Cheapest place to purchase tires in Dublin

s_gr

Have an NCT next week and need to grt some tires replaced. Just wondering where the cheapest place is to purchase them and have them fitted.

Seth Brundle

what size of tyre. What kind of performance (wet handling, traction, etc.) are you after?

s_gr

well the car is a vw bora with standard tires, not sure exactly what tires are on it at the moment, will have to check later.

Big Nelly

I paided 50 quid a tyre for my Passat, the bora prob has same tyres.....I get them off a bloke in Cavan thou!!

rsta

Hi sgr

I recently got a couple tyres repaired at Butler's Garage in Harolds Cross, they have a huge selection of tyres, very reasonably priced, helpful guys too, you could give them a ring? 4964542

R

Big Nelly

What part of Dublin you in? just thought of a place on N3, just after you come off the Blanchardstown/Clonee by pass there is a garage on your left called Mannings, my cousin get all his tyres off them and says they have decent prices! never have bought off them myself!!

Silvera

Big Nelly wrote:

I paided 50 quid a tyre for my Passat, the bora prob has same tyres.....I get them off a bloke in Cavan thou!!

Something cheap from 'a Cavan man' ???
Well I'll be damned !

Big Nelly

Silvera wrote:

Something cheap from 'a Cavan man' ???
Well I'll be damned !

My moto! never pay full price!

MercMad

www.eiretyres.com

Seth Brundle

MercMad wrote:

www.eiretyres.com

Many places will match the prices provided by this site (the sites prices don't include a fitting/balancing cost).
Get your prices from here and then see if your local tyre centre can match it for the same rubber.

MercMad

Yep I agree. I use this site as a guide but habve never actually bought from them !

Ernie Ball

I tried to get a tyre fitter to match them and he wasn't even close. So I bought from eiretyres and had the fitter fit them.

Bluehair

Ernie Ball wrote:

I tried to get a tyre fitter to match them and he wasn't even close. So I bought from eiretyres and had the fitter fit them.

Did exactly the same, checked a couple of local places and none could come close on price (kwik-fit said they would but the tyre turned out to be some cheap-ass knock-off "that are exactly the same" :rolleyes: )

Kersh

Same here,have 4 17" tyres ready for fitting (255/40 and 235/45), took 3 days to deliver them too, , no tyre place got remotely near Eiretyres prices, some out by 130 euro!! robbery.

bmoferrall

My last set of tyres (Michelin PS1's) cost €220 fitted per tyre (Kimmage Tyres).
I decided to get the highly recommended PS2's (225/45/17) this time - reputed to be far superior to PS1's, and one of the best available generally.
I ordered them from eiretyres.com and they arrived in a couple of days. Relatively speaking, I'm very happy with the €170/tyre cost.
I just rang Dave McCann tyres of Coolmine (recommended previously on this forum).
He told me that the vast majority of tyre outfits would only fit tyres supplied by themselves - he likened it to the scenario of showing up at a restaurant with a hunk of beef and asking them to cook it for you .
To my great suprise (and disbelief), he said he could have supplied and fitted the same PS2's for €183 (plus a pinch of salt!).
After some persuasion he agreed (as a favour) to fit and balance the tyres at €15 per tyre.

blastman

Isn't there a list of fitters on the eiretyres website?

bmoferrall

blastman wrote:

Isn't there a list of fitters on the eiretyres website?

Didn't spot that on their site. There are a few mentioned alright. Cheers.

Automan

Roundabout tyres at the Walkinstown roundabout seem to have the cheapest prices around, every time im looking to change my tyres Ill ring around a few garages for prices and there always the cheapest.

unkel

bmoferrall wrote:

I just rang Dave McCann tyres of Coolmine (recommended previously on this forum)

He replaced my tyres sometime last year. Price was about the same* as Eiretyres plus fitting, but obviously I didn't have to go through the hassle

* After his negotiating with me, someone being kinda aware of prices

I'd recommend Dave if you know what you're on about...

Big Balls

kbannon wrote:

Many places will match the prices provided by this site

Let me know how that works out for you !!

I bought 4 Goodyear Eagle F1s 225/18/40 off them for 171 quid each.. a normal tyre place would want close on 300 a corner for them.

unkel

Big Balls wrote:

Let me know how that works out for you !!

He already has, ages ago. Others have done so too. The answer is to find out what the cheapest possible (on-line) option is to get the tyres you need and then negotiate with your local fitter.

In future, please read the posts before you reply

bmoferrall

unkel wrote:

He replaced my tyres sometime last year. Price was about the same* as Eiretyres plus fitting, but obviously I didn't have to go through the hassle

* After his negotiating with me, someone being kinda aware of prices

I'd recommend Dave if you know what you're on about...

I guess the key is to be informed beforehand and they will be prepared to negotiate. If it's a tyre they're likely to buy in bulk they'll still make a worthwhile margin on the eiretyres.com price - I think he mentioned he could buy my chosen tyre for €150 in a bulk purchase (and possibly even cheaper in reality).
Before getting the 220euro/tyre deal (Kimmage Tyres) on my previous set of Michelins, I had to buy one in a local Advance Pitstop outfit (I had driven for a mile or two before realising I had a puncture, resulting in damage to the sidewall). Owing to the circumstances, the chap in attendance offered me a 'special deal' for the single tyre: €320!

Seth Brundle

Big Balls wrote:

Let me know how that works out for you !!

I bought 4 Goodyear Eagle F1s 225/18/40 off them for 171 quid each.. a normal tyre place would want close on 300 a corner for them.

As unkle said, I did ages ago.
I actually got mine off Fast Fit in Coolock and they were either the same or a bit cheaper than going the eiretyres route:-
IIRC for my goodyear f1s
front (235/45/17) were about €160
rear (255/40/17) were about €190

Big Balls

kbannon wrote:

rear (255/40/17) were about €190

aaaaaaaaaaaaand I said I paid less than that for 18s on eiretyres so take your own advice maybe unkel Bob???

Seth Brundle

1. I got my rears about 18months ago and they may have come down in price.
2. the prices I mentioned were from memory. I don't have the invoice here with me and I may have paid less. However, according to the eiretyres site, Goodyear F1s are €175.50 and as mentioned above they can be balanced and fitted for €15 - the same as I paid for mine but I didn't have the hassle of ttransporting them!
3. also these on 18" rims (255/40/18) are €283.70 - slightly more than what I paid.

bmoferrall

A couple of useful tyre comparison surveys/tests:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=MP
http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=10252

Goodyear Eagle F1's come out top in both cases.
(I chose PS2's because of their better performance in the dry, though they are a bit more expensive.)

Seth Brundle

The F1s are great.
I did a bit of research before I bought them and as you say they tend to comp top or near top of various tests.
I have done about 20k miles of hardish driving in a RWD car on them (including 1 track day) and there is still loads of life in them. Plenty of grip (too much?) and longevity combined!

TheAnswer

OP, keep the few bob in Ireland, try Keanes in Saggart or Thorntons on South Circular Road. Worth 10 mins of your time and 2 phone calls. Have your tyre sizes to hand, probably 195/65X15 but check the sidewall of the tyres on your car.

Alanstrainor

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