Winter Tyres - any advice welcome

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

It is turning cold here in Wales, so I am thinking about Winter Tyres for my pride and joy.

I would welcome advice from all you experts. There seem to be hundreds of tyre options. My dealership are quoting over £1400, which seems excessive. Please help.

 

[Anonymous]

Continental WinterContact TS 830P 235/40 R19's @ £202.80 each fitted and balanced. These are the correct size for the 19" wheel. Some people have opted to vary the tyre size but I'd prefer to stick with what the car was designed to have. Price quoted is what I paid this time last year and the tyres did me proud.

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah that's an awfully high quote. RON is absolutely bang on (he would be because I recommended them to him :lol: ). These wintercontacts are the ones recommended by Pug and consistently win winter tyre tests.

I paid slightly more than Ron (but still FAR less than what you're being quoted) and they coped well in Alaskadeen. I believe that we're in for the harshest winter in years and mine will be going on at the end of the month. Wouldn't mess around with alternative tyre profiles...they'll knock your speedo out.

I attach a link to my thread on this:

viewtopic.php?t=4331

 

[Anonymous]

I changed my profile so I could use Vredesteins that I've used in the past.

235x35x19 vredestein wintrac extremes ....currently on mytyres for £143 each. I paid £160 I think but winter tyre prices can change daily at this time of year.

35s had no ill-effect on handling albeit a harder ride. Gave the RCZ sporty stance too. I'd absolutely recommend them for winter grip :thumbup:

 

[Anonymous]

I changed my profile so I could use Vredesteins that I've used in the past.

235x35x19 vredestein wintrac extremes ....currently on mytyres for £143 each. I paid £160 I think but winter tyre prices can change daily at this time of year.

35s had no ill-effect on handling albeit a harder ride. Gave the RCZ sporty stance too. I'd absolutely recommend them for winter grip :thumbup:

Does that with 19ins anyway Donna.

 

[Anonymous]

I changed my profile so I could use Vredesteins that I've used in the past.

235x35x19 vredestein wintrac extremes ....currently on mytyres for £143 each. I paid £160 I think but winter tyre prices can change daily at this time of year.

35s had no ill-effect on handling albeit a harder ride. Gave the RCZ sporty stance too. I'd absolutely recommend them for winter grip :thumbup:

Does that with 19ins anyway Donna.

Even better with teeny weeny tyres! Just have to remember the alloys are a bit closer to the kerbs/potholes .....not that you consider this, ever! Ha!

Plus getting a trolley jack under is a bit of a squeeze when the 35s are on

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the responses. My tyres are quoting £207.80. Will call them to find out about fitting. Do they come to you? If so might I suffer from the jack point issue????

Thanks Donna, we are down a remote lane, complete with potholes, so I daren't go any lower!

 

[Anonymous]

Mytyres just send the tyres out. However, they have a few fitters that they can send the tyres directly to rather than you having to humph them there. I think you need to look for the "fitting stations" section. Be sure to look at them closely because some vary tremendously in fitting prices.

 

[Anonymous]

I got mine from a local tyre place. You need to totally empty your car in advance. You can bring all four of your summer tyres home in one go if you do so. Place one in the wheel well, drop the back seat and pull the passenger seat forward and the other three will then fit in.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi

Looking to get a set of winter tyres for the good ladies car, I'm at work can anyone tell me the tyre/wheel size on a 61 plate Diesel, I'm sure they're 19 "

If so are these the dogs bits ?

235/40R19 92V CONTINENTAL WINTERCONTACT TS830P N0 £197 fitted

Jim

 

[RCZ1]

Is it GT model or Sport? I think you really need to double check the tyre before you going buying tyres that could be the wrong size

 

[Anonymous]

Hi

It's the GT

Jim

 

[Anonymous]

Hi

It's the GT

Jim

The wintercontacts are the ones to go for!! :clap: :thumbup:

 

[Anonymous]

Hi

It's the GT

Jim

The wintercontacts are the ones to go for!! :clap: :thumbup:

2 of these and two WINTER SOTTOZERO SERIE II for the rear at the same price, being fitted on Thursday by event tyres in the car park at work I hope she's

Jim

 

[Anonymous]

I´m driving 18" Continental with ice-dubs wintertime and I really like them.

 

[Anonymous]

Cheaper Solution may be going down a rim size?

How about Peugeot 407 Alloys? 17" can get a set of 4 for about £200.

Falken HS tyres on a 215 / 55 / 17 for £60 -

Thats a full set of good snowshoes for under £500 and you dont have to worry about garages chunking your rims and only need to pay them once to put the snow tyres on to the alloys?

Pretty sure 17's would fit on the 156 anyway... their brakes are not exactly massive!

 

[Anonymous]

Time to put the winter tyres on again :thumbdown:

 

[stagger321]

Well I cheated/kopped-out.
Spent 40 quid on some Silknet Plus Snow Socks for the 19"s on my R.
With all the shenanigans with Peugeot Customer Car over my failed jacking points I am not going anywhere near getting my baby lifted to have new tyres fitted - well not until I have to that is.

 

[Anonymous]

The snow socks really aren't a great solution but I understand your wariness.

 

[RCZ-R]

One word of advice on 19" winter tyres: watch out for the load index on those winter tyres you are going to purchase. Don't go higher than 92. Stay even below that. Otherwise you will be treated with very harsh and hard ride. Not a pleasure at all.