MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Mk5 GTian on November 11, 2011, 12:09:16 pm
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Hi,
I'm new on here today. I bought a 55 plate Mk5 GTi a couple of months ago, and replaced the front 2 tyres this morning. I was on the 1.6mm limit on the Vredestein Settantas it came with, and was going to buy some Goodyear Eagle F1's.
I ended up with Pirelli P Zero Rosso's for my 18" Monza shadows, as the guy in Trade tyres Guildford warned me that the sides of the Goodyears often blister or get snagged by potholes, as they are so soft. I paid 120 a corner, which was 18 quid less than Tyreshopper, so I reckon I got a decent deal. Does anyone have any experience of running a Mk5 on these? Do i need to give them 500 miles before really testing them out? I've noticed a massive improvement on braking already.
Any feedback would be great,
Thanks,
Ian :jumpmove:
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My 18's (currently wrapped up in the shed) have said Pirelli's on two wheels, can't say I had much chance to rate them as they are on the back and only had the wheels on for 3 weeks before I swapped to winters!
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Yeh I've ran these just for road use only and they were up there with the Michelin's IMO! :happy2:
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£120 a corner fitted for 225/40R18? that's cheaper than getting them off camskill and getting them fitted at an independent. definitely a good deal therefore, care to share where?
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I go these on the front and the are a decent tyre in my opinion. £120 a corner is a quallity price... :happy2:
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I got them in Trade Tyres, Guildford, Surrey on the Slyfield Industrial Estate, GU1 1RU.
I paid 100 plus VAT per corner, for tyres, fitting new valves and balancing.
I basically went in their with a list of all the prices I had got from Tyre-shopper and Black Circles, and said If you want to cut out the middle man, do you want to match these prices? I had a price of 121 for the Goodyears Eagle F1's and 138 for the Pirellis from Tyreshopper. He advised me against the Goodyears and then said he'd do the Pirellis for the same price! Bit his arm off!
Really good service as well, and they said they'd honour the price when I need the rears changed.
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I'm running p-zero rosssos all round now on my 18's and so far cannot fault them in any way, had Bridgestone REO50A on before and as great they are the noise from them was ridiculous!
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I'm running p-zero rosssos all round now on my 18's and so far cannot fault them in any way, had Bridgestone REO50A on before and as great they are the noise from them was ridiculous!
My cupra came with P Zero Rossos as OEM, were quite good from what I remember. Moved to Goodyear Assy F1. trying michelins in the Summer
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Cheers SW,
Do you have the directional or assymetrics on the front? The Pirelli website suggests assymetrics all round, or just on the back with directionals on the front.
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The Pirellis were origonally on the back with the Bridgestones on the front.
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Sorry, I meant did you have the Pirreli P Zero Rosso Assymetrics or Directional, as they've got 2 different tread patterns (according to their web-site)
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Well, I've had a week on the new boots, and I am delighted with the Pirelli P Zero Rossos. I'm throwing the car into bends at much greater speed and with much more confidence, and the car is gripping superbly. The ESP warning light hardly comes on at all now, whereas it was flickering loads before. To be fair though, the Vredestein Sattantas were on the legal limit when I got it, so I can't really make a fair comparison.
Well chuffed though! Going to get them on the back next week as well. I went for the Assymetric pattern on front, so have to go with that on the back too. You can go directional on front and assymetric on back or assymetric all round. You should not go assymetric on front and directional on back, according to Pirelli
http://www.pirelli.com/tyre/gb/en/car/sheet/pzero_rosso.html
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Ah sorry mine are assymetrics.
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i did Redgems gti two front tyres 2254018 £140 all for mich ps3 :happy2:
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I need to go where you guys do, I just put 2 Cont contact 3's on (235/35/19) and they set me back £190 each, they are the dogs danglies though and well worth the money.
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To be fair though RS6Brit, I think 19's are quite a bit of a price jump from 18's, as they are less common. Have you got an RS6 then?
