I'm interested in changing all my tyres to RS3's, as I'm approaching wear bar on 2 of the tyres anyway

The other two are probably part worn (not sure exactly how much exactly but probably less than half wear, michelins if I recall).

 

Camskill are offering for £234 for set of 4 (£55 ea) !

Called locally for a comparison and on price comparison ( fitted ) they mentioned £308ish fitted so about £70 for them to fit, or £18.50 a wheel extra for fitting.

 

Does that sound about right or have any of you done better with RS3's fited ? Sounds pretty good to me, if thats fitting + balancing each. I know some can be a bit cheap and think oh, I can shop about and still do better but thats alright I think.

 

Also do you reckon its worth doing the full set for best response all round from the car ?

I did have a small sidewall nick on one of the worn tyres but with still quite a lot of wear left probably 4mm ( moved tyre to the back), so perhaps a bit paranoid thinking its worth replacing early anyway ?

Not bulging or anything, like the fact it was nicked thinking would be good practise.

 

I don't always have to scrap the part worns either - I can always stick em in my garage as spares in case I decide to track or something or get a proper full size spare wheel in future so keep as spares ?

 

Maybe worth replacing all of them anyway to get tyres with rim protection, as thats worth its weight (none of the tyres really have much rim protection for kerbing at the minute) ?

I've practically convinced myself to replace the lot (2x a bit prematurely) but just wondered what other inputs on cost, and doing all 4.

Cheers

I normally pay about £10 a corner for new valve, fit and balance.

 

I would replace all 4 if I were you at those prices

Wow I'm tempted to get some and store them for when I need them this summer at that price!

Are these for the 18's or 19's...?

Price says 18's but I live in hope...

18s mate but check the site

I normally pay about £10 a corner for new valve, fit and balance.

 

I would replace all 4 if I were you at those prices

 

Is that price matching the actual cost of the tyre itself as well factored in ?

If you supply the tyre I'd be surprised if it doesn't go up considerably.

 

Or do you have someone local price match the cost of the tyre too to get it all in?

 

I could ask them to do it a bit cheaper than £18 a tyre as technically I don't need diposal on 2 of them, I want to keep ? If they can drop £10 for not disposing 2 tyres (might as well keep them as they aren't worn to completion) its closer to £15 a tyre.

I'm interested in changing all my tyres to RS3's, as I'm approaching wear bar on 2 of the tyres anyway

The other two are probably part worn (not sure exactly how much exactly but probably less than half wear, michelins if I recall).

 

Camskill are offering for £234 for set of 4 (£55 ea) !

Called locally for a comparison and on price comparison ( fitted ) they mentioned £308ish fitted so about £70 for them to fit, or £18.50 a wheel extra for fitting.

 

Does that sound about right or have any of you done better with RS3's fited ? Sounds pretty good to me, if thats fitting + balancing each. I know some can be a bit cheap and think oh, I can shop about and still do better but thats alright I think.

 

Also do you reckon its worth doing the full set for best response all round from the car ?

I did have a small sidewall nick on one of the worn tyres but with still quite a lot of wear left probably 4mm ( moved tyre to the back), so perhaps a bit paranoid thinking its worth replacing early anyway ?

Not bulging or anything, like the fact it was nicked thinking would be good practise.

 

I don't always have to scrap the part worns either - I can always stick em in my garage as spares in case I decide to track or something or get a proper full size spare wheel in future so keep as spares ?

 

Maybe worth replacing all of them anyway to get tyres with rim protection, as thats worth its weight (none of the tyres really have much rim protection for kerbing at the minute) ?

I've practically convinced myself to replace the lot (2x a bit prematurely) but just wondered what other inputs on cost, and doing all 4.

Cheers

 

sounds like a good price to me, re the rears I prefer to have a matching set but personally I wouldn't replace them if its not needed seems like false economy to me. I would change the front set and then when the rears need doing replace them then . My tyres always get changed out of sync with each other never bother with changing front to rears etc 

Edited 28 March, 201610 yr by anthmcm

Is that price matching the actual cost of the tyre itself as well factored in ?

