part worn tyres

Siliconslave · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:31

ok peeps - i need some seriously cheap tyres - only need to cover a max of 2000 miles befor giving in (and the car being crushed) so costing as little as possible is the order of the day.

I've tried phoneing up my friendly local tyre place and they don't do part worns, so is it just a case of phoneing around till i find someone who will, or shall i go with stupidly cheap ditch finders at £130 for 4?

(tyre size if 185/60 r14 btw)

laters
Sam

Tesla · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:37

What Car is it Sam?

You may be able to find a set of wheels inc. tyres or something for it on Ebay and then whack those on.

Doonhamer · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:38

Just put on a set of cheap remoulds tbh

Siliconslave · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:39

Tesla said:
What Car is it Sam?

You may be able to find a set of wheels inc. tyres or something for it on Ebay and then whack those on.

tis a possibility - its for a vw scirocco.... i'll have a nose about now

edit: just got a quote for £124 for 4 from a local place....

agw_01 · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:45

How about a breakers yard? Get a set of steelies?

I paid £50 fitted for 2 part-worn Conti's for the 214. They were excellent tyres for the price. Loads of tread left too.

Sone · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:45

Go to the scrap yard, my cousin used to allways get his wheels, charged about £5 a corner. (these were for a 1988 Mazda 323 1.5 about 4 years ago)

Siliconslave · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:49

agw_01 said:
How about a breakers yard? Get a set of steelies?

I paid £50 fitted for 2 part-worn Conti's for the 214. They were excellent tyres for the price. Loads of tread left too.

again is an option - although i've just found a place on ebay that does 4 decent brand part worns for £60 delivered.... and i have a mate that can fit and ballance them for us

gonna pop into the local brakers thou

edit: anyone know what other cars would have the same wheel size offset etc?

lordrobs · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:52

If you've got the time to have a hunt around on ebay that might be a good option.

I bought a set of alloys for £100, I got 12k out of the soft fronts (were about 20% worn) and after 13k I've still got the rears with loads of tread left. If I were to sell them without tyres or with bald ones I think I could still see £50 for them. Compare that to £102 for a PAIR of new tyres and you can see that you could be on to a winner.

kaiowas · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:52

Same size as the MR2, you could always try signing up on IMOC and asking in the mk1 forum if anyone local has any they don't need anymore. If you were a bit nearer I'd probably be able to sort you out with some myself although I just this week promised the spares I have lying around to someone from work who want to use them for drifting his MX5.

burns · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:56

I'd look in the yellow pages for a tyre fitter in the worst part of town you can find and give them a ring. I went to a dodgey little indian garage in Southampton and paid £10 a corner for some 185/55 14 (think that was the size). I've had a good 5 thousand miles or so out of them so far.

kaiowas · 1 Sep 2006 at 14:59

Siliconslave said:
edit: anyone know what other cars would have the same wheel size offset etc?

Assuming you have 4*100 PCD (my database doesn't include the scirrocco but most VWs of that era appear to be) then
anything below has the same stud pattern and centre bore as well as an offset in the right ballpark:

BMW MINI (new)
SEAT Arosa, Cordoba, Ibiza, Inca, Toleda
SKODA Felicia, Favorit, Forman, Pick-up
VOLKSWAGEN Corrado, Golf, Lupo, Jetta, Passat >96, Polo, Vento

Then you've got the following with slightly larger centre bores which you might be able to make fit:

NISSAN 100NX, Almera, Micra, Sunny
SUBARU Justy >95, Vivio
RENAULT Clio, Megane, Laguna, R19, R21, Espace

Siliconslave · 1 Sep 2006 at 15:08

kaiowas said:
Same size as the MR2, you could always try signing up on IMOC and asking in the mk1 forum if anyone local has any they don't need anymore.

cheers for the heads up - someone is giving some away on the forums, but they are a little far away for me, so i've pm's asking if he doesn't mind me getting them couriored down

and cheers for the list of sizes

kaiowas · 1 Sep 2006 at 15:13

Just seen those myself.

/must resist temptation to aquire another set of alloys.

Siliconslave · 1 Sep 2006 at 15:16

kaiowas said:
Just seen those myself.

/must resist temptation to aquire another set of alloys.

oi! (and you can have some old scirocco ones if you like instead

)

kaiowas · 1 Sep 2006 at 15:24

I'd have still let you have the tyres!

The wheels aren't any good to you anyway as the MR2 centre bore is too small.

Siliconslave · 1 Sep 2006 at 15:26

kaiowas said:
I'd have still let you have the tyres!

The wheels aren't any good to you anyway as the MR2 centre bore is too small.

oh right... didn't realise that - oops

Akira · 1 Sep 2006 at 18:37

Isn't there any smaller independent 'under the arches' tyre places near you? The ones near me do part worns of all descriptions for around £25 upwards.