New tyres

Theboinkmaster

Heya quick Q - have to get 4 new tyres for 17s, think the size is 225/45/17 and was quoted (each):

Pirelli €125
Goodyear €128

Is that decent and which brand do you think is best?

Thanks in advance

Padraig Mor

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

Heya quick Q - have to get 4 new tyres for 17s, think the size is 225/45/17 and was quoted (each):

Pirelli €125
Goodyear €128

Is that decent and which brand do you think is best?

Thanks in advance

Seems good to me. I was quoted €235 a corner locally for Michelin 225/55/R17 recently. Got em for 100 squid less on eiretyres.

Cyrus

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

Heya quick Q - have to get 4 new tyres for 17s, think the size is 225/45/17 and was quoted (each):

Pirelli €125
Goodyear €128

Is that decent and which brand do you think is best?

Thanks in advance

pirelli what

goodyear what,

depends on the model if thats a good price or not

EPM

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

Heya quick Q - have to get 4 new tyres for 17s, think the size is 225/45/17 and was quoted (each):

Pirelli €125
Goodyear €128

Is that decent and which brand do you think is best?

Thanks in advance

Decent prices for the makes. Was getting my headlights aligned at the weekend and Advance said I needed 2 at the back. Cheap Chinese stuff from €150. Got 2 Dunlop SP Sport Maxx in the same size for €120 each in Waterford last week

HashSlinging

These are on special at the moment, think it ends soon enough. Best you can buy.


EAGLE F1 Asymmetric

Midnight_EG

Much better off ordering from www.camskill.co.uk, cheapest prices you'll find

Theboinkmaster

Any thoughts on what make is best. The place i rang range from €75 for some chinese tyres and €125 for pirelli and goodyear

What about michellin?

TBH I'm clueless - don't need anything extravagent just decent tyres. It's only a golf in fairness

So goodyear>pirelli>michellin in general?

mik_da_man

The Eagle F1 Asymmetric are one of the best of tyres you can get for the price IMO
Camskill have them for €100
If you can get them for €125 in a local place you'd be doing well.
Where you based btw?
I'm in the market for a set of them also....

Flesh Gorden

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

TBH I'm clueless - don't need anything extravagent just decent tyres. It's only a golf in fairness

buying a good set of Bridgestone, Toyo, Michelin or Goodyear could easily be the difference between life or death

any of those cheap chinese bands like Wanli Sunny or Nankang are deathtraps in the wet
and what's even more frightening, the types who buy the cheapest ones more then likely won't have a clue about correct tyre pressures either

So don't go along with the "ah sure til' be grand" attitude and buy an 'economy' set

Everyday at least once, I'll look out at the car next to me and see a flat spot on their tyres which are usually a budget brand too



I've a set of Toyo Proxes T1R on mine 205/40/17 - do a bit of searching and its a name you'll see recommended a lot

worked out at €72 each tyre after vat and delivery - compared to €120 each from hanover tyres here in cork


Personally I stick to the Jap companies like Bridgestone and Toyo
they've been developed to withstand Monsoon conditions in Japan and are well known for their grip in wet conditions



This is a pretty decent review on a lot of different brands

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=499931&mid=0&nmt=PH%20Tyre%20Review

a lot of mixed reviews for Pirelli

HashSlinging

anyone interested in a group buy of F1's

confuzed

just bought last week 4 new tyres though previous were still OK but chinese stuff and I wanted to change it from safety.

Bridgestone ER300 €90 (Do gurads use these tyres:eek:. I was told so at garage) each with fitting. There is hell of difference in grip on wet roads. Would recommend.

here.from.day.1

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Much better off ordering from www.camskill.co.uk, cheapest prices you'll find

Ill vouch for them.. quick delivery to a garage or your door too. Only thing to be wary of is a few places I went to to have the tires mounted said "we dont take kindly to internet tyres round here" and as such would not do it for me. I presume they werent happy about losing money on tyre sales. Backwards logic not making some money mounting them too though. :rolleyes:

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

buying a good set of Bridgestone, Toyo, Michelin or Goodyear could easily be the difference between life or death

any of those cheap chinese bands like Wanli Sunny or Nankang are deathtraps in the wet

Scare tactics much? The cheaper brands can be ok you just need to know your limits or the speed limits for that matter. I found Nankangs fine in the wet as a stop gap until I could get the recommended Bridgestones for my car in the right size.

del420t

just bought a set of 4 225x40x18 verdestein based on reviews on tyretest and pistonhead.

bought yesterday at 12.30pm from camskill. delivered to the garage today and are now sitting on my jag.

can totally recommend camskill and they delivered 4 tyres to ireland for 20 gbp you cant do better than that.

cheers

PS I will vouch for Wanli's being death traps in the wet .