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permit 29th March 2020 10:44 PM

New tyres all round - ready for summer
 
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Just had four new tyres fitted. Clayed and machine polished the inside of the rim then treated the wheels with Gtechniq C5 wheel armour, then put two layers of wax on top of that, 1 collonite and 1 Sonax pure carnauba wax. Shine like a mirror!

Really loving the Michelin tyre walls!

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...3&d=1585517875

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...4&d=1585517875

H-M3 30th March 2020 01:23 AM

Nice! What that set you back? Let’s see the full car shot.+++

permit 31st March 2020 01:53 PM

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So the whole set was £935 fitted.

Here they are fitted to the car. Initial run surprised me with some road noise, seemed louder than the winter tyres but we'll see if that settles a bit.

Here they are fitted to the car.

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1585659215

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1585659215

tintin 31st March 2020 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by permit (Post 156676)
So the whole set was £935 fitted.

That's about what it cost me for all the tyres (summers and winters) on all three of my cars :cool:

H-M3 1st April 2020 01:13 AM

Lol. Part worn I guess?
Car looks mint by the way. Would you think about putting spacers to poke the wheels out a bit?

permit 1st April 2020 09:08 AM

Thanks! Yes, considering spacers for sure, not decided on lowering it yet, hence I haven't done it yet.

I remember the days of cheaper tyres 🙂 But then none of them had to be rated for 190mph 😁

tintin 1st April 2020 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by H-M3 (Post 156684)
Lol. Part worn I guess?

Yep. Saved me about £6k in tyre costs over the last 3 years - that's 3 annual holidays for me ;)

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Originally Posted by permit (Post 156685)
I remember the days of cheaper tyres 🙂 But then none of them had to be rated for 190mph 😁

Very true - mine may only be rated to 155 mph :eek:

HPsauce 1st April 2020 01:21 PM

I think my Michelin PS4S's on 20s will be staying in the garage until 2021. :-(
Winter wheels and tyres might as well stay on now and if we do get to Kelso in October they will be fine. :cool:

tintin 1st April 2020 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by HPsauce (Post 156689)
I think my Michelin PS4S's on 20s will be staying in the garage until 2021. :-(
Winter wheels and tyres might as well stay on now and if we do get to Kelso in October they will be fine. :cool:

That's a fair point: I'm not sure I'll both swapping over my PA4s on the S8 either, given the low use it is likely to get. I also considered SORNing it for 6 months when the tax deadline came round yesterday, as handing over a few hundred quid to get next to nowt back seemed a bit pointless...:rolleyes:

HPsauce 1st April 2020 03:04 PM

I thought about SORN as well, but it's useful having a backup car so it will stay road legal and maybe get the odd trip out when we need to get our shopping.
Conveniently our Volvo had it's annual service and MOT early in March.


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