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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: mat-ryder on 11 May 2008, 16:27

Title: Tyres
Post by: mat-ryder on 11 May 2008, 16:27
What tyres do you all recommend and what is the cheapest price you can get them for and where?
Not worried about fitting, just the tyre price as i can fit them at work
Cheers
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: kells on 11 May 2008, 18:20
getting 2 yokohama Parada spec 2, 195/50's fitted tomo by my friends at alpha tyres in leeds, charging me 75 quid fitted for the pair....
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: 16VWarby on 11 May 2008, 18:53
bloomin 'eck. can i send you my wheels and get em done?. I was quoted 75 each fitted on the island for parada's :angry: :cry: and so was me mate on his wee mini on tiny minilites...
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: mark3valver on 11 May 2008, 19:01
you can buy a whole set of parada's on camskill for about £150!!!!
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: Neaty on 11 May 2008, 19:31
have you tried www.mytyres.co.uk ?
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: kells on 11 May 2008, 19:57
bloomin 'eck. can i send you my wheels and get em done?. I was quoted 75 each fitted on the island for parada's :angry: :cry: and so was me mate on his wee mini on tiny minilites...

look on the ebay, they have them delivered for 80 quid, not sure about to your neck of the woods tho

i basically just got a little bit knocked off, dont pay for fuitting etc as i know the guys very well and run illegal events from their building

they offered me toyos for 30 each, said no way as they are sh!te
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: Mikester on 11 May 2008, 20:08
Got goodyear eagle f1s all around, not a bad tyre, not done me wrong yet.
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: kells on 11 May 2008, 20:45
Got goodyear eagle f1s all around, not a bad tyre, not done me wrong yet.

exept crash a couple of times hahah sorry just joking :laugh:
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: Mikester on 11 May 2008, 20:49
Got goodyear eagle f1s all around, not a bad tyre, not done me wrong yet.

exept crash a couple of times hahah sorry just joking :laugh:

looooool. Pesky white van men!
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: mat-ryder on 11 May 2008, 21:09
i had some toyos on the rear of my old driver with some 17"s on it and yoko 539s on the front but they didnt last long, good tyres though. Just wanted to know what people recommended on the 15"s as i think im gonna stay with them for a while.
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: mark3valver on 11 May 2008, 21:28
I had toyo's on my standard wheels and they were crap!!!!

I am looking at some road/track tyre's atm not sure what to go for as don't want to go for 888's due to the amount of road miles I may end up doing.

some people rate eagle F1's, others say parada's are better....
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: kells on 11 May 2008, 22:02
the reason i choose paradas is simply because iv always used Yoko's, i tried all diff types and for me personally i prefered the yokos so iv just stuck with them over the years
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: boneybradley on 11 May 2008, 22:55
I have new fulda's up front and they grip great in the wet n dry but do squeel a bit when close to the limit!! much better than the maxxis i had fitted which were lethal when wet!
last time i had yoko's they lasted about 10000 miles due to the soft compound!!
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: mark3valver on 12 May 2008, 10:42
I have never ever got 10000 miles out of a set of tyre's!!!!! max for me is about 6-7k....... might be due to soft wallowy standard suspension meaning the car leans over and rubs the shoulders way before the middles get any where near old...

hopefully with the new coilovers they will be go a tad further
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: kells on 12 May 2008, 14:01
get around 20k from my yoke's no probs...dont drive it like a loon tho  :laugh: :grin:
Title: Re: Tyres
Post by: beccasmk3gti on 12 May 2008, 16:04
well ive got toyo t1-r's on my golf and like them loads but got a539's on my v6 omega and they grip well! dont like contintal contact's not much grip me thinks!