. When I laid it up it was running on Pirelli P2000 175/70R13 which suited it at the time. Obviously they don't exist any more ! I searched the forum, but can't find what people are currently fitting. If I should be looking somewhere for reviews, please point me in the right direction. I need 4 new ones on a slightly stiffened MKIII Spit. So, I know this is a subjective question, but what's current favourite brand these days. (runs for cover to observe from the sidelines)