Audi A3 - Tyre recommendation

Minstadave · 13 Apr 2013 at 10:06

Robi said:
£12 per corner for fitting at a local indie garage.

£338 (incl P&P) + £48 = £386 in total, £346 if you include the £40 free fuel. Not bad, not bad at all

Much better

Janesy B · 13 Apr 2013 at 10:39

And to think you nearly wasted £300 on a load of budget crap

Robi · 13 Apr 2013 at 11:16

I'll get some before and after pics, for all you tyre porn enthusiasts.

Thanks again for the help guys!

Robi · 13 Apr 2013 at 14:07

Just double checked my tyre size (glad I did) and I'm actually running 225/40/R18 which has increased the cost by a bit.

Any new suggestions on tyres? Similarly priced?

Camskill:

Falken ZE914 - £278.80
Uniroyal RainSport2 - £319.80
Falken FK453 - £340.00
Firestone SZ90 - £341.20
Goodyear Excellence - £379.60 + £40 Free Fuel
Goodyear EfficientGrip - £379.60 + £40 Free Fuel
Dunlop SportMaxx RT SP - £379.60 + £40 Free Fuel

Swaying towards the EfficientGrip or SportMaxx RT SP. SportMaxx seems to receive a lot of good press!

mattyfez · 13 Apr 2013 at 17:49

Robi said:
Just double checked my tyre size (glad I did) and I'm actually running 225/40/R18 which has increased the cost by a bit.

Any new suggestions on tyres? Similarly priced?

Camskill:

Falken ZE914 - £278.80
Uniroyal RainSport2 - £319.80
Falken FK453 - £340.00
Firestone SZ90 - £341.20
Goodyear Excellence - £379.60 + £40 Free Fuel
Goodyear EfficientGrip - £379.60 + £40 Free Fuel
Dunlop SportMaxx RT SP - £379.60 + £40 Free Fuel

Swaying towards the EfficientGrip or SportMaxx RT SP. SportMaxx seems to receive a lot of good press!

Do those prices include delivery?

[TW]Fox · 13 Apr 2013 at 18:07

sunny007 said:
Would the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 be good for a focus st ?

Very.

Robi · 13 Apr 2013 at 18:40

mattyfez said:
Do those prices include delivery?

Another tenner needed to account for that. Various Audi forums seem to rate the 453's quite highly, definitely over the SportMaxx.

[TW]Fox · 13 Apr 2013 at 18:52

Every owners forum rates the 453 better than everything but this is because they are cheaper so everyone wants to think they've found a half price conti-beater.

In reality, the 453 is mediocre at best.

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2012-Autobild-50-Tyre-Braking-Test.htm

25th there. niiice.

Muffin` · 13 Apr 2013 at 18:54

For £40 more it's worth getting the Eagles.

£102.50 a corner, amazing value.

Minstadave · 16 Apr 2013 at 17:18

My delivery arrived this morning, no invoice though. Do camskill send this out separately?

Dangerous Dave · 16 Apr 2013 at 17:26

Robi said:
Just double checked my tyre size (glad I did) and I'm actually running 225/40/R18 which has increased the cost by a bit.

Any new suggestions on tyres? Similarly priced?

Camskill:

Falken ZE914 - £278.80
Uniroyal RainSport2 - £319.80
Falken FK453 - £340.00
Firestone SZ90 - £341.20
Goodyear Excellence - £379.60 + £40 Free Fuel
Goodyear EfficientGrip - £379.60 + £40 Free Fuel
Dunlop SportMaxx RT SP - £379.60 + £40 Free Fuel

Swaying towards the EfficientGrip or SportMaxx RT SP. SportMaxx seems to receive a lot of good press!

I would still go for the Goodyear F1s in that tyre size, only £30 more than the EfficientGrip or SportMaxx RT SP

Minstadave · 16 May 2013 at 12:12

Fuel cards received in the morning post, took a couple of weeks for Camskill to send the invoice and a couple of weeks again for goodyear to send out the cards. They're for use in Tesco petrol stations.

Matt82 · 16 May 2013 at 14:19

where do you guys go for fitting?

Im due 8 tyres very shortly, camskills is very keenly priced but who can be trusted to fit tyres?

Minstadave · 16 May 2013 at 14:26

Just use my local dodgy looking Indy, doesn't charge much. About £10 a corner.