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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Shrodinger's Cat on 03 January 2007, 15:40

Title: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Shrodinger's Cat on 03 January 2007, 15:40: Anyone else got the factory fit Bridgestone tyres on 18" Monzas?

If so, do you also think they're sh!t-all use in the wet. Not had a chance to try them in the dry yet due to full time precipitation in Scotland. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: The Doc on 03 January 2007, 16:25: I have had Conti's and Dunlop SP Maxx and they were both great tyres!
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Shrodinger's Cat on 03 January 2007, 16:46: Maybe I'll try Dunnys or Contis when it's time to change - which will be soon going by the amount of tyre I leave behind at every junction/roundabout/set of traffic lights etc...

Perhaps I'm just a bit over-zealous with the right foot in the wet?
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: wantmygti on 03 January 2007, 17:09: Goodyear Eagle F1's are always popular and designed for the wet.

I'm currently on Toyo proxes T1Rs on my MR2 and these are storming in the wet and a bargain pricewise too.
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Phil mcavity on 03 January 2007, 17:49: Can anymore give me an idea of what a new set of rubber costs, to fit onto monza 18's please, ie current ones are bridgestone, and best place to get em fitted ie, tyre centres? break it to me gently plz!
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Phantom on 03 January 2007, 20:18: My RX-8 has Bridgestone Potenza RRE040's and they are crap in the wet. I have no idea what tyres are fitted to the Golf I collect on Saturday.

I have just had two new 18" Goodyear Eagle F1's fitted to the front of our Mondeo ST and even though we have done 100 miles max with them so far, they feel great in the wet.

I will definitely consider Eagles in the future.

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Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Lynsey on 03 January 2007, 21:15: I'm also on Continentals on my 18's - no complaints so far... :smiley:
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Phantom on 04 January 2007, 22:24: THe Conti's on the front of the Mondeo ST (18") were soft as clarts. They lasted 11,500 miles before we had to change them...and that's with a very light foot!

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Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: The Doc on 04 January 2007, 23:29: I have a strange book from when the GTI was launched that says the 225-section potenzas are the best tyre choice - in fact they say "critical" :shocked:

Therefore every GTi should have them as standard!

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Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Paul-GTI on 05 January 2007, 00:17: Right no I have Vredestien Wintrac (225-40-18)extreme on some cheapo GTI look-a-like wheels for when the weather gets a bit nasy.

I have the bridgestones on the OEM wheels and they seemed fined in the summer, but as soon as it went a bit cold and wet I lost confidence in them. I will be swapping for Conti-2 (or 3) when replacements are needed.
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: wantmygti on 05 January 2007, 08:40: Phil, i think if you think around the Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£100 per corner you'll be in the right ball park. Take a look at www.mytyres.net I've used them several times and they're both quick and relatively cheap. Just need to find a tyre monkey to fit them.

Those on 17s - I think Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£80-85 a corner is more like the going rate.
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: wantmygti on 05 January 2007, 08:43: Just looked uo the site myself (now .co.uk) and it seems the Eagles are Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£95 each and the Bridgestones are Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£104, but bear in mind the fitting charge.
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Shrodinger's Cat on 05 January 2007, 08:47: Thanks for all the feedback on this so far, interesting to see people's thoughts.

I see that the Potenzas are classed as a summer tyre, which may explain why they are pants in the wet?
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Shrodinger's Cat on 05 January 2007, 08:50: That site looks pretty good wantmygti. Who would you get to fit the tyres? I presume most places would not be interested seeing as you are supplying the tyres yourself?
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: wantmygti on 05 January 2007, 09:08: in the Uk we only need summer tyres - relative to the US we have no winter!

In the past i've found any tyre fitting centre other than Kwik Fit will oblige. Sometimes if you get lucky you can slip the lad doing it Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£20 and walk away, just go out of peak times. Kwik fit either rufuse to do it or charge loads.

www.blackcircles.com is also worth a check, and they have a fitted option whereby the garage local to you and selected by you calls when your tyres are in and arranges to fit them. All done and paid for in one transaction, but I've found the fitted price to exceed the mail order price by an unreasonable amount in the past.
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Phil mcavity on 05 January 2007, 14:27: Cheers for that ifo wantmygti, im on about 5mm on fronts with 9500 miles down so they will need doing end of the summer i guess at this rate!
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: wantmygti on 05 January 2007, 14:36: thats not so bad, slicks are grippier in the dry!
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: Phantom on 05 January 2007, 21:38: The 18" Eagle F1's I had fitted to the Mondeo ST last week, cost just under Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£250.00 fitted. That was from a local place who I have always gone to. The fitter actually commented that (obviously with a different speed rating) they are the same section and size as a 911 - hence the cost :)
Title: Re: Bridgestone tyres
Post by: ReDBull on 09 January 2007, 10:46: I'd not bother with the conti's there OK but for the same money you can get better. Goodyear eagle F1's or Michelin pilots will be what I'll go for next time. Been quoted fitted Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£128 for F1's and Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£162 for pilots but they are supposed to be the real deal. If you want grip and don't care about tyre wear go for Yokohama AVS sports they didn't last long but what grip!