Advice required: takkies for the Golf

[freerider]

(03-12-2008 09:32 AM)springbok Wrote:  Mmm nice. Let us know how they turn out.

I have just about decided on Conti Sport Contact 3 just shopping about for the best price.

Conti Partner where R1399 each for 245/45/17's about a month ago.

Absolutely BRILLIANT tyres IMHO

[springbok]

245?? Feck that's wide. How wide are your rims??

[freerider]

(03-12-2008 10:08 AM)springbok Wrote:  245?? Feck that's wide. How wide are your rims??

8J, the 225's I have on them right now have a slight stretch, so the 245 should sit nicely on the back

[springbok]

Yeah, 225's are a bit narrow for 8J.

[bindog]

I see not too many Yoko's on this thread... I have had A-drives on my last kadett that demanded a lot from the front tyres and my coupe has S-drives on it... both have been brilliant in my opinion... I dunno how to rate them against the others but just some more info...

[crazygolfer]

225/45/17 , 245/40/17 going for R3000 a set and 195/50/15 @ R2500
all continental

[calypso]

Mine worked out to R2000 each
Thats for 245/40/17.

[crazygolfer]

this is 3k a SET....u do the math

[springbok]

If a SET = 4 tyres it can't be R3000 for 4 x Conti Sport Contact 3's. That's R750 per tyre????

[freerider]

YOH, did they fall off a ship?

[calypso]

They probably conti economy specials.
It sucks paying the money for tires, but once they on it feels so worth it.

[springbok]

Years ago I bought a BMW325i (old square shape - forget the code). Anyways it came with Goodyear G something tyres and I spun the car in the wet on High Level Road at night. Next day I went out and put on top of the range Yokohama tyres and it absolutely transformed the car.

I lived in Hout Bay at the time and worked in town so whichever way I comuted always involved lots of sharp corners. The car stuck to the road like sh*t on a shovel.

[whattingh]

Does anybody else here have experience with Firehawk tires. I currently have them on my car. They don't seems to bad, are not that expensive(iirc around R1000 for 205/65/15) and have the all-road have guarantee thing.

[crazygolfer]

(03-12-2008 03:55 PM)springbok Wrote:  If a SET = 4 tyres it can't be R3000 for 4 x Conti Sport Contact 3's. That's R750 per tyre????

:)its for the SET