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Tyres.....
« on: April 20, 2010, 10:17:55 pm »
Hi guys, wheres the best/cheapest place to get tyres for my edition 30? ie, the oe or equivelant michelins or dunlops? Or any other similar quality tyre?
Not interested in performance as its all massively personal preferance on the road!

thanks in advance.

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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2010, 10:21:32 pm »
just put Pilot Sport 3's on mine - very impressive. Lot grippier than the Exalto OE tyres.

Bout £130 ish a corner (i know a dude) PM me if your interested and ill see what he can do for you!

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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2010, 10:21:42 pm »
Camskills or black circle are usually the cheapest or wait for the costco 20% offer. for the michy's

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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2010, 10:38:13 pm »
Camskills, delivery is much cheaper than Black Circles so always works out cheaper.

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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2010, 09:05:23 am »

Camskill is where I buy mine.
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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2010, 09:35:47 am »
I've been hunting around a lot lately and camskills were also the cheapest i'd found as well
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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2010, 11:32:43 am »
I went for the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's - about £80 a corner on Camskill   :happy2:

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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2010, 01:30:40 pm »
I went for the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's - about £80 a corner on Camskill   :happy2:
.........good choice,got them on mine. :happy2:
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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2010, 09:57:38 pm »
I went for the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta's - about £80 a corner on Camskill   :happy2:
.........good choice,got them on mine. :happy2:

I need 2 new fronts and am going to get these to match the rest but Camskill are out of stock on the 225/40/18s  :sad:
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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2010, 10:21:14 pm »
Tried Pirelli tyes?

I get very little spin on mine.. in fact none at all :happy2:
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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2010, 10:29:42 pm »
Tried Pirelli tyes?

I get very little spin on mine.. in fact none at all :happy2:

Are you down a bit on power? Id get that checked  :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2010, 02:15:48 pm »
Where abouts are you based?

If you're in or around Bristol give me a shout as I should be able to help with some pretty competitive fitted prices.

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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2010, 05:35:33 pm »
Goodyear eagle f1s £100, or conti-contacts £110 including fitting !
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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2010, 11:28:03 am »
I can also recommend the Pirelli P Zero tyres.

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Re: Tyres.....
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2010, 12:18:35 pm »
Another vote for Camskill! :happy2:

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