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05-01-10, 02:11 PM
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Car tires
Need to replace the rears on my wife's car and timing means we need to keep the budget pretty tight (also have 2x MOTs due, 2x Tax due, 2x Insurance due, plus an oil/filter change and a new tailpipe for my vehicle -all this after xmas
 ).Anyhow I can get a very reasonable price on good quality tires by mail order. I'm wondering if anyone might have a recommendation on where to then get them cheaply mounted/balanced in the Corby/Kettering or Northampton areas (or reasonable distance from)? I'd be bringing the wheels in off of the car to keep it a bit cheaper still. cheers, -Mike
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05-01-10, 02:24 PM
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Re: Car tires
PAF Tyres just off Leonards road or AA Tyres on the Rothersthorpe industrial est (both Northampton).
AA also keep a lot of very good, part worn if things are really tight. Oh, both do a discount if you like to carry cash  When I was made redundant in jan last year, 5 new tyres turned up for my freelander on account £25 for 5 fitted and balanced at AA Tyres. Last edited by speedplay; 05-01-10 at 05:44 PM. |
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05-01-10, 02:55 PM
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Re: Car tires
Good deals at Costco
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Re: Car tires
 Gracias
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Re: Car tires
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My wife drives a K3 Civic coupe and the tires are 205/50-16. She has P6000s on it now -the fronts new when we bought the car last Jan, but the rears, while they still have plenty of tread, are showing cracks and have become very noisy. I've done some digging and found that Yokohama C Drives rate very favourably (quiet and decent in the wet) and have found them for £116/pair delivered.
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05-01-10, 04:12 PM
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Re: Car tires
My Tyres or Black Circles are some of the cheapest out there. Both mian order and offer fitting services.
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05-01-10, 04:48 PM
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Re: Car tires
I use blackcircles too, very good prices n fitting is always easy.
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05-01-10, 05:06 PM
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Re: Car tires
I need 3 Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3s for my impreza - cheapest by far was ValueTyres at £90 per wheel fitted - a fair bit cheaper this time than Blackcircles, Tyeshopper and Mytyres - all of which I have used in the past.
It seems to just depend on what size/type you are looking for, and what stock they can get hold of...
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Re: Car tires
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05-01-10, 05:50 PM
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Re: Car tires
My Goodyear Eagle F1 GSDs are the same size as your wifes - 205/50/16, not sure on the load/speed rating though - mine are 87W - they were £91 each fully fitted including balancing, disposal etc.
Not great for wear, but awesome grip, in the wet & dry. Might be worth trying www.valuetyres.com - if you use the code CWU10 you get an extra 10% off (I forgot to use the code  )
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