Tyre Options 21’s... Not many..

[MikeFish]

tyre leader £273 not fitted so cheaper than black circles even with fitting added.

[HPsauce]

I always try and buy my tyres in ahead of needing them, when I see a good price, then use a mobile fitter that I trust.

Usually that coincides with switching between summer and winter wheels so I get him to do all that too.

[Bit_evl]

My experience is in order of higher price

Blackcircles
MyTyres
TyreLeader

Might be worth looking at Costco as they do a good job but usually expensive.
Then choose carefully where you get them fitted so its not a Shop load of monkeys. Actually works out quite useful this way.
Then bung the preferred monkey and extra £20 to spend a little longer balancing them.

I don't get the comment re 20 vs 21 for winter. It is not the diameter but the width and rubber/pattern that makes them more valuable. I always had narrower tyres on thinner rims on Winter combo's. They ended up being the same rolling radius.

[HPsauce]

I always had narrower tyres on thinner rims on Winter combo's. They ended up being the same rolling radius.

Same here.

The main reason for smaller alloys with deeper profile tyres (for me) is the greater risk of damage in winter conditions with a low profile.
Plus the availability of winter rubber in very low profiles is quite limited.

[gsc]

You RS6 lot are lucky, '7's only have 9J rims so we are stuck with 275/30/21 which means Dunlop, PIrelli or Conti's. Conti's are awful as my car came with themand had them on the RS3 and they were dangerous, experience of Pirellis is poor i.e. don't last long, noisy by grippy so going to try Dunlop GT's rather than RT's. If only MIchelin made 275/30/21.

They do make 265/30/21 so was wondering about downsizing the width of the tyre which would still be OK for a 9J rim and they do have chunky side wall profile but not RO1.

[Knobby]

So got a price from my tyre fitter of £330 each fitted.

What's a fitter charge these days?


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[ImmortanJon]

I just put MPSS on all round (based on positive reviews on this forum) and impressed by them. Sourced via Black Circles a few months without fitting. Local small garage that I know and trust charged £30 per tyre fitting which I felt was fair enough given I did not give them the tyre revenue.

[Foxy]

I've had Bridgestones and Conti's on my RS4 and have to say I'm quite impressed with the Conti's, wearing well with less tram lining though not as grippy. I pick up a new PE tomorrow and just hoping it's not on Pirelli's, what's the chances?

[MikeFish]

I pick up a new PE tomorrow and just hoping it's not on Pirelli's, what's the chances?

33.3333% I'd say. No real winner here, just different degrees of losers.
I had my car (on pirellis with about 5-6mm tread) slidding round a roundabout trying to keep up with a BMW M2 in the wet (who wasn't sliding). Says it all.

[Markp]

I pick up a new PE tomorrow and just hoping it's not on Pirelli's, what's the chances?

33.3333% I'd say. No real winner here, just different degrees of losers.
I had my car (on pirellis with about 5-6mm tread) slidding round a roundabout trying to keep up with a BMW M2 in the wet (who wasn't sliding). Says it all.

Whatever your tyres Mike, I think the guy in the M2 would be upset if he didn't leave you floundering in his wake around a roundabout - dry or wet - it is a superb little car.

[Knobby]

Got it down to £319 for MPSS from a local tyre place. If I buy from tyre leader they are 273. £184 fitting isn’t bad is it?


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[Bit_evl]

Fitter in a decent place should be £20-30 a corner for strip, clean, fit, balance, rebalance, fit to car from my experience.

[gsc]

UP to £40 per corner if you also include tyre disposal

[DrB]

£10-15 in Johnstone! They always do a good job, and take care.


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[MikeFish]

UP to £40 per corner if you also include tyre disposal

Kwik fit charge about £1.50 to dispose of tyres (even if you don't buy any tyres from them). In fact I had an old tye to get rid of and took it to Kwik fit to dispose and they said just throw it on the pile and didn't even charge me a penny even though I didn't buy anything from them or pay them for any services before. In fact that is the only time in my life I have ever had anything good to say about them.