Post-Bruntingthorpe, my original tyres weren't too happy :( and as they'd covered 24.5k miles it was time for change, so after reading the reviews and searching the posts I thought I'd try some 225/45 ZR17 Rosso's.

I went to Merityre in Thame on Saturday and Phil (piv34uk) fitted a set of P Zero Rossos to my Octy. I was very impressed by the job he did - he cleaned the wheels inside and finger plate balanced them (as recommended by Aston, Jaguar, etc) and I would like to say thanks Phil and thanks again for the price

The Pirelli's are much better than the standard tyres, even before they're scrubbed in and they hold the corners very well in the dry. I also went for the flush fit valves (after seeing them on Phil's vRS) and nitrogen. If you want a professional job at a decent price, send Phil a PM.

Andy

he cleaned the wheels inside and finger plate balanced them (as recommended by Aston' date=' Jaguar, etc)

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What is finger plate balancing Andy? Intrigued..... :confused:

And flush valves? :confused:

Finger plate balancing is where instead of normally when a wheel is balanced and it is mounted on a central spindle and spun round, the wheel is mounted using the 5 wheel bolt holes so it replicates it being on the car and should give a truer balance (as far as I understood it anyway!)

Flush fit valves are exactly that, they fit flush to the wheel rim - very neat.

http://shop.carnoisseur.com/shop/products/Wheels/Accessories/1404310000/viewProduct

Here's a link to show what they look like, you then get an allen key and an adaptor so you can top them up, check the pressure, etc.

HTH - Andy

Glad to help Andy, nice to have met you and your lad........hope the tyres are bedding in nicely.....i normally state they need scrubbing in for a good 200miles but as you proved to me after fitting they grip well @ speed after just being fitted:rolleyes: Thanks for the write up

Finger plate balancing is Pirelli`s recomended way of balancing wheels and Andy has explained it well, he was obviously listening:thumbup: We are after all a Pirelli Gold fitting centre

Phil

Yeah thanks for the explanation.

I'm always interested in balancing since I had probs on a car (years ago mind) with mis-balance. After returning for the 3rd time I noticed the machine was set to "static" as opposed to "dynamic" ~ asked the guy what the difference was and he didn't know

Guess how we fixed my balance problem? Go on....guess! :P

Guess how we fixed my balance problem? Go on....guess! :P

Limited you to just one pint.......

no go on........Phil

Limited you to just one pint.......

Oooh so close.... but not quite right.