Lexus UX250F hybrid

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Car is fitted with a Dunlop 225/50RF18 tyres.
offside rear has a puncture in the tyre wall. Need a replacement.

Cannot find this tyre.

Can another run flat tyre be fitted ie another manufacturer or will both rear tyre need replacing.

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Check out the Kwik Fit website......several run flat tyres available there.
I would mix manufacturers but I wouldn’t mix run flat with ordinary tyres.
John
 
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Burnerman said:
Check out the Kwik Fit website......several run flat tyres available there.
I would mix manufacturers but I wouldn’t mix run flat with ordinary tyres.
John
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Thanks for the reply.

called Lexus for price of replacement Dunlop. They said any make ok unless car is all wheel drive which UX250F is so has to be a Dunlop.
Lexus price for replacement Dunlop is the best so far ( mind lot of places are shut)

Still to try Kwik fit. Called several times, phone just rings out
 
I can understand (just) that a new tyre shouldn't be paired with a worn out one in some AWD systems but that it needs to be a Dunlop is lost on me......so long as the rolling circumference is the same and it is a run flat tyre etc.
I have to say the main dealers up here are quite competitive price wise with the usual outlets but either way it isn't going to be a cheap one!
John :)
 
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I can understand (just) that a new tyre shouldn't be paired with a worn out one in some AWD systems but that it needs to be a Dunlop is lost on me......so long as the rolling circumference is the same and it is a run flat tyre etc.
I have to say the main dealers up here are quite competitive price wise with the usual outlets but either way it isn't going to be a cheap one!
John :)
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That's because you're all canny lads up there , John :p ! Lexus may be saying tht because this model was homologated only with the Dunlop, and thus they feel legally constrained .
 
Why aye man! ;)

Good call about the homologation, I'm sure that's correct.......it was the same when the Honda Blackbird first came out in 1996 and only one tyre was deemed suitable - Bridgestone I think.
Plenty of other makes became available in no time, of course.
Regards
John :)
 
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