pirelli p zero 225 45 17

[Danny McGee]

Whats the best price i can expect to get these fitted?

I brought a car today and the rear tyres are almost shot. The guy said he'll either take £160 off the price of the car or he would fit the new tyres for me.

Im thinking the latter but want to make sure

Cheers

[Big G]

mytyres list them at £91 a corner... best ask places if they mind fitting only since I find a lot of places get funny when they don't supply the rubber.

now I just buy my tyres and have learnt how to fit them myself so I can just pop into a mates garage after hours

[spud31]

id also not put them back on it, either toyos or kumho which are superb for price.

[Big G]

I've gotta find some more 225/40/18's for my golf now

I've been using Nankang NS2 for years now which are about £100 for a pair. Was thinking about treating the car, but I can't justify spending £300 on a pair of goodyear/pirelli's

I ran toyo proxies years ago on a mk2 golf I had and didn't think much of them and it felt like they wore very quick...

[bodgit]

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.p...=m54b1033s16p0
good compamy to order from but you have to pay for them to be fitted somewhere. Still save a load of money on toyo,s for my lads car.
You can get cheaper if you consider other brands.

[Big G]

do you mean they don't sell just the tyre? they only sell them with additional fitting at a charge?

I fit mine myself usually

[Nick Goodall]

Hankook V12 Evo's are a great tyre, wet or dry and have a good wear rate....

I have 225/40/18's on both cars and recently put a set of Falken's on the Golf, they were more than capable - and not a budget tyre....

I'd go with something like that, any mid-range, incl Kumho are all up to the job...

Unless you're going to start taking your car on track, i doubt anyone or certainly many people NEED to run Michelin's, Goodyear or Pirelli tyres really..... A lot of it is in the mind - If you're driving that fast around on the roads that you're struggling for grop with Kumho's, Hankook etc i'd say you're more likely to crash anyway

[Cream]

Originally Posted by Nick Goodall

Hankook V12 Evo's are a great tyre, wet or dry and have a good wear rate....

I have 225/40/18's on both cars and recently put a set of Falken's on the Golf, they were more than capable - and not a budget tyre....

I'd go with something like that, any mid-range, incl Kumho are all up to the job...

Unless you're going to start taking your car on track, i doubt anyone or certainly many people NEED to run Michelin's, Goodyear or Pirelli tyres really..... A lot of it is in the mind - If you're driving that fast around on the roads that you're struggling for grop with Kumho's, Hankook etc i'd say you're more likely to crash anyway

Surly the point of have those tyres is so that if you do go around corners fast you don't crash?

I have Falkens currently on my scooby and they are fairly good for the money. Having said that 12k and I'm in need of some new ones. I was looking at F1's, but not made my final choice yet.

[JohnM]

Originally Posted by Nick Goodall

Unless you're going to start taking your car on track, i doubt anyone or certainly many people NEED to run Michelin's, Goodyear or Pirelli tyres really..... A lot of it is in the mind - If you're driving that fast around on the roads that you're struggling for grop with Kumho's, Hankook etc i'd say you're more likely to crash anyway

I don't think it's all in the mind when it comes to having "named" tyres, Autocar did a test a year or so back on the cheapy Chinese tyres like Nankangs, Heros, Ditchfinder 01s etc.

They took a normal Conti tyre as well, nothing special, found that in wet breaking from 60 or 70mph, at the point that the Contis had stopped, some of the cheapo tyres were still doing near on 30mph

Personally, the thought that someone behind me might have crap tyres on, and won't/can't stop as fast as my car, scares me more then a little.

[Big G]

a lot of the reviews on my tyres everyone says they are great in the dry, but pants in the wet, but I drive the same in the wet or dry lol and never really have a problem with grip.

they were shit in the snow, but I guess most 225/40 tyres are.

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by JohnM

Personally, the thought that someone behind me might have crap tyres on, and won't/can't stop as fast as my car, scares me more then a little.

Couldn't agree more there, it really annoy's me when someone sits right on your back bumper in a shed that you know has cheapo/bald tyres on and rubbish brakes

Mine feels like it could do a stoppie if you press the pedal hard enough with Pilot Sport 3's and it's tank sized brakes

[Nick Goodall]

I would never but "Budget" Tyres on my car, as in Wanli or Sunshine etc, but what i'm saying is i think the mid-range tyres such as Falken, Kumho, Hankook etc, are more then good enough for everyday driving when up against the Michelin's that are twice the cost (if not 3 or 4 times)....

The grip difference is minimal, most people would never be able to tell the difference if you gave them different tyres on the same car - Only if you were to REALLY push on a track etc would you be able to tell, and to be honest you really shouldn't be driving on the limit on the roads anyway as with the added risk of Diesel, obstacles, cyclists, horses, animals & people you're going to crash whatever tyres you have on.

[Cream]

Originally Posted by Nick Goodall

I would never but "Budget" Tyres on my car, as in Wanli or Sunshine etc, but what i'm saying is i think the mid-range tyres such as Falken, Kumho, Hankook etc, are more then good enough for everyday driving when up against the Michelin's that are twice the cost (if not 3 or 4 times)....

The grip difference is minimal, most people would never be able to tell the difference if you gave them different tyres on the same car - Only if you were to REALLY push on a track etc would you be able to tell, and to be honest you really shouldn't be driving on the limit on the roads anyway as with the added risk of Diesel, obstacles, cyclists, horses, animals & people you're going to crash whatever tyres you have on.

I do agree to an extent. But the fact is you push those limits up the better your tire, brakes and suspension are.