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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Trickyboy on 26 September 2009, 10:00
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Looks like it's going to be either Goodyear excellence at £94 a corner fitted or Pirelli Pzeros at £100 a corner fitted, try as i might i can't find anywhere local that dooes the Goodyear F1's, seem to have been replaced by the Excellence everywhere! Any suggestions guys?
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Have you tried http://www.camskill.co.uk ?
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Try Smartyre (http://www.smartyre.co.uk), he does mobile fitting across south wales, I use him and he's cheap and very good at what he does (hasn't marked any of my alloys)
Ill PM you his mobile :wink:
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Got a pair of F1's coming on monday £94 a corner, looking forward to testing them out, heard good things about them.
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Where did you get the F1s from for £94
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camskill, doesn't include fitting :wink:
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Where did you get the F1s from for £94
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I doubt you have got the eagle F1 assyms
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Probs GSD3s, but there is nowt wrong with them either.
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Where did you get the F1s from for £94
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I doubt you have got the eagle F1 assyms
Harris Bros in Swansea, came highly rec'd from a load of people, cheap and reliable, they told me £94 each with fitting for the asymms, they had a set of DSG3's there so im guessing it's not them! Ill let you know for defo tomorrow...
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£94 fitted for asymms !!!? :shocked: wowza !
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£94 fitted for asymms !!!? :shocked: wowza !
Wait and see mate, they aint fitted yet!
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I paid £104+ a corner for the assyms fitted... and I thought I got a good deal :shocked:
We are talking 18" here??? :huh:
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I paid £104+ a corner for the assyms fitted... and I thought I got a good deal :shocked:
We are talking 18" here??? :huh:
17"s actually, that'd be why they're cheaper then...
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I paid £104+ a corner for the assyms fitted... and I thought I got a good deal :shocked:
We are talking 18" here??? :huh:
17"s actually, that'd be why they're cheaper then...
There we go.. problem solved :grin: :grin:
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I feel much better now lol
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Probs GSD3s, but there is nowt wrong with them either.
Strongly disagree. Wait until they get half worn, and wet roads. :sick:
And if the was nothing wrong with them, why have Goodyear dropped them and replaced them with the F1 Asymmetrics?
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Probs GSD3s, but there is nowt wrong with them either.
Strongly disagree. Wait until they get half worn, and wet roads. :sick:
And if the was nothing wrong with them, why have Goodyear dropped them and replaced them with the F1 Asymmetrics?
They haven't dropped them though - you can still buy them, and they are still on the Goodyear website as a current tyre.
I've loved them for years on my beamer - I like the progressive grip on them, rather than grip grip grip grip no grip of a lot of other "high performance" tyres. I also have had no problem with lesser grip in wet conditions with the GSD3... and I actually prefer their performance when worn!
But for a GTI (or any front wheel drive car) I cannot comment... but I think I will try them out. Wont be any worse than the simply awful dunlops I have on there now.
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Probs GSD3s, but there is nowt wrong with them either.
Strongly disagree. Wait until they get half worn, and wet roads. :sick:
And if the was nothing wrong with them, why have Goodyear dropped them and replaced them with the F1 Asymmetrics?
They haven't dropped them though - you can still buy them, and they are still on the Goodyear website as a current tyre.
I suggest you check again - they have been officially discontinued for over a year now - which means they are NOT being manufactured. OK, there was some 'overlap' when GY hadn't rolled out all sizes of the Asymms to replace the GSD3s - but they defo arn't being made. So any GSD3s which peeps buy are just old stock - not good for rubber.
I've loved them for years on my beamer - I like the progressive grip on them, rather than grip grip grip grip no grip of a lot of other "high performance" tyres. I also have had no problem with lesser grip in wet conditions with the GSD3... and I actually prefer their performance when worn!
ETTO and all that, but neither the original Pilot Sport (directional) nor the current PS2 suffer with the 'grip>grip>grip>NO grip' syndrome - they were/are both extremely progressive, and give superb 'on-the-limit' feedback.
But frankly, I actually think it is vital to have a tyre which can perform highly in the wet, even when worn - which is why all the top tyre manufactures have ditched directional designs in favour of asymmetric tread patterns.
But for a GTI (or any front wheel drive car) I cannot comment... but I think I will try them out. Wont be any worse than the simply awful dunlops I have on there now.
But the Dunflops are also directional, and will also suffer from serious aquaplaning when there is still 5.5mm tread remaining! :sick: