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A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:07 pm
by bjk
Couldn't think of a thread title that encapsulated all I wanted to discuss. :lol:

Anyway, so far best price I've got for the Kumho KU36's in 235/40R18 is $210 fitted and balanced at my local T-Marts. This is after I quoted him a few places I'd rung around already, and that I could get them landed for $188 each in SA from Tempe. Think I'd get much better than $210?

Also, the guy mentioned this thing about "Parallel imports" that sounded a little BS to me. Said that the tyres I could be getting from NSW were essentially not the real deal from Kumho themselves. Anybody know anything about that?

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:11 pm
by Vectose
Couldn't just ask in one of your other 10 wheel related threads? :lol:

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:16 pm
by bjk
Vectose wrote:Couldn't just ask in one of your other 10 wheel related threads? :lol:
Didn't think of that. :facepalm2:

I would say this is slightly different, which it is, but I guess it doesn't really matter. :lol:

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:21 pm
by Vectose
So your tyre width grip thread where you were asking about the prices of KU36's was not relevant? :lol: :geny:

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:28 pm
by bjk
Vectose wrote:So your tyre width grip thread where you were asking about the prices of KU36's was not relevant? :lol: :geny:
Different kind of relevance..?

Where's that shovel that Astron had earlier... :silent:

Gotta say though, quite a scattering of prices that I've gotten so far.

For those who find such things interesting:

For the KU36's. 235/40R18
$
320
250
309 (down to 210)
290
275
335
409

And the KU31's in the same size.
$
220
190
185
189
205
225
230

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:48 pm
by Bennoz
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Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:55 pm
by bjk
It was a mistake to add me on facebook Ben.

Big. Mistake. :lol:

I think too much boost is making you make bad decisions.

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:00 pm
by dstocks
Unrelated question. How much money is your time worth?. Because with all the effort you are expending, I would have said that you've exceeded the most expensive tyre on the list already :P

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:09 pm
by Sahin
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Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:31 pm
by silverGPX
f**k me, its not life or death. Just a f**king wheel lol.

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:40 pm
by bjk
dstocks wrote:Unrelated question. How much money is your time worth?. Because with all the effort you are expending, I would have said that you've exceeded the most expensive tyre on the list already :P
About 19.86 per hour at my current job. :lol:
silverGPX wrote:f**k me, its not life or death. Just a f**king wheel lol.
I'm close, I swear! But if someone says, "hey, would you like product x for $30" and someone else offers the exact same thing for $25, you be an idiot to pay 30.

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:44 pm
by dstocks
But if it takes 10 hours to research it at 19.86 per hour, youve just lost a fortune.

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:49 pm
by bjk
Fortunately, by paying myself I end up with the same amount of money!

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:02 pm
by bass_twitch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis

Anyway. Just grab the cheapest you can find, or the one your gut says to go with.
I know I did heaps of research on my wheels/tyres
But eventually you just need to take the plunge. Find a style you like, put them on, wrap em in rubber and go nuts. Personally I love my $180 falken fk452s,
For road driving, an entry level performance tyre is normally all you need (car only weighs just over a tonne), and my eBay $700 rims look to part too :D

And as Phil would say: if you break it, fix it. :lol: (normally by driving it like he's stolen it if I'm not mistaken)

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:11 pm
by Sahin
bass_twitch wrote:falken fk452s,
Don't give him another option!!!!!! lol :lol:

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:15 pm
by Vectose
New thread:

Kumho KU36 vs Falken FK452

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:18 pm
by bass_twitch
Vectose wrote:New thread:

Kumho KU36 vs Falken FK452
Sahin wrote:
bass_twitch wrote:falken fk452s,
Don't give him another option!!!!!! lol :lol:

:lol:
We should just give him his own section of the forum for all his threads,
Then just take bets on how long it will be until someone says totes.

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:26 pm
by Astron_Boy
bass_twitch wrote:Then just take bets on how long it will be until someone says totes.
:lol:

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:39 pm
by Technikhaus
Totes

Re: A few tyre questions

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:49 pm
by Sahin
That was really not funny...