Best deal for New Tyres?

richiek67

Does anyone have any hints as to the best value for getting new tyres? Is going up north a good idea? I'm looking for 4 new tyres 195/45/16
low profiles for a ford fiesta.
I gather down here they seem to range from 70 to 100euro per tyre?

Any ideas would be welcome...

Cheers:D

fasttalkerchat

I was looking for tyres myself and saw this set on gumtree that would fit your car. £15 each 2 near new 2 with 4mm left.
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/part-worn-tyres-1954516/101493866

If you want new tyres it depends on the brand. A decent tyre would be around 70 sterling so not really worth travelling up north for.

teednab-el

richiek67 wrote: »

Does anyone have any hints as to the best value for getting new tyres? Is going up north a good idea? I'm looking for 4 new tyres 195/45/16
low profiles for a ford fiesta.
I gather down here they seem to range from 70 to 100euro per tyre?

Any ideas would be welcome...

Cheers:D

Do fiestas take 16 inch wheels? that's a decent size for a small car.

furtzy

We have a Fiesta with the same size tyres....very very difficult tyre to source. Nobody had them in stock so ended up having to take the only set on offer i.e Federals @ €80 a corner

bazz26

teednab-el wrote: »

Do fiestas take 16 inch wheels? that's a decent size for a small car.

Yes they do. The Steel and Steel II edition models have them.

OP, you buy them online, not sure if you will save much money when you take having to pay an extra €50 or so to get them fitted and balanced but you do have more choice:

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m62b0s94p63160/SEMPERIT_TYRES_CAR_SEMPERIT_SPEEDLIFE_SEMPERIT_SPEED_LIFE_-_195_45R16_80V_FR_TL_

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m62b0s94p58687/KUMHO_TYRES_CAR_KUMHO_KH31_ECSTA_HM_KUMHO_KH_31_-_195_45R16_80V_XL_TL_

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m62b0s94p63992/HANKOOK_TYRES_CAR_HANKOOK_K115_HANKOOK_K_115_-_195_45R16_84V_XL_TL_

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m62b0s94p79611/YOKOHAMA_TYRES_CAR_YOKOHAMA_SDRIVE_AS01_YOKOHAMA_S_DRIVE_AS_01_-_195_45R16_84W_XL_TL_

Because they are a less common size they are going to be a bit more expensive.

biko

Online is always better value. I've compared local prices with online many times and online always wins.
That said it can be worth going local if the price is still reasonable: you get them immediately and they include fitting.

richiek67

Thanks for the info Guys...;)

I think I will stay local , anyway, in some ways I prefer to keep the locals in jobs and the money local too, unless the price is completely crazy, which in this case it seems hardly worth the bother going up to NI.
Thanks again:D

fasttalkerchat

biko wrote: »

Online is always better value. I've compared local prices with online many times and online always wins.
That said it can be worth going local if the price is still reasonable: you get them immediately and they include fitting.

How do you get tyres ordered online? I thought delivery would be an issue.

mondeo

richiek67 wrote: »

Thanks for the info Guys...;)

I think I will stay local , anyway, in some ways I prefer to keep the locals in jobs and the money local too, unless the price is completely crazy, which in this case it seems hardly worth the bother going up to NI.
Thanks again:D

Fair enough if you don't want to save money:D

fasttalkerchat

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

How do you get tyres ordered online? I thought delivery would be an issue.

Delivery costs are small, around 20 euro for 4 tyres on camskill, like amazon etc they would be moving a lot of stuff so get much reduced rates.

What you do have to factor in is fitting costs which will vary from place to place and some places wont fit them atall. You will be looking at somewhere between 10 and 20 euro per tyre to fit them.

challengemaster

biko wrote: »

Online is always better value. I've compared local prices with online many times and online always wins.
That said it can be worth going local if the price is still reasonable: you get them immediately and they include fitting.

I got very lucky during the week, got 2 new goodyear eagle f1 Asymmetric 2's in 225/40/18 fitted for €300, Eiretyres has them at €162 each, Camskill has them at £117 each (total including delivery comes to €302.58) and that's without fitting.

Online doesn't always win