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Title: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: matsu on July 30, 2012, 02:05:32 pm
What's good and best place to get right now?
Anyone had some good deals?
215/40/18's

Matsu
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: driver rider on July 30, 2012, 02:16:58 pm
kwik fit doing 25% off four goodyear tyres.
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: JStav on July 30, 2012, 02:30:35 pm
I was recommended www.tyre-shopper.co.uk and got two Goodyear F1's at the weekend.  You pick your tyre and pay that price, then simply pick a place for fitting.

I got 225/45/17 GY F1's for 106 quid each.  I checked the actual site of the company that fitted the tyres and they were about 135 directly from them!
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: MC71 on July 30, 2012, 02:51:03 pm
I would go with Tyre Shopper or Camskill online as well. Both those places are good and would be hard to beat on price. Prices range from the cheap tyres, about £60ish right up to some for P Zero's for £225 each.

Tyre shopper for 215/18/40

http://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk/ts/search/SizeSearch.aspx

Camskill for the same tyre

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m61b0s19p0/Car_Tyres_-_MPV_Tyres_-_People_Carrier_Tyres_-_18_inch_R18_inch_-_215_40_18_215_40_R_1

Hope that helps  :happy2:
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: DFish on July 30, 2012, 02:51:20 pm
Why 215/40/18's? Shouldnt they be 225/40/18's?

Fish
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: matsu on July 30, 2012, 03:25:10 pm
thanks guys....i,m on it like a car bonnet as they say!!

fish- i,m looking at some mercs with et35 18.5 width so i,m thinking i might need some breathing space for any lardy that wants to sit in the back seat :innocent: but i,m only dropped on eichbach springs- coilies will follw at xmas :sad1:

but if you have a better suggestion i,m all ears. i would prefer 225's. i had 19s on for a while and hated the ride

matsu
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: Baz300 on July 30, 2012, 03:27:02 pm
kwik fit doing 25% off four goodyear tyres.

Not really they have bumped the original price to £189 a tyre and now selling at £140 with 25% off
They were £140 a tyre before the sale
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: gazon69 on July 30, 2012, 05:25:29 pm
thanks guys....i,m on it like a car bonnet as they say!!

fish- i,m looking at some mercs with et35 18.5 width so i,m thinking i might need some breathing space for any lardy that wants to sit in the back seat :innocent: but i,m only dropped on eichbach springs- coilies will follw at xmas :sad1:

but if you have a better suggestion i,m all ears. i would prefer 225's. i had 19s on for a while and hated the ride

matsu
18.5 width,  :confused: how far do they stick out of the arch :signLOL:
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: driver rider on July 30, 2012, 05:39:52 pm
kwik fit doing 25% off four goodyear tyres.

Not really they have bumped the original price to £189 a tyre and now selling at £140 with 25% off
They were £140 a tyre before the sale

I stand corrected.
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: homesqueeze on July 30, 2012, 07:18:28 pm
kwik fit doing 25% off four goodyear tyres.

Not really they have bumped the original price to £189 a tyre and now selling at £140 with 25% off
They were £140 a tyre before the sale

I stand corrected.

Kwik sh*t!  :sick:
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: Baz300 on July 30, 2012, 09:17:59 pm
Blackcircles are doing the goodyears for £142 each fitted with 4x tesco club card  points.

I normally ring some local tyre fitters and ask if they can beat the black circles prices
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: beetie on July 30, 2012, 09:53:32 pm
Just got 2 Goodyear f1 assymetric 2's for 225quid delivered from lovetyres.com

Hadn't heard of the company but a bit of research said they were good and they turned up the next day :notworthy:
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: MC71 on July 30, 2012, 10:09:22 pm
^^^^ that IS a good price. Paid £510 (fitted) for a set of GY F1 2's in 225/40/r18/Y92 from Tyreshopper.com. Could have saved quite a bit on that price from this love tryes.com.  :sad1:
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: beetie on July 30, 2012, 10:14:01 pm
Yeah is a good price, thinking of stocking up 2 more. Still the same price as I only got the others last week.
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: Baz300 on July 30, 2012, 10:14:47 pm
^^^^ that IS a good price. Paid £510 (fitted) for a set of GY F1 2's in 225/40/r18/Y92 from Tyreshopper.com. Could have saved quite a bit on that price from this love tryes.com.  :sad1:

The fitting costs quite a bit nowadays if you don't have mates in the trade

I bought mine from Camskills but after most tyre places refused to fit them as I didn't buy from them I ended up having to pay £70 for fitting
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: matsu on July 31, 2012, 02:38:13 pm
i take up two lanes on the m25 mate-they look that wide lol.....oops :P typo!!!
matsu

thanks guys....i,m on it like a car bonnet as they say!!

fish- i,m looking at some mercs with et35 18.5 width so i,m thinking i might need some breathing space for any lardy that wants to sit in the back seat :innocent: but i,m only dropped on eichbach springs- coilies will follw at xmas :sad1:

but if you have a better suggestion i,m all ears. i would prefer 225's. i had 19s on for a while and hated the ride

matsu
18.5 width,  :confused: how far do they stick out of the arch :signLOL:
Title: Re: Can we talk tyres?
Post by: matsu on September 05, 2012, 12:40:26 pm
run out of cash so sticking with the audi rims for the mo- just ordered falkens from camskill
fk452's are 374.25
and the ze912's are 369.50 at the mo.
just quick heads up if anyone needs

matsu