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Time to buy tyres (South Dublin)

  • 03-06-2020 9:17pm
    #1
    PrettyBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,213 ✭✭✭


    Have to get tyres this week and it's been a while since I've had to do this, I'm a bit out of the loop. Car is an E46 330Ci so not a crazy amount of power going to the rear wheels but it is worthy of some half decent rubber. What brands are recommended and what ones are to be avoided? Not looking for a bargain but at the same time recommendations for Michelin PilotSport 4's aren't any good to me :o Also if anyone knows where in South Dublin I should go to that would be a bonus. Any advice appreciated.


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  • #2
    useeme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭useeme


    Tyreland Kimmage. Never had an issue, reasonable prices and excellent service.


  • #3
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Look at blackcircles.


  • #4
    Mjolnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Mjolnir


    I have some no name €75 tyres on my e90, 214km round journeys in rain, sleet, snow, all kinds of weather and never an issue.
    Couldn't justify €140 a corner when €315 buys four tires and a plug kit.


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Mjolnir wrote: »
    I have some no name €75 tyres on my e90, 214km round journeys in rain, sleet, snow, all kinds of weather and never an issue.
    Couldn't justify €140 a corner when €315 buys four tires and a plug kit.

    They must have a name


  • #6
    Mjolnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Mjolnir


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    They must have a name

    Hardy, har, har you clearly know what I meant.
    Bored are we?


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  • #7
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Not at all, but if you’ve gotten great tyres that are also very cheap, surely you should share the make/model of the tyre with the OP?
    Otherwise what’s the point, when most cheap tyres don’t do what yours do?


  • #8
    Ardent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Ardent


    I would also be interested to learn the name of these magic 75 euro tyres that perform well in all conditions.


  • #9
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,327 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    This should be good, I love the tyres threads....


  • #10
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Ah lads, don’t be so cynical. Depending on the tyre size it’s doable.


  • #11
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,327 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    Cynicism? On boards? Never...


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  • #12
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,008 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    2nd Vote for Tyreland in Kimmage - Been using for them for years.


  • #13
    DelBoy Trotter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭DelBoy Trotter


    Get onto Rowan Tyres, he'll help you choose a set of tyres, and then call to your house to fit them


  • #14
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,260 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    DelBoy Trotter wrote: »
    Get onto Rowan Tyres, he'll help you choose a set of tyres, and then call to your house to fit them

    seconded


  • #15
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,794 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    CoBo55 wrote: »
    This should be good, I love the tyres threads....

    I see what you did there...

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #16
    Stallingrad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,190 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    Frank in Sandyford tyres, great service, good prices.


  • #17
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    OP, I have an E46 also (although it's only a 325) and it's got GoodYear Efficient Grips on the front and Asymmetric 3s on the rear.

    By coincidence, it also needs new boots all around. I find the GoodYears to be excellent for grip, but there's 17k miles on the rear and they make a desperate racket now, so they don't get my vote. I really like the Efficient Grips, still a few mil of thread on them despite having 22k miles clocked up, plus they're usefully cheaper than Aymmetrics and are quiet.

    Thing is if you've got 18 inch wheels and it's a Sport spec, then you can't have those tyres all around, as they don't do that tyre in 255/35 R18 that the rear tyres need.

    When I asked about this question a few weeks ago, I was told not to get Dunlop Sport Maxx unless I want the traction control light coming on every time there is a drop of rain, and I was recommended Vredestein Ultrac Vortis (which have replaced Sessantas), these are reasonably priced and have gotten good reviews from other E36 and E46 owners.

    Of course Michelin Pilots are considered the best, but they're quite pricey. I just want a change from GoodYears because of the racket my rear tyres are making on all but the smoothest of roads


  • #18
    Brian Scan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,843 ✭✭✭Brian Scan


    DelBoy Trotter wrote: »
    Get onto Rowan Tyres, he'll help you choose a set of tyres, and then call to your house to fit them
    Cyrus wrote: »
    seconded

    Thirded.


  • #19
    Cian86
    Registered Users Posts: 97 ✭✭Cian86


    Butler's Tyres in Harold's Cross. The guy who used have the "Vegan Tyres" sign out on the road.

    Looks like a small one-two man outfit. Got 225/40x18 Bridgestone's there for €125 each, fitted, balanced, all-the-charges etc.


  • #20
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,936 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    Brian Scan wrote: »
    Thirded.
    Fourth..ed

    James is the dude, works around you, rather than the other way round.


  • #21
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,327 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    I still would dearly love to know the make of those €75 last forever tyres...


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  • #22
    coolbeans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,124 ✭✭✭coolbeans


    Mjolnir wrote: »
    I have some no name €75 tyres on my e90, 214km round journeys in rain, sleet, snow, all kinds of weather and never an issue.
    Couldn't justify €140 a corner when €315 buys four tires and a plug kit.

    Let's face it, you didn't come on here looking to help the OP, you just wanted up humble brag that you use ditchfinders and think they're great. Bored were we?
    I'd recommend Black Circles OP


  • #23
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    I had a look at Black Circles, they seem quite expensive


  • #24
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »
    I had a look at Black Circles, they seem quite expensive

    Price includes fitting though.


  • #25
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Cian86 wrote: »
    Butler's Tyres in Harold's Cross. The guy who used have the "Vegan Tyres" sign out on the road.

    Looks like a small one-two man outfit. Got 225/40x18 Bridgestone's there for €125 each, fitted, balanced, all-the-charges etc.


    I use Butler's. I got a set of 4 for the wife's C3 for €200. It's a family set up AFAIK.

    Gluten free tyres rather than vegan.

    https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3280102,-6.2767812,3a,37.5y,83.85h,78.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shagsZbIoHUBvD9UGN77PYg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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  • #26
    alie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,780 ✭✭✭alie


    Cian86 wrote: »
    Butler's Tyres in Harold's Cross. The guy who used have the "Vegan Tyres" sign out on the road.

    Looks like a small one-two man outfit. Got 225/40x18 Bridgestone's there for €125 each, fitted, balanced, all-the-charges etc.

    Butlers is run by two brothers Peter and Jim, the showroom used to be Butlers Dairy run by their mother. I went to school with some of the girls, the garage has been there for donkey years, very good reputable service.:)


  • #27
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    Having been there this morning, Bulters in Harold's Cross are good value, quick and efficient. I got Vredestein 225/40R18s for the front and 255/35R18 for the rear, and it came to €550, which is every bit as good as the prices I was getting online (when you add in fitting costs), maybe even a bit cheaper than one or two sites I tried.

    Most importantly, they didn't damage my wheels (unlike some tyre centres). I would use them again.


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