I have used www.tyres-sold-online.co.uk in the past, not the best service, but cheap enuff I reckon. Also Gary at TopGear in Burnley can get Yoko's ultra cheap, he did me 195/50/15 A539s for £29 each fitted about a year ago www.topgear.co.uk
m03vc400 I only live 5 miles down't road from you mate, welcome to the forum!
You need to look in the yellow pages and go to your nearest tyre warehouse, which supplies all the major firms in your area.
They will supply you tyres at cost price and only charge for fitting - which is where they make their money, as you'll be waiting in a long queue !
I've never had a problem with Falkens FK451's, good performance all round esp in dry, not bad in wet either.
£95 for 225/40/18 fitted.
Goodyears and the like are the same price or thereabouts, but I much prefer the Falkens.
Bridgestone and Toyos rule as well. Stay away from Yokos, extremely bad wet weather performance regardless of type. Avons are just plain crap - aweful reviews.
Mark Avon ZZ1s £120.00 To much u can get Avon ZZ3s at £95.00 all in up here at Tyrespot can recommend them all the way may be a little bit soft
Was told to stay clear off Yokos and Falkens as they are a soft rubber compound and ware quickly and would be false economy I would have went for Goodyear's but a bit of my price range when buying my wheels i opted for Avon as they where the next one on the list
If u decide on Avon's goto Halfords that's if u don't mind waiting a week for them you will get them for about £85.00
Just wondered why have you gone for 235/40, as opposed to 225/40's
With 235 section tyres, shouldn't the correct size be 235/35? Just a thought mate- Or are you secretly hatching a plan to get your golf upto 155mph? []
Having both sets of tyres on makes it strange to look at tbh - the 235's look more substantial, whereas the 225's look a bit on the lean side... You guys with the anni rims have half an inch less than me so the 225's probably suit them more.
Worked out anyway that 235's will give about a +1% difference in speedo reading whereas the 225's will only give +.85% difference....
lol looks like the 155mph is just within my grasp ehh! []
Golfather, have to agree with you on the Avon tyres. After owning a set for about 7 months, I dont think I've been that impressed! They dont seem to have gripped as well as my Fuldas that I had when I bought my alloys. How long are tyres supposed to last as I done roughly about 10-12k in the Avons and they have worn already. What tyres would you recommend? I need to replace 2 right now and will replace the other 2 when they wear down (which may be sooner than I think)
RayBanUK, everyone has their own preference with tyres.
Avons received bad reviews so I didnt get them.
Fuldas, Falkens and Toyos are very grippy and also affordable. Unfortunately you'll find that grippy tyres wear quickly coz of their soft compound.
12k is average for tyres in my opinion ! I change my Falkens around 12-15k too.
It all depends how you drive, take corners etc. I know people who change tyres even at 6-8k.
From experience, I like Falkens and never had a prob with them. If my supplier did Toyo's I would get them instead as I've never heard a bad word against them.
Like I said, speak to Elite, they know their tyres the best.
GTI Tab. Theres a place in liverpool that does part worns VERY cheap. he has 17/18 in all the time. Always by my tyres from him. he imports them from germany, where the legal limit is 5 or 6mm. so theres always some with loads of tread. about £30-40 each.
He advertises in yellow pages. only at the top of upper parliament street.
Having spent some time reading through the forums ... I'm still stuck ... not sure what tyres to get, or where to get them from
It's a V6 4Motion, with standard wheels (16") and I have previously stuck with Yokohama A520/A539 Tyres which were great on my old TDi, but not sure how they compare these days.
I want a good quality tyre, grip preferred over longevity and preferably a <£100 price per tyre.
Anyone got any sensible advice ? So far I am thinking Yokohama AVS Sport, for about £89/tyre but open to experienced advice For reference, my mate has an Impreza Turbo, and has recently swapped Pirelli PZeros for Toyo Proxes ... and reckons they're pretty good - anyone with a Golf care to add to this ?
Anyone got any sensible advice ? So far I am thinking Yokohama AVS Sport, for about £89/tyre but open to experienced advice For reference, my mate has an Impreza Turbo, and has recently swapped Pirelli PZeros for Toyo Proxes ... and reckons they're pretty good - anyone with a Golf care to add to this ?
This may or may not be helpful to you, but everyone I know who's switched to Toyo Proxes rates them very highly indeed. Now, this is mostly on Audi's, but it's almost the same, isn't it []
From what I understand, the Toyo's are excellent all round tyres and are being priced low currently so that Toyo can get a toyo-hold in the market place.
Before the Toyo's came along, the Yoko's were rated pretty highly, but I gather that their wet weather performance is nothing special right now, whereas the Toyo's have excellent wet weather grip.
Cheers - that's the general concensus I'm finding. One guy who has an Octavia 4Motion/Haldex/4x4 has had 2 sets, and rates them very highly over and above his previous Pirellis/Michelins.
Cheapest i could find for GSD3 F1's was £98.50 on mytyres.net, but then youve gotta pay for valves fitting balancing disposal etc...
Ive just been on the phone to my local Tyrespot tho (thanks for that Jim!), and theyve given me these quotes, for tyres 225/45/17 all fitted balanced etc...
AVON ZZ3 £225.22
BRIDGESTONE RE040 £231.49
CONTI CSC £238.31
DUNLOP SPT 2000 £221.11
GOODYEAR GSD3 £210.04
HANKOOK £173.59
MICHELIN PILOTE £261.95
PIRELLI P6000PG £224.89
TOYO T1S £230.86
Look at the price of the F1's!! Even getting them mail order, and getting them fitted, i doubt id get as cheap as that. Very impressed....
Costco is pretty good for tyres. I know the s election is limited but they are reasonable.
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