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I have Pirelli p zeros on mine and cannot fault them. Will replace with the same. They were also original fit on the Pirelli golfs of course
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To be fair though RS6Brit, I think 19's are quite a bit of a price jump from 18's, as they are less common. Have you got an RS6 then?
Alas no more, twas my last motor. My pockets just arent deep enough to run one. It was awesome but to be fair alot of the equipment had started to feel dated. I did love it to bits but I'm revelling the handling of the Cupra, and the power is not bad either, and i'm nearly ready for stage 2+ remap so the power to weight will be as near as damn it to the RS6.
I knew that 19's would be more pricey to fit tyres to but i didnt realise just how much more. Still 19's are essential to fit over the new brake setup that I've just bought (my old S3 setup will be for sale in a week).
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has anybody ever bought tyres from this company before, they are doing pirelli p zero rosso 225 40 18 for £105.50 with a £6.99 delivery charge or you can go to them in macclesfield, bit far for me though.
http://www.ears.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1514&cPath=138#googlebase
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I called these guys last year (Via ebay, user id ears-motorsport) as they had the tyres I wanted on ebay, I asked if its cheaper to buy direct and they said NO!.
I asked why and the guy said its easier for us on ebay and then tried to tell me they dont pay Ebay fees and no discounts were given to buyers buying direct!, I then explained to him that they did pay ebay fees and that they only paid 10% less fees than me!, (easy to check on various websites what volume they are selling and work out what fees they would pay!), I am also an ebay top rated powerseller like them so knoew exactly what they paid!
I then asked if i came to collect and buy direct and paid cash (Rather than paypal/credit card etc would it be any cheaper?), NO again, only no shipping would be paid.
So basically they sell on their website at almost the same price as you buy them for on ebay (The tyres your after are in their ebay shop for £107.99 plus £5 post, thats a massive 50p per pair shipped more expensive than buying direct from them, even tho they pay 8.4% in ebay fees, then you can add Paypal (or credit card) fees of 2.9% to 3.6% (Average 3.25%) so they pay 11.65% in fees and they dont discount if you collect and pay them cash :laugh:
Sounds a bit short-sighted to me, if I was in the market for Tyres I would buy them off ebay and spend the extra £1, as you get both paypal and buyer protection as well as your credit card companies protection if anything goes wrong, plus if they are mad enough to prefer selling on ebay to selling via website or direct they must prefer to pay the fees :fighting:
Off soapbox, rant over!!
And yes I did buy 4 tyres from them VIA Ebay and they arrived within 48 hours and were absolutely fine, they also paid £29.87 in ebay fees on my purchase, all because the man he say no discount for collection :signLOL:
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yeah i noticed thay also had a shop on ebay also, took me a while to realise they were the same company. It is very strange that the prices are almost the same if you buy direct from their website. very strange they wouldnt give you a lower price if you went to them, because as you say the ebay fees they are paying must be a few quid, so they could offer that off the price to go direct.
but i think their price for the tyres is a good one, so i wouldnt knock them too much, just hope they are ok to deal with
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yeah i noticed thay also had a shop on ebay also, took me a while to realise they were the same company. It is very strange that the prices are almost the same if you buy direct from their website. very strange they wouldnt give you a lower price if you went to them, because as you say the ebay fees they are paying must be a few quid, so they could offer that off the price to go direct.
but i think their price for the tyres is a good one, so i wouldnt knock them too much, just hope they are ok to deal with
Yes it is a strange decision alright, as an ebay seller myself we do things differently, the prices on our website reflect the lack of ebay fees (so they are 8% lower).
Maybe they are just set up to take Ebay orders and to deal direct costs them more than £30 for a man to print a receipt :grin:
Yes their prices are good on some tyres althopugh my last purchase for Tyres last week was from Camskill as they came up cheapest for the Tyres I wanted