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Title: Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: richard ellison on 01 June 2004, 10:25
Shortlisted two types (195/45/15)

-Goodyear Eagle F1s around ?60 a tyre

-Dunlop SP9000 around ?70 a tyre

Whats peoples opinions?
Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 01 June 2004, 10:29
how about getting them 195/50/15 then get some toyo proxes from mytyres.co.uk for ?31 each :D
Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: richard ellison on 01 June 2004, 12:59
because the only profile that will look lush is 195/45 supposidly... just going off advice ive been given...
Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: jv on 01 June 2004, 13:08
indeed, 195/45/15 look much better :)
Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: Dizzie on 01 June 2004, 13:22
and make your car age faster cos your speedo reads wrong ;D
Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: mikereynolds on 01 June 2004, 13:28
How about toyo proxes 195/45/r15?? got them on my car, they are really good tyres, tyres micheldever tyres

Mike
Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: Martz on 01 June 2004, 13:48
These guys are good and have fitting centres throughout the UK.

http://www.blackcircles.com/

Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: richard ellison on 01 June 2004, 13:54
i found a place called 'johnsons tyres online' which are pretty cheap.

mytyres.net is still by far the cheapest tho.

Still dont know whether its worth paing the extra for the top set of SPs.

Ive heard the TOYOs are very good, however wear quite quickly...
Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: 8vgti on 01 June 2004, 13:58
i found a place called 'johnsons tyres online' which are pretty cheap.

mytyres.net is still by far the cheapest tho.

Still dont know whether its worth paing the extra for the top set of SPs.

Ive heard the TOYOs are very good, however wear quite quickly...

Toyos are quality tyres offering IMO excellent wet and dry handling for a reasonable price and they dont wear that quickly (depends how you drive). I can average about 15K on my Toyos 205/50/15 in a mixture of driving.
Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: GavG60 on 01 June 2004, 14:10
toyos are good.

only reservation is I got through a set pretty quickly on the front of my 16v, and when they go bald, they are sh!te really quickly.

for a cheap tyre they are the bollocks though  ;D
Title: Re:Tyre Choice? Opinions
Post by: G6dub on 02 June 2004, 10:34
How about toyo proxes 195/45/r15?? got them on my car, they are really good tyres,

Mike

This is what I have too, if you can't get them from my tyres have been told teh top gear web site does them at good price too