Michelin synchrone

I'm looking for a Michelin Synchrone tyre 225/55 R17, needs to have 8mm tread. If anyone has an unused spare I'd be very interested

Cheers, craw

you will be lucky I would have loved a full set and missed to new ones on fleabay but I did want 4 I think Singvogel has 2 look for him on here

teddywood1 said:

you will be lucky I would have loved a full set and missed to new ones on fleabay but I did want 4 I think Singvogel has 2 look for him on here

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Oh, I did have 4 for sale at one point when I switched to all Conti 235/55 17 size for both my summer and winter tyres - but they are all long gone to new homes now.

They must be pretty scarce nowadays.

Good luck in your quest.

Singvogel.

I have a brand new one on my spare, probably won't get used as i have 235/55/17 STR's on

pardec said:

I have a brand new one on my spare, probably won't get used as i have 235/55/17 STR's on

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Same here

Prices on eBay have been well over £100 just for the tyre, they look good in the photo's but could be at least 10 years old and end up with the side walls cracking just like my fronts had.

Michelin Synchrones are still on sale new in the Czech Republic viz:

MICHELIN 4X4 SYNCHRONE 225/55 R17 101 H - Zbo?í.cz

However aren't cheap at approx 145 pounds each...without delivery.

HI Guys
I have a 225/55/R17 Synchrone as a spare that has been covered all its life and is in 'As new' condition. However I dont want to waste it and would like to get it used either alongside another on my own car or as a swap for a Pirelli Scorpion which I'm using at the moment. So I'm prepared to swap my spare for a Scorpion or pay for your UNUSED one.

I HATE waste and it's annoying me that my spare doesn't have a match.

Any takers?

nickcc said:

Prices on eBay have been well over £100 just for the tyre, they look good in the photo's but could be at least 10 years old and end up with the side walls cracking just like my fronts had.

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If you do look on ebay ask the seller to check the dates on the sidewall before you bid.
As nickkcc warns, people never seem to think about declaring the age of tyres on ebay and the two sync’s with 6mm+ I bought early last year were 2006. (Didn’t check ‘til I got home…..)

Although they looked fine off the rim, as soon as they were inflated they had more cracks on the walls than I was prepared to use.

They ended up in the bin!

Mine is 2004, fully inflated, no damage

Both my front synchrones were quite elderly and had 5mm of tread, unfortunately the one was split in the tread, which I was unable to see, and failed the mot. Elderly tyres on low mileage cars can be knackered as I found to my cost. If a tyre has been sat as a spare for 7 years you may find the rubber has perished resulting in splits in the side walls and treads.

Skynet said:

Mine is 2004, fully inflated, no damage

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It's not just the age of the tyre that matters as to whether it's still serviceable.

The service life of a tyre is a cumulative function of several factors - storage, stowage, rotation, and service conditions - including inflation pressure.

Tyres exposed to sunlight and / or high temperatures soon show signs of deterioration - check a low-mileage caravan that has stood in the sun of a holiday resort.

This is why a Freelander spare tyre should be covered - at least during the summertime.

10 years is usually given as the recommended max age before renewal - so the 2006 tyres mentioned in the earlier post that had to be scrapped were sure to have been used or stored badly.

LOL my spare is the original michelin 4x4 that was fitted in 2000