225/45/17 tyres

[vickster]

Everywhere around here charges a minimum of £10 a corner, London prices...plus the faff of getting them home and fitted...nowhere to store them and they will STINK the car out  if I leave them in there for the inevitable few days!!! 

[rich83]

Where are you based?? PM me if you prefer!

[vickster]

Sutton, Surrey :)

[rich83]

Leave that with me i shall see what i can do! Im sure you can get them fitter for less that that.

[vickster]

The hassle and the pong put me off more ...tyres are the one thing I have never wanted to buy online!

[rich83]

They dont smell that bad.... 

[vickster]

They do in my experience!!  Maybe boys are immune 

[Black9]

I fitted some Vredesteins Ultrac sesantas to my GTI today which runs 18" and have to say they're brilliant. Wet weather grips great, good turn in and amazing feel. Definitely recommended

[Frenzy]

i've just bought 2 Vreds (225/40/18") as i have two non-matching budget rear tyres which i've been wanting to replace since i bought the car. At 99 beans from Cam Skill it was too rude not to. I would have loved to have bought 4 and done all the corners at once but with a newborn need to save some cash for other necessities   and the 2 avons on the front are decent.

I am very tempted to buy a couple more though  

As to fitting prices it will cost me £10 a corner as i live in London. If you wanna hear P-155 take London prices i was quoted £40 for 2 corners fitted by one joker, he told me he'd do a discount of £70 if i needed all 4 fitting  

ps Do you put new rubber on the front or the back, i can't remember

[Phathead]

Thanks - but they are £122 each from Blackcircles!

Views on Kumho anyone?

I've used Kumho's previously and found then very reasonable. Good grip in dry conditions, obviously not as good as your "high performance" end, the only downside I found with them was the road noise was greater than the "premium" rivals......

Wear was good and wet grip without aquaplanning was good. All round a good performer and perfect for a cheaper tyre if you don't push your car to the limit of grip and you can put up with the tyre noise....few more notches on the stereo worked for me!! ;-)

Hope that helps!! 

[vickster]

Thanks.  I assume the Toyos would be better, as they usually retail for over £100 a corner?  I did 4000 miles last year, I really don't feel the need to spend £500 on tyres at the moment!

[Frenzy]

received my 2 Vreds today 

just bought two more  so i can do all 4 corners at once  (don't wanna mix asym with sym) 

[vickster]

Still not bought tyres, but having driven in torrential rain on the M4 pretty much from Swindon to the M25 today, I will need to at the end of the month

I have found the Vreds fitted for £107 a corner which is ok (Event Tyres mobile, so would come to me) - £90 from Camskill but I would rather not have the hassle of delivery (they only deliver between 8 and 5.30 and don't tell you when) and then getting them fitted to save £20!

Any other recommendations - the Toyo deal ended but can get 4 T1-R fitted by Black circles for £368.  For under 5000 miles sensible-ish driving is the extra £60 worth it?

[Nasir]

Yes, you drive a GTI for a reason.

[vickster]

I am also law abiding and live in the urban bit of Surrey which is very congested!

I like the power away from lights or as needed but that doesn't mean I cane it beyond speed limits    I need an automatic for a gammy knee and only the GTI DSG provides enough poke

I have had a clean licence for going on 20 years for a reason...


...probably luck