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Old 22nd July 2014, 08:27 PM
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21" tyres are an outrageous price.
Tell me about it my 2 new Contisport 5's at 255 30 21 are costing nearly £500 fitted and balanced and that's at trade prices
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Old 22nd July 2014, 11:16 PM
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That's not too bad mate - I paid similar last year for 20s (Mich SS) although this years were slightly cheaper
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Tell me about it my 2 new Contisport 5's at 255 30 21 are costing nearly £500 fitted and balanced and that's at trade prices
Neil, at least you can console yourself with the fact they won't wear as fast, with it only being a 3.7 and all that
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Old 23rd July 2014, 07:14 AM
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A 3.7????

I didn't know they came with an engine that size.

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Old 23rd July 2014, 12:17 PM
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A 3.7????

I didn't know they came with an engine that size.

It's whats known in the trade as a Friday afternoon engine. They set out to make a 4.2, but realise that they don't have enough time to finish it before the buzzer goes for the weekend, so to complete the build, a cunning plan is hatched amongst the staff..................

And that children, is how the 3.7 was born.........

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Old 23rd July 2014, 01:08 PM
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Jolly banter and no offence intended!

I thought it might be a hybrid or something with an engine that size intended to charge the batteries......

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Happy to report that the wheels I purchased have been delivered. It took two weeks rather than the 72 hours that the site said.

They are brilliant and I'm glad I got them from where I did because I saved almost £200. They look great and from what I can tell they are genuine Mak. ie all the right paper work is there and the quality looks fine.

I'm not fitting them for a couple of weeks, as I am having the Audi tow bar added as well. So I'll get them changed over at the same time.

Pics of the tow bar and wheels in a couple of weeks

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Old 7th August 2014, 08:48 PM
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They look a similar style to OEM so should look great.

What size did you end up going for, the 18's as planned or something bigger?

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I just went for the exact same wheel size! Which means that the tyres having only done 1500 miles, will swap straight over

edited Sorry yes that was 18"
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Look forward to seeing those on your car. Love them
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