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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: andrewl on 08 August 2009, 13:23
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just got four new F1 tyres on my edition 30, have read all the posts about how bad the dunlpp sport maxx are and now realise what a crap tyre is was.
first impressions are much quieter, steering more direct and drove home last night where I floor it in a fast bend, the dunlops would scrabble and loose grip with the traction control comming on. The goodyears didnt loose grip and no traction control.
Best £420 ive spent
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Best £420 ive spent
That's an excellent price for those tyres.
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Thats an amazing price. Where did you get em from?
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take it thats fitted :huh: if it is thats excellent and spill the details :wink:
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Dont forget to give them a couple of hundred miles to wear in :wink:
That is really cheap though... I paid £520 fitted and thought that was a decent price. Might want to check to make sure you got good stock too.
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£105 a corner from Teesdale tyre & auto centre in Stockton in Cleveland fitting and balancing. Thought it was good price.
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Might want to check to make sure you got good stock too.
Yes, there are plenty of pretty convincing copies of these tyres coming in from China - buyer beware!
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Might want to check to make sure you got good stock too.
Yes, there are plenty of pretty convincing copies of these tyres coming in from China - buyer beware!
Yup, check to see that made is Germany is on the sidewall.
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I don't know where mine were made in, how do you tell? But the difference un the cars handling, accelerartion and braking was night and day... :-) love em... But have now a pinch in one sidewall that will prolly fail an mot.... So another tyre (Again) needed :(
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yeah they are made in germany and the tyre dealer is not the sort to sell replicas.
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I paid £125 each all in from my local tyre fitters, so the price is very good, but not suspicious.
Don't forget it is hard to compare a new tyre with a worn out old one. They usually seem much better :wink:.
(The F1s are good, though :cool:!)
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My VW dealer will always match the best price I can get for tyres and so I paid £220 for a pair.
With the Goodyear Assymetrics it's important to realise that if your other axle still has directionals, the ESP will occasionally think it needs to help you and it results in a 'snatch'. It tends to happen randomly in fast sweeping bends and is very worrying until you realise what's going on. I used to just drive on through it.
Great tyres those F1 Assyms.
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Red, that pic is awesome :cool:
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Red, that pic is awesome :cool:
....Cheers, mate! I'm going there again in a few weeks :smiley:. Photo of my car is by Jorg Jakowski.
To try and keep this on topic, I found the Goodyear assyms very good around the Nordschliefe even when it started to rain. I did slow down though!
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Red, that pic is awesome :cool:
....Cheers, mate! I'm going there again in a few weeks :smiley:. Photo of my car is by Jorg Jakowski.
To try and keep this on topic, I found the Goodyear assyms very good around the Nordschliefe even when it started to rain. I did slow down though!
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Do you run on 17's RR??
just noticed that :huh:
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He has both 17 and 18" Monzas but for everyday use uses the 18" ones.
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He has both 17 and 18" Monzas but for everyday use uses the 18" ones.
.... :shocked: What else do you know about what I've got in my garage!? :shocked: :grin:
I use Monza 18's for everyday (powdercoated Smoked Chrome to combat the white worm) but still have my original Monza 17's which I'm now thinking of powdercoating black and using for 'track' toll road (Nurburgring only!).
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Great tyre
I used to get 245 17's fitted for £90 a corner of F1s but that is still a very good price
Bracknell Tyre is the place to go :D
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Hi everone these tyres just keep getting better and better, in the wet and dry makes no differance, completely transformed my car and cant believe how bad the Dunlop Sport Maxx are.
The best tyre i have ever had and would reccomend them. :laugh:
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I actually can't wait till my Dunlops are scrubbed.... in the the dry they are ok, but in the wet they are just laughable - its like driving on ice
F1s all the way - always had them and they are brilliant