Getting some new tires soon, any ideas?

[Ivan141]

150 euro's for the tyres, 40 for mounting and balancing (could be done cheaper but I didnt want to go through the trouble of bringing the tyres and rims to another garage)..

[oldskull]

I see, thats was cheaper than what i got here. But I think if I go drive to other garage few km further, I would find cheaper one I think. Anyway which tyres u got there? I am plan to buy new tyres soon

[Ivan141]

Falken Ze512 Ziex...185/60r14

[banpei]

oldskull Wrote:I see, thats was cheaper than what i got here. But I think if I go drive to other garage few km further, I would find cheaper one I think. Anyway which tyres u got there? I am plan to buy new tyres soon

Euh, you are going to a garage in Blaricum?

Ivan: the borolicious car isn't that bad.

[oldskull]

banpei Wrote:Euh, you are going to a garage in Blaricum?

No not in Blaricum. I would not do that, u know what I mean I was to the garage in Huizen about 3km from where I live. I paid 14.50 euro per tyre for mounting and balancing. But he gave me 20% off last time. Anyway I will go to find somewhere maybe next time

[Ivan141]

I bought my tyres from http://www.autobandenmarkt.nl
You can choose a garage near you where you can pick up your tyres and have them mounted for a predetermined price. I have had wheels balanced for as little as 5 euro's before...just depends on where you go. 10 euro's seems fair if you have them remove old tyres and mount+balance new ones. Just mounting should be cheaper IMO.

[oldskull]

I just checked autobanden.nl. The cheapest price for mounting and balancing is 14,30 euro then 4,50 euro more for aluminium rims. Damn expensive in this area. I think beter i bought tyres from autobanden.nl and mounting/balancing somewhere else.

[banpei]

Hmmm, it's relatively cheap.
But what about your Falken? Are they summertires?

[Ivan141]

Well, summer/all season tyres I think.
They're pretty comfortable compared to my previous tyres, grip is okay too. Havent really tested that yet though. Hope I can get some better pics of my new wheels this week.. they're really growing on me..

[Mux213]

Ah you got the ziex ones, looks like they have gone down in price.

I was wondering between falken and yokohama, I've heard falken has some good budget tires but they also have some excelent performance tires.