goodyear f1 asymmetrics

[RedRobin]

T_T - You wanted to know the steel spare I have on board which came with my 17's - # 1K0601027B. Thanks, you provided the excuse I needed to tidy up my boot!

Huh - that is the same part no as the 18" space saver!  So is yours a 17" or 18" pram wheel?   

....I've no idea. Perhaps VW don't supply different size pram steelies as spares. You may have to wait a while for me to bother to access it again - Apart from essential tools etc I carry a ground sheet, blanket, sleeping bag and roll-up fouton, spare oil, washer fliud, etc etc in my boot.

[RedRobin]

....My VW dealer has one of those Beisbarth laser rigs and I do all 4 wheels when tyres are changed - Keeps it all tip-top.

Do they give you the "before" and "after" printouts?  Would be interested to see just how much adjustment is needed - if any! 

....Yes - 'Before' and 'after' printouts.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

T_T - You wanted to know the steel spare I have on board which came with my 17's - # 1K0601027B. Thanks, you provided the excuse I needed to tidy up my boot!

Huh - that is the same part no as the 18" space saver!  So is yours a 17" or 18" pram wheel?   

....I've no idea.

Well what size is the tyre?  It will either be T125/70 R18, T125/70 R17, or T125/70 R16

Perhaps VW don't supply different size pram steelies as spares.

They do.  The standard bottom of the range poverty spec Golfs have a 16" space saver.  The GTIs with factory fit 18" Monza IIs get an 18" space saver.  But I don't know about the GT, or the GTI with the standard 17" alloys? 

You may have to wait a while for me to bother to access it again - Apart from essential tools etc I carry a ground sheet, blanket, sleeping bag and roll-up fouton, spare oil, washer fliud, etc etc in my boot.

Like to keep that blow up dolly in comfort then?       

[Teutonic_Tamer]

....My VW dealer has one of those Beisbarth laser rigs and I do all 4 wheels when tyres are changed - Keeps it all tip-top.

Do they give you the "before" and "after" printouts?  Would be interested to see just how much adjustment is needed - if any! 

....Yes - 'Before' and 'after' printouts.

Can you scan and upload a set? 

[RedRobin]

....My VW dealer has one of those Beisbarth laser rigs and I do all 4 wheels when tyres are changed - Keeps it all tip-top.

Do they give you the "before" and "after" printouts?  Would be interested to see just how much adjustment is needed - if any! 

....Yes - 'Before' and 'after' printouts.

Can you scan and upload a set? 

.... Why did I think you'd be asking for them when I was writing my response!? I don't have a scanner so I'd have to find it, set it up, photograph it, upload it onto my Mac, Photoshop any confidential info, upload it to photobucket, and then post it - Not what I was planning to do this evening sorry.

Later.........

[No Golf Clubs at all]

Wooo Hooo....all fitted....I am well pleased.  Acceleration, cornering, braking and steering all feels different! much more confidence in the car now...just for a change I actually want it to rain in Glasgow....but would you adam and eve it, its a dry day for once....no worries though it will be torrential soon...never stays dry for long up here.

On that subject, I noted some water actually in my old tyres! the fitters were equally baffled    Anyway they are off to the landfill now 

No additional charges, can only say that my Black Circles experience was superb! Think I will ask local VW garage how much for 4 wheel alignment next week, i did notice some uneven wear at the front.  Either that or get my tracking checked.

[No Golf Clubs at all]

Oh....forgot to mention....she flew through the MOT today as well

Seemed a good bunch of guys, and I exercised the half price MOT voucher from the Sunday Times.

£26.55 all in, not bad at all.

[No Golf Clubs at all]

Hey all, I was on tyresmoke today, there was a thread from Originally Posted by Cleybrooke slating the asymmetrics. He had an e number on the side wall of his tyres, mine, like his is E13. (Luxembourg).  As he studiously reported below the coding is as below. I got my tyres from Black Circles.  I can honestly say that so far they are truely awesome, so much better than that Korean crap I was sliding around on.

 

Anyways, I was just wondering what numbers each of you guys had on your Eagle f1 asymmetrics?

...thanks to the OP on Tyresmoke,....."OK - done some research here.. It appears that there have been some F1's that came from china and where iffy. These did not have the e in a circle on them. The e defines that they comply with United Nations Regulation No. 30. Each is a different country and the number after it is the specific compliance number for that size tyre. The complete list is below.

1 for Germany, 2 for France, 3 for Italy, 4 for the Netherlands, 5 for Sweden, 6 for Belgium, 7 for Hungary, 8 for the Czech Republic, 9 for Spain, 10 for Serbia, 11 for the United Kingdom, 12 for Austria, 13 for Luxembourg, 14 for Switzerland, 15 (vacant), 16 for Norway, 17 for Finland, 18 for Denmark, 19 for Romania, 20 for Poland, 21 for Portugal, 22 for the Russian Federation, 23 for Greece, 24 for Ireland, 25 for Croatia, 26 for Slovenia, 27 for Slovakia, 28 for Belarus, 29 for Estonia, 30 (vacant), 31 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 32 for Latvia, 33 (vacant), 34 for Bulgaria, 35 (vacant), 36 for Lithuania, 37 for Turkey, 38 (vacant), 39 for Azerbaijan, 40 for The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 41 (vacant), 42 for the European Community (Approvals are granted by its Member States using their respective ECE symbol), 43 for Japan, 44 (vacant), 45 for Australia, 46 for Ukraine, 47 for South Africa, 48 for New Zealand, 49 for Cyprus, 50 for Malta, 51 for the Republic of Korea, 52 for Malaysia, 53 for Thailand, 54 and 55 (vacant) and 56 for Montenegro.  "