If you supply the tyre I'd be surprised if it doesn't go up considerably.

Or do you have someone local price match the cost of the tyre too to get it all in?

I could ask them to do it a bit cheaper than £18 a tyre as technically I don't need diposal on 2 of them, I want to keep ? If they can drop £10 for not disposing 2 tyres (might as well keep them as they aren't worn to completion) its closer to £15 a tyre.

I normally source tyres myself and take them to a local place. If I need disposal of old tyres that is usually about £5 per tyre.

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sounds like a good price to me, re the rears I prefer to have a matching set but personally I wouldn't replace them if its not needed seems like false economy to me. I would change the front set and then when the rears need doing replace them then . My tyres always get changed out of sync with each other never bother with changing front to rears etc 

 

There is another factor though here which is that its lack of wear protection - the rim literally sticks out from these bloody tyres ; checked and they are Kumho (mid-budget) anyway with no kerb protection at all quite the opposite.

 

In actual fact there is a horrible shopping centre turn around with very narrow roads that curls left at ours, and the car is almost a bit too long for it (better in my hatchback).

I actually managed to literally just kiss the kerb today there ! Already repaired but its getting bloody annoying and a tiny bit of kerb protection is all that is required to save me messing about !

Think I will change them, but keep them, as one of the tyres I'm nervous of anyway due to kerbing, the other can become a fullsize spare? So won't be money lost as I will keep the tyres as spare anyway.

sounds like a good price to me, re the rears I prefer to have a matching set but personally I wouldn't replace them if its not needed seems like false economy to me. I would change the front set and then when the rears need doing replace them then . My tyres always get changed out of sync with each other never bother with changing front to rears etc 

Tyres with the most tread should go on the rear axle to prevent oversteer and also to ensure that you don't end up with a set of 10 year old tyres on the back if you just keep replacing the fronts.

Never really liked the old rain-sports but that was a few years back so they might have improved, looking forward to getting the Goodyear eagles back on soon, although the D4s have been good over the winter even though it's been wet and not so cold here

I did have to try and have a tyre swapped over urgently one Sunday though, so tried a couple of the big chains and they wouldn't fit customer casings! National tyres being one of them, the same people that thought the rear wheels didn't need balancing (although charged for it) on a previous car!

Edited 28 March, 201610 yr by Exeterj

D4 have been excellent, summer wise, I'd probably head to michelin if needed them replacing. I used to be a michelin person, then went to conti, but recent years I think the michelin blend of wear and grip suits well bearing in mind the car is on winters a lot of the year.

I recently changed the factory fitted Michelins on the Octavia as they all went out of shape by 35k. Gone for Conti's as they always seemed good on my two previous Octavias.

I'm just changing the lot, sidewall protection itself is worth the change for me, the Kumhos (the most tread left) offer less than nothing in that regard against kerbing so not too worried about changing them early. They can be noisy too.

 

RS3 however are extremely good performing, also excellent in the wet, quiet and rated well on fuel. Not so hard earing however as a downside.

 

Its the first time I've bought any tyres for this since I had the car, I got the car cheap, I think the dealer were being cheap in coincidence to this so can't be too surprised !

 

I am going to keep the spares as mentioned, so the tread won't be lost, will get really value good proper rubber all around.

 

For £300 ish all in can't really go far wrong. I know they are very good tyres, as I already have some in 17s form.

Just fitted the RS3's to my mk3 (previously on my mk2FL 19"). Had a nice run from London to Scotland over the bank holiday. The weather was terrible (rain and wind) and I have to say I'm very impressed all round with them.

Ok maybe wear issue might be high (according to reviews) but wet grip is truly impressive. Even hitting puddles didn't really faze them.

Fairly quiet on the road too.