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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: steerf on 29 November 2007, 13:39

Title: Disaster with the Golf, new tyre needed
Post by: steerf on 29 November 2007, 13:39

Horrors of horrors ive kurbed one of my 18" wheels on my Golf, luckily for me it was going to be replaced as I picked it up from the dealers with a mark on it, apparently there's been a bad batch of wheels?
The bad thing is there is a cut in the side wall of the tyre, does anyone have an idea of the cost of a new Continental 225/40 18" tyre? I would guess at around £100-£150 price mark.

Title: Re: Disaster with the Golf, new tyre needed
Post by: paulm007 on 29 November 2007, 13:55

£117 from Mytyres.co.uk


http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/details.pl?ID=froogle&typ=R-104565&Country=UK

Title: Re: Disaster with the Golf, new tyre needed
Post by: Russ.C on 29 November 2007, 15:30

must be a bad cut to require a new tyre! how hard did you hit the kerb!? My Missis kerbed a wheel on my old R quite badly, really scrubbed the rim and had a chunk of rubber, I never replaced the tyre and never had any issues with it...

regarding contis, I need two new fronts at the mo and best I've found fitted is £140 each. Kwik-fit are doing a special on Pirelli (P-somethings!?), £108 IIRC, online prices are much better but I can't fit 'em myself!

Title: Re: Disaster with the Golf, new tyre needed
Post by: steerf on 29 November 2007, 17:48

The tyre is probably OK as its not loosing air but, it could fail.
All this because some daft bugger can't drive their Mondeo and cut corners at junctions.

Title: Re: Disaster with the Golf, new tyre needed
Post by: Paul H on 01 December 2007, 15:22

Try blackcircles.com - usually very competitve and deliver tyres to a network of approved fitters nearest to where you live

Title: Re: Disaster with the Golf, new tyre needed
Post by: TagnuT on 01 December 2007, 16:32

http://www.etyres.co.uk/