I need new tyres. Badly. Problem is, I don't know who to trust with my lovely wheels. I've heard the usual Kwik Fit horror stories, so where do I find a trustworthy tyre retailer in-or-around Rochdale/Oldham?

I think I'm going to end up at Demon Tweeks fitting Yokohamas

I've heard the usual Kwik Fit horror stories, so where do I find a trustworthy tyre retailer in-or-around Rochdale/Oldham?

Not sure about locally (all I know is none of 'em stock Smart-size tyres!), but Bromley's in Warrington are good and not all that far away...

Rob.

Well, if you buy from "mytyres.net", usually a good bit cheaper than the national chains.

In rochdale itself, there's only three places I'd consider taking mine:

Tophams - but i've not no idea of prices or even if they do fit tyres not bougt there.

Mitchells - same applies as above

Rochdale Tyres - probably the last place you'd think.

It's down by Rochdale Dancewear, just off the bottom of Boundary Street.

Run by a pakistani man. But that's where I ended up with mine. 4 tyres (from mytyres), fitted, valves, balanced, IIRC, under

PM Phil (piv34uk)...he works for Merityre and may be able to arrange a good price and for you to get them from your local dealer.

mytyres delivered to me next day IIRC, and I went down ATS to get them fitted next day. ATS monkeys were kind to my 17s as we have a trade account with them and they don't want to jeopardise

I got a set of tyres from Black Circles (http://www.blackcircles.com). They arranged fitting at my local Motorway/Hi Q depot. No problems, and the fitters there seemed to have more of a clue than the average Thick Fit monkey.

I used Blackcircles the last two times for tyres and found them to be very good. They supply the tyres to local fitters who fit them on behalf of Blackcircles

micheldever,

micheldever,

Thanks for the info, but the tyres are the wrong size and Micheldever are based in Winchester, aren't they?

In the end, I got 225/45 R17 Toyo Proxes T1-S from WheelBase in Chadderton. Haven't spotted any problems yet (although I'll need another 90-odd miles before I start pushing the limits again).