It took a while to happen but finally they’re on
HUGE thanks to Booth11 for her old boots which kind of got the ball rolling ages ago, before I even had the car I think(?) when I was mooting different wheels during my five minutes with the GTD.
I’d made a comment in a thread somewhere and Ms B said I could have her old tyres when the Michelin upgrade happened. I’d been thinking of putting some upgraded lightweight 18’s on such as Borbet FF1’s but as soon as the offer of the 19” Contis was made my mind was therefore made up.
It took me a while to source a decent set of Pretorias during which time REVO 19’s were considered but as the Ed40 CS is a limited run car for anoraks like me I’d ideally wanted to keep it pretty standard.
A couple of the Prets I eventually bought had a few marks so I got those two repainted the other week and Ms B rolled her old Contis in my direction once the hallowed Michelins were fitted to the Black Beauty R (as Asker so fondly and aptly called it) a month or two ago.
Work commitments etc caused a few delays for me but I eventually managed to get down to my regular tyre fitter on Saturday morning after an 11 hour night shift (as you do) and finally the jigsaw slotted together.
The Belvederes are now finally in the skip
and the GTI now looks like it’s ready for Benny to hot lap the ‘Ring in it.
The only ring I’ll be lapping is the ring road on the way to work but at least I’ll look the part...