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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #45 on: December 05, 2012, 11:51:38 pm »
Told you they were good :happy2:

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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #46 on: December 05, 2012, 11:58:55 pm »
Told you they were good :happy2:
yes well happy and can drive my kids to school in safety
phew, panic over
thanks a lot guys, bailed me out there with your advise

what do you think of the wheels lol,,, are they reaaaaaly nasty looking
would love a set of second hand black monzas, but prob way to hard to find, and don't even know if they do 16s in them

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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #47 on: December 06, 2012, 12:21:49 am »
lol check these, bit ott but look weird :driver:

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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #48 on: December 06, 2012, 04:02:43 am »
Glad to hear you got them sorted... don't be too hard on the F1's though, all summer tyres are next to useless in those conditions, the compound just isn't designed for it.

I think if we have another harsh winter then the government has to look at legislating the use of winter tyres - too many accidents, traffic jams caused by the wrong tyres this time of year.

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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #49 on: December 06, 2012, 09:40:04 am »

what do you think of the wheels lol,,, are they reaaaaaly nasty looking


Honestly, I think they look OK. Your satisfaction will come with your cars ability to tackle anything thrown at it. The year I first got snow tyres I was finding hills on purpose just so I could thrown the car up them!

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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #50 on: December 06, 2012, 09:59:38 am »
yeh i still rock the good old Parada spec 2's in the snow!  :signLOL:

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« Reply #51 on: December 06, 2012, 07:19:14 pm »
cheers guys, yeah my grip is emense now, as you say the government need to do something about this, 2 more people died today in Aberdeen / shire due to crashes, every day front page news
this needs fixed.
im going to look for black monzas I think or something similar,,, something 16inch which looks good, second hand is ok also
if anyone reading this thread does not have snow tyres - GET THEM -, don't be on the front page tomorrow also
drive safe

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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #52 on: December 06, 2012, 09:20:59 pm »

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« Reply #53 on: December 06, 2012, 10:26:29 pm »

yes please, go on tell me the cost then lol

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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #54 on: December 06, 2012, 10:35:19 pm »
I ran my mk4 anni with steel rims and winters when needed. It gave great confidence in winter, more importantly it protected my rims, so easy to kerb a rim in the snow!!!  :happy2:

Who cares what it looks like, safety counts  :happy2:
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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #55 on: December 06, 2012, 10:37:03 pm »
I ran my mk4 anni with steel rims and winters when needed. It gave great confidence in winter, more importantly it protected my rims, so easy to kerb a rim in the snow!!!  :happy2:

Who cares what it looks like, safety counts  :happy2:
totally agree with this,,Save your money Scott for better mods come the summer :happy2:

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« Reply #56 on: December 06, 2012, 10:39:57 pm »
I ran my mk4 anni with steel rims and winters when needed. It gave great confidence in winter, more importantly it protected my rims, so easy to kerb a rim in the snow!!!  :happy2:

Who cares what it looks like, safety counts  :happy2:
of course safety is paramount and is the reason I got the snow tyres / wheels sourced and fitted within 24hrs of slipping.
very happy with them so now that the panic is over I can have a look around for some second hand 16i wheels.

of course look is important although not critical, one of the reasons for buying a gti isn't it  :confused:

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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #57 on: December 06, 2012, 10:48:24 pm »
I ran my mk4 anni with steel rims and winters when needed. It gave great confidence in winter, more importantly it protected my rims, so easy to kerb a rim in the snow!!!  :happy2:

Who cares what it looks like, safety counts  :happy2:
of course safety is paramount and is the reason I got the snow tyres / wheels sourced and fitted within 24hrs of slipping.
very happy with them so now that the panic is over I can have a look around for some second hand 16i wheels.

of course look is important although not critical, one of the reasons for buying a gti isn't it  :confused:
no one cares when its snowing :signLOL:

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Re: can i put this tyre size on my gti, urgent help please
« Reply #59 on: December 07, 2012, 12:30:51 am »
how do I know what my rim width is ?
6j
7j
7.5j
can anyone help on that please