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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: oldtomo on 13 January 2009, 09:38
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Hi everyone,
Can anyone recommend some decent tyres and advise on how much they will cost?
I only will really use them doing "every day stuff" (for example my commute to work) but i think the ones i currently have are borderline legal now.
Lastly can does anyone know where i can get them/have them fitted in Thames Valley Area?
Sorry for all the questions but i am quite new to the whole VW scene!
Cheers,
Tom
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Michellin PS2's or Goodyear Eagle F1 assymetric :wink:
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Welcome to the forum :smiley: What car have you got?
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Hi mate - Thanks for the welcome :smiley:
I have a GTI Edition 30 - i am so happy with it!
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Asymmetrics have changed my car in all respects, try blackcircles, just be careful who fits and watch out for damage to your precious alloys :-)
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Hi mate - Thanks for the welcome :smiley:
I have a GTI Edition 30 - i am so happy with it!
I've got Michelin Pilot Sports on the rear and the original Pilot Exaltos on the front.
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vredestien sessantas, excellent-£93 per corner fitted, fawkam tyres, longfield nr dartford, kent.
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An interesting discussion with our fleet insurance salesman this morning.. apparently fitting any tyre brand/model/size other than what was originally supplied on the vehicle voids the insurance. Probably isn't the same with all insurance companies but worth a phonecall to check.
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Putting 200+ bhp through front tyres needs the best available, so F1 assymetric's for me, although I'd be very tempted with vredestien sessantas of the price was right
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F1 Assymetrics on mine aswel :)
£110 fitted and balanced. Chipped abit of the coating of one of the alloys though, twit, only noticed when I cleaned the car the other day.
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An interesting discussion with our fleet insurance salesman this morning.. apparently fitting any tyre brand/model/size other than what was originally supplied on the vehicle voids the insurance. Probably isn't the same with all insurance companies but worth a phonecall to check.
Lol sounds a bit crazy. Vw like all other companies stick on what they can get the cheapest price on at the time so it would be rather difficult for any insurance company to prove they were not stock. You will find contis, bridgestones, pirelli's and michelins on gti's from the factory. Change the size e.g width and they might be able to play that game but most dont even look at the cars, elephant for example just get a report of damage from the garage that the car has been towed to.
Can see some logic though, performance car with shocking cheap tyres would make it a much more likely to slide out of control and crash it, likewise stopping distances are totally different but ...........
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Yeah I did accuse him of just finding more excuses not to pay out on claims :grin:
mot-wise as long as the speed and weight ratings are okay then you're fine.. which should be the way insurance sees it too.
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An interesting discussion with our fleet insurance salesman this morning.. apparently fitting any tyre brand/model/size other than what was originally supplied on the vehicle voids the insurance. Probably isn't the same with all insurance companies but worth a phonecall to check.
I have heard this too, though i dont think its the make/model of the tyre, it just has to be of the same specification or better i.e. if they are ZR rated and 'Extra Load' etc... they must be of the same spec to comply. It does make sense, if you put a £20 tyre from quickfit with a speed rating of 100mph on a GTI it is a bit of a recipe for disaster,
R