Tyre choice - need some advice ...

IRL-Tony

• Car: 1998 Golf IV 1.9tdi 100+bhp [ok, the cars not built for street-racing ... I want to stay on the road all the same].
• Size: 195/65 R15
• Living/Driving: Mostly driving the backroads between Ballymahon-Mullingar and decent roads from Mullingar-Leixlip.
• I know shag-all about tyres ... started digging on the web a few days ago and have come up with this ...

Have kinda narrowed down to these two:

• Continental Premium Contact 2 --- €64 delivered with eiretyres.com --- Averages 67% on tyrereviews.co.uk.

• Bridgestone Turanza ER300 --- €61 delivered with eiretyres.com --- Averages 64% on tyrereviews.co.uk.

I can't find prices/sales locations for these [with correct size] ... any comment folks?
- Uniroyal RainSport 2 -- price -- where -- Avg. 93% on tyrereviews.co.uk.
- Falken FK451 -- price -- where -- Avg. 85% on tyrereviews.co.uk.
- Michelin Primacy HP -- price -- where -- Avg. 84% on tyrereviews.co.uk.
- Falken FK452 --- price -- where -- Avg. 79% on tyrereviews.co.uk.
- Uniroyal RainExpert -- €59 del. with eiretyres.com -- Avg. xx% on tyrereviews.co.uk. Any comment?


Maybe the above 5 don't even come in size 195/65 R15 ... any of ye folks in the tyre business might know?
- Checked blackcircles.com and eiretyres.com and camskill.co.uk for the Uniroyal RainSport 2, Falkens & Michelin --> nothing in 195/65 for sale.






Can anyone offer good advice on my 7 tyre options?





Regards,
Tony

B11gt00e

Hey Irl-Tony.

You never mentioned Vredestein tyres... the Sportrac 3 & Quatrac 3 are excellent tyres with a compound that doesn't wear too fast, gives very good grip and the sportrac 3 are absolutely fabulous in the rain...

... I've driven on rough west of Ireland roads on the sportrac and they're very very good. The ride is smooth on them and the noise levels are low... I had bridgestones before them and the Vredrestein are lovely.

Camskill.co.uk have you're size 195/65 15 in stock, and the sportrac three are at on offer at a great price.

I got mine before the whole recession business and they were delivered in no time... you can track them on the internet if I remember correctly.

The whole economic thing here now might have you looking for Irish suppliers which is totally understandable... but will give you the link all the same...

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m4b0s418p0

The sportrac 3 are about a quarter way down the page retailing at £46.60
I paid a good bit more for a different size set but have never regretted the investment.

Bluefoam

Uniroyal RainExpert

I've had the falken fk452's they are a high performance tyre and I would highly recommend them. The 451's are not in the same league. You should also add Toyo proxie tr1's to your list and if you want a very budget tyre it would be worth trying kumo estas 35's.

Graham_B18C

Just wondering fella's, where do you go to get them fitted?

Will any tyre place do it? And how much is a fair price to get 2 or 4 tyres fitted?

The 15" Bridgstone Turanza's are €90 in the shop and they're only about €60 on eiretyres...

B11gt00e

hey 999... most tyre places just fit their own... you have to look about for independent fellas... one guy up on Sarsfield Rd (inchicore) used to pop them on for me... Near the Texaco garage.

I forget the price. Maybe 15 each when you do all 4, but I honestly can't remember.

Bluefoam

Uniroyal RainExpert

15 euro each balanced is about right. Casll your local independent fitters. I have use Dave Mc cann in coolmine.

IRL-Tony

If you have a look at my attached image 'eiretyres_com__200909.JPG' ...

Apparently EIRETYRES have a deal with some local Tyre shops ... €6.00 per tyre ... I need to verify this price though ...

bazz26

Uniroyal RainExpert

When I was shopping for tyres online I found www.camskill.co.uk cheaper than www.eiretyres.com.

Their delivery is very prompt too, ordered on a Friday and arrived on Monday.

Graham_B18C

Bluefoam wrote: »

15 euro each balanced is about right. Casll your local independent fitters. I have use Dave Mc cann in coolmine.

Excellent, I live on the Navan road so that's be dead handy

PADDYPOKER

EIRETYRES have a deal with some local Tyre shops ... €6.00 per tyre

Any idea of where this is?

salad dodger

Bluefoam wrote: »

15 euro each balanced is about right. Casll your local independent fitters. I have use Dave Mc cann in coolmine.

Does that 15yoyos cover the fitters taking your old tyres off of you too?

IRL-Tony

To B11gt00e,

Cheers ... they look grand aswell ... see them in eiretyres for €59,47
This is a delivered price and fitting is €6.00 per tyre [to be confirmed].
See the eiretyres web-site for your nearest 'fitting station partner' !


Regards,
T



Athlone Tyre Depot

Delticom © 1.93 As the crow flies about 2,0 km

Old Galway rdteiretyres.com
tAthlone / Co West Mead© Delticom 4.17875
Opening hours:

• From Monday to Friday 9.00-6 hours
• Saturday 9.00-5 hours

The price per tyre (which includes removing the old tyre,
mounting the new one, putting a new valve in, balancing and VAT) is
only EUR 6,00
Plus disposal of the old tyre(s) if required. EUR 2,00
Alloy wheel rims: EUR 2,00 additional charge
Unfortunately, due to technical reasons, tyres cannot be delivered directly to this fitting station.

B11gt00e wrote: »

Hey Irl-Tony.

You never mentioned Vredestein tyres... the Sportrac 3 & Quatrac 3 are excellent tyres with a compound that doesn't wear too fast, gives very good grip and the sportrac 3 are absolutely fabulous in the rain...

... I've driven on rough west of Ireland roads on the sportrac and they're very very good. The ride is smooth on them and the noise levels are low... I had bridgestones before them and the Vredrestein are lovely.

Camskill.co.uk have you're size 195/65 15 in stock, and the sportrac three are at on offer at a great price.

I got mine before the whole recession business and they were delivered in no time... you can track them on the internet if I remember correctly.

The whole economic thing here now might have you looking for Irish suppliers which is totally understandable... but will give you the link all the same...

http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m4b0s418p0

The sportrac 3 are about a quarter way down the page retailing at £46.60
I paid a good bit more for a different size set but have never regretted the investment.

Bluefoam

Uniroyal RainExpert

salad dodger wrote: »

Does that 15yoyos cover the fitters taking your old tyres off of you too?

Yes, includes removal and disposal of old tyres.

IRL-Tony

sorry folks ... it would have been polite of me to post this sooner ...


I purchased: 2*Vredestein Sportrac 3 195/65 R15 91V from eiretyres.com.
Delivery was by DPD.
Balancing & Fitting in 'Athlone Tyre Depot' was €12.00 per tyre.

So far so good. One thing I've noticed as I drive through the lakes on our roads is that my car no longer lunges toward the ditch when I hit deep puddles. Well impressed so far.

Regards,
T

cjt156

I got the same tyres (different size) from them too - price was about the same as Camskill. Fitted by Confey tyres in Leixlip at €10 each all in.
Have to say they've been fantastic in the wet. Better than Pirelli, Goodyear eagle or Continentals I've had previously.

RobAMerc

Lads when I was looking online for tyres someone here suggested I try Sandyford who matched the online price and included fitting.

I'm in no way associated with them btw.