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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Phil mcavity on 19 June 2007, 22:40
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Had service done on the car today and they fitted 2 new tyres to her, the tyre make ive never heard of..... Hankook,Vectus sport 18', Z rated, cost me fitted £147 each one, got them to put them to the rears and move the Bridgestones to the front to wear them down quicker. T.T's gonna castrate me i know!! an help with these tyre history would be helpfull. ta
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Had service done on the car today and they fitted 2 new tyres to her, the tyre make ive never heard of..... Hankook,Vectus sport 18', Z rated, cost me fitted £147 each one, got them to put them to the rears and move the Bridgestones to the front to wear them down quicker. T.T's gonna castrate me i know!! an help with these tyre history would be helpfull. ta
Phil I had new Hankook's on my TT when i fitted 18's, they were good all round tyre IMO, I only clocked up 10K on them before selling the car, so I can't comment on wear rates. but for the money £100 each they were ok, I think £147 is a bit steep though.
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Don't mention it.
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Some info here;
http://www.ctyres.co.uk/tyres/hankook.php
Personally, I would have insisted on another couple of Bridgestones or replacing them with a well known brand such as Michelin, Pirelli, Dunlop, etc
Price does seem very steep - sure you could have done much better at a specialist tyre fitter.
You're right, TT ain't gonna be happy :angry:
Cass
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Hankook is a well known brand too has been going alot of years. I have used them for about 10 years (not the same tyre) on the mk1 GTI due to them on that car out gripping and giving better steering feel than the pirrelli's, toyo, Dunlops, michelin and many others i had tried.
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Mytyres has them, seem to get a good write up.
http://www.mytyres.co.uk/start.html
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Sounds like a good tyre after all, but shocked into the price VW have charged me!!!
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Why did you get them from VW? If it were me i'd of stuck to a better brand for a chepaer price.
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Phil I am sorry but didn't want to mention the price but maybe you have a cause to complain.
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Are you sure about the specification of the tyre?
The nearest thing I can find are these:-
http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/details.pl?ID=froogle&typ=D38319&Country=UK
Edit:- oops if you go to their home page and look through there are some 18" ones
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hancook ventus .. i had them on 16/45/195 on my last car, decent in the dry, sh!te in the moist
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Why did you get them from VW? If it were me i'd of stuck to a better brand for a chepaer price.
I had the car for its 1st major service, so thought bollox to it, get them to do the lot,just had a cash downfall of my inheritance and moneys not object at the moment.But stupid me should of went elsewhere as i found a link from that my tyres website as to regards the nearest dealer of those tyres was, and it turns out its an old buddy of mine i used to work with and could of had a pair for the price 1 from VW!!!!, oh well :sick:
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Some info here;
http://www.ctyres.co.uk/tyres/hankook.php
Personally, I would have insisted on another couple of Bridgestones or replacing them with a well known brand such as Michelin, Pirelli, Dunlop, etc
Price does seem very steep - sure you could have done much better at a specialist tyre fitter.
You're right, TT ain't gonna be happy :angry:
:angry: :angry: :angry: . . . . . . . :wink: :grin:
Unfortunatley, they will aquaplane like a ba$tard when they get half worn. It is a sad fact that directional tyres are OLD technology. Even the mightly hailed Goodyear F1 is now an assymetric.
Oh, and Pirelli are even shyter (lethal, wheelspin in 4th gear, yes even with quattro, and just frightening in the rain) than the Dunlop SportMaxx.