I also have Vredesteins but on 19'' rims . I cant fault them so far but have not really pushed them really hard yet ......
Vredesteins - Not All They Cracked Up To Be :( - Updated
Well, Ive ran the Vredestein Sessantas for 3-4k miles now. And to be honest I really cant decide if I like them. My problem is, that I really dont like the way they 'feel'. I ran a full set of Kumho Ku31's before these and although the Kumho's were pretty pants in the wet, at least they felt the way they were going to perform. By that I mean I knew when they were goign to slide because you could feel them starting to break away.
Now the Vredesteins on the other hand are grippy, very grippy in either wet or dry, but I really cant tell when they are going to break away. They feel like they are going to slide all the time, but they dont and then all of a sudden they break free. Not happy with these at all. I cant gett eh pressures right, anything over 38 psi, the steering just lightens up far too much. Anything under 38 and they just feel too soft. On top of all this, I have had all 4 balanced 4 times at different tyre shops, and none of them can balance them right.
Anyway, went back to the garage I got them from, and they rang Vredestein who are sending one of their reps all the way from Northampton to Newcastle to meet me, check the tyres and hopefully offer me a refund so I can go and get me some Eagle F1's. Fingers crossed. According to the guy that owns the garage, they are likely to offer me a 70% refund on all four wheels at original purchase price
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Cant wait to get these things off, and TBO if they dont offer me a refund, i'm just gonna wash my hands with them and stick to what I know.
Now the Vredesteins on the other hand are grippy, very grippy in either wet or dry, but I really cant tell when they are going to break away. They feel like they are going to slide all the time, but they dont and then all of a sudden they break free. Not happy with these at all. I cant gett eh pressures right, anything over 38 psi, the steering just lightens up far too much. Anything under 38 and they just feel too soft. On top of all this, I have had all 4 balanced 4 times at different tyre shops, and none of them can balance them right.
Anyway, went back to the garage I got them from, and they rang Vredestein who are sending one of their reps all the way from Northampton to Newcastle to meet me, check the tyres and hopefully offer me a refund so I can go and get me some Eagle F1's. Fingers crossed. According to the guy that owns the garage, they are likely to offer me a 70% refund on all four wheels at original purchase price
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Well, I was due to meet the Vredestein rep at 1pm today at the garage that fitted my tyres. Got a phone call this morning at 10am to say that due to traffic issues, he was not going to be able to get up from Northampton to look at my vresdesteins.
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So he just authorised 100% allowance on all four tyres
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Drove down to the tyre shop, 4 new Eagle F1 Assymetrics fitted @ £460 and waiting for a credit note from Vredestein to cover the cost of the new tyres.
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All in all, not happy with the performance of the Vredesteins, but their customer service seems to be more than up to the job.
And as for the Assymetrics, well the ****** awesome. Worlds apart from the Vreds, car drives as it should, tyre walls are loads better and the ST feels loads more stable. Still got a very slight judder at around 75mph but only slight. Gonna check the hub mating surfaces on the weekend. Very happy chappy now, just wish I had put the Assymetrics on originally.
And as for the Assymetrics, well the ****** awesome. Worlds apart from the Vreds, car drives as it should, tyre walls are loads better and the ST feels loads more stable. Still got a very slight judder at around 75mph but only slight. Gonna check the hub mating surfaces on the weekend. Very happy chappy now, just wish I had put the Assymetrics on originally.
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