225/45/17 tyres

[vickster]

Any recommendations?  Need 2 fronts, and although enough tread to pass the MOT both on an advisory.  I am not feeling especially flush right now and am not driving much being a summer cyclist! Don't really want to spend more than £100 a tyre fitted. 

What are Kumho like nowadays? The KH31 seem to be well received and are £83 fitted by Blackcircles?   Happy to order online but would like a fitted price not just mail order

Cheers in advance all 

[Hurdy]

Vrdestein Ultrac Sessanta's if you are looking at reasonably priced tyres with good grip.

[vickster]

Thanks - but they are £122 each from Blackcircles!

Views on Kumho anyone?

[vickster]

No one ever had to buy tyres for their GTI or do you all use £120+ premium rubber?  Come on, help a damsel in (not a lot of) distress out 

[four!]

I had some on my previous car (not a gti) they were reasonably priced and lasted well and were quiet on the road

On my experience in the past be carefull going for something too cheap, they often don't grip very well and may give lots of road noise, Leaving you thinking why  didn't I spend the extra £10 or so each side.

Good luck

[Nasir]

Be aware that just because the outlay to buy the tyre is cheaper it may not last longer than a more premium tyre which will cost you more in the long run as you'll have to change the tyre sooner. You'll also not have as much grip etc.

Here are a couple of premium tyres around your budget:

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m54b0s16p12403/VREDESTEIN_TYRES_CAR_VREDESTEIN_ULTRAC_SESSANTA_-_225_45R17_94Y_XL_TL_

Most people love these tyres on this website and at £88 are good VFM.

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m54b0s16p73204/DUNLOP_TYRES_CAR_DUNLOP_SP_SPORT_MAXX_TT_-_225_45R17_94Y_XL_MFS_TL_

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m54b0s16p12745/GOODYEAR_TYRES_CAR_GOODYEAR_EAGLE_F1_ASYMMETRIC_-_225_45R17_94Y_XL_TL_

Check out tyrereviews.com for a good idea of what people think of a certain tyre. I know these aren't fitted but fitting shouldn't cost more than £30 and with this info you may get discounts at your local tyre place.

[vickster]

Thanks guys, apologies for my tardy reply!

What are people's views on the Falken 452s, come in around £91 from Blackcircles.  The Goodyears are £110ish, the Vredesteins £120!  Or anyone running T-1Rs on a GTI, have had them on a less powerful car before, can get for £89ish

One of my fronts is a Dunlop Sport Maxx.  It was changed when I got the car, done around 5000 miles and down to 2mm which seems rather crap!?  The other is some no name rubbish.  Got the traction light spinning in the wet today, think will need the tyres sooner rather than later

Any discount codes out there for BCs or Valuetyres?  There are also a couple of decent indys near me, will see what they have in the size.  

TBH I cannot be doing with getting tyres delivered and then finding fitting especially as I try to cycle to work weather permitting and carrying car tyres home would be a challenge  

[rich83]

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m54b0s16p12403/VREDESTEIN_TYRES_CAR_VREDESTEIN_ULTRAC_SESSANTA_-_225_45R17_94Y_XL_TL_

Vred... cheap!!  

Falkens 452 are cack... do not buy them.

[vickster]

Thanks

They are still £90 then I have the hassle of getting them home and indeed fitted - being a woman I will inevitably be ripped off

Thoughts on Toyo?  Can get those fitted for £90

[Nasir]

Seriously buy the Vreds, other stuff won't compare at that price point. Go to your local tyre fitter and say you're only paying  around £35 to fit these, or if you're unsure a VW dealer will outsource it for you for a slightly higher price,

[mortygttdi]

Iv'e been a Toyo man myself and my last car I had the T1-R but it was a focus ST and the sidewalls suffered with the heavy front end, Toyo stopped doing the T1-R so I now have the PX4's on and although good they are not T1-R good so think Ill be going Dunlop sport Maxx next

Darren

[vickster]

Given I do about a 100 miles a week usually in traffic, not sure I'll notice the difference - I don't drive the car especially hard - the Vredesteins are around £125 each fitted, so £35 a tyre more versus the Toyos is a big difference...especially as I should really do all 4! 

Maybe the Sport Maxx are the compromise at around £100 a corner, although the Toyos at sub £90 is a very good price and the fitting centre is at the top of my road!

[rich83]

The vreds are not 125 fitted.

They are just less than 90 quid from camskill and the you should be able to get them fitted for around 5 pounds per tyre.

[Stg123]

I am in the same position, when I bought my GTI, it had some bizarre tyres (Runway Enduro 916) that I have never heard of fitted to it, and quite frankly they are shocking, although they do allow for some unintentionally spectacular slides on roundabouts. I had the Toyo T1R on my Saab 9-3 aero, and they were extremely good on that- excellent wet and dry grip, and the fronts lasted 15,000 miles of occasionally "spirited" driving, whilst the rears were probably good for another 5,000 at least. They were quiet as well. I can't decide whether to go for the Toyos again, or the Vredesteins. A neighbour of mine who has a mk5 GTI which is re-mapped and sporting a new exhaust to get it to 245-250bhp has bridgestone potenzas on his car and recommends them. Has anyone experience of the different tyres on the same car and could give some feedback on each?
I also admit I am a tyre tart and like the look of the toyos as they match, but to help cure my affliction could someone post a phots of the Vreds on their car so I can see how they look with their opposite tread pattern.
Thanks

[Nasir]

Given I do about a 100 miles a week usually in traffic, not sure I'll notice the difference - I don't drive the car especially hard - the Vredesteins are around £125 each fitted, so £35 a tyre more versus the Toyos is a big difference...especially as I should really do all 4! 

Maybe the Sport Maxx are the compromise at around £100 a corner, although the Toyos at sub £90 is a very good price and the fitting centre is at the top of my road!

You misunderstood me, I meant £35 for all 4. Even that is a high price, I would usually pay around £25 for all 4 fitted and balanced.