Tyres - where to buy online

[Killa-Kyle]

Hi there,

I'm in the market for some winter tyres... looking for a set of 4. For use in Germany and Europe over the winter.
I'm looking at Dunlop SP WinterSport M3 at the moment. This what people who built my car use and recommend.

I'm compiling a spreadsheet of places to buy online and prices etc.

I'd appreciate any dealer referrals!

Here is the current spreadsheet on Google Docs

Cheers!

[rastamanblues]

Personally I would ALWAYS go to Micheldelver tyres, they are just down the road from me, fantasic service, and they are the wholesalers to most other tyre places in the country.

+ Have you tried Camskill?
If I'm not having tyres fitted and just want them delivered them Camskill usually works out the cheapest.

[marky_mark]

you need something like these
http://www.tyremonkey.co.uk/tyres/ra...195-60-15.html

bit of snow no problem
i used them in the muddy stages but obviously at only 15" a little small for your monster

[olobley]

I always used to source through www.blackcircles.com
They'd then deliver to my local tyre shop who'd fit them for like a fiver a corner.
Wasn't so good on the landy, but with the jaggybus, I'd save fifty quid a corner (as she needed odd sized P-zeros)

[Sin_Chase]

http://www.event-tyres.co.uk

They have a good rep within the S2000 crowd, were always able to get potenza RE050MZs before and after discontinuation. No stock left of fronts anymore though!

[Killa-Kyle]

thx much! ill update the sheet!

[SpeedyChic]

Have you tried ETYRES they come to you at home or work i always use them.

[oBladeo]

i've always bought my tyres from mytyres.net

[Killa-Kyle]

thx all for input, got some good sources on the spreadsheet for future use!

In the end, with help from Alpina we made contact with a B5 owner who was selling official Alpina exact spec wheels and winter tyres for a decent price in Germany. They are 18x8" on all corners, the minimum physically and legally permissible! Smaller wouldn't work due to the truck sized discs and calipers!

Picked them up yesterday and had them fitted today... so far perfect. Looking forward to trying them on a snowy car park next time it snows to get a feel for the rubber/handling.
The wheels and tyres are as new, but the tyres were made in 2004 and never used. So there is a concern that the rubber might be to dry for 100% proper snow/ice/wet traction. They are still about the best money can buy so, I have high hopes for at least 1 winter and summer from the tyres.

Time will tell.

I amounted a fair chunk of knowledge about mid range and high performance 18" and 19" summer and winter tyres, so if anyone needs to double check something on this topic, just shoot me a question and I'll be as helpful as I can.

For the record, it basically makes no sense to try and buy >=19" winter tyres. It is super expensive and also the wider the tyre the worse it will perform in very wet and snow conditions. At 19" the choice of tyre starts to get very thin too. Where possible I'd always recommend having a set of winter rims as small as physically and legally permissible, tyre choice and price gets better as you reduce the dimensions.

[Killa-Kyle]

snaps of the winter solution: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...3&l=b4c90c1ae1

[Killa-Kyle]

For the record, I wrote up my winter wheels story.
Sharing here in case its of any insight.

http://thealpinaregister.com/forums/...pic.php?t=7477