General Winter Tyres (Again)

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Ah right I know what you mean. I was going by the price I got a single Stilo rim for off of eBay, £10 plus £10 p&p. Was over a year ago mind.

Is your spare not just a space saver tyre on a full size rim or is it a space saver rim also?

 

[sludgeguts]

also tyres are not designed to be repeatedly fitted and removed

Not to mention used, removed, stored, re-fitted. I've often wondered what is the lifespan of a tyre?
I just stick to whatever tyres I have on (ATM they're kumho ?) & I'll be carrying my snowsocks in the boot. Used them each year for 4 years now & still good to go (although now showing signs of fraying), not bad for about £40-odd.

 

[Andy Monty]

Not to mention used, removed, stored, re-fitted.

Suppose it boils down to storage conditions... Leave a tyre in the baking sun exposed to weather for a couple of years its going to be degraded....


Leave them stored in a cool dry dark place Cleaned before storage on a tyre tree and dressed with a proprietary tyre dressing to "seal" the rubber they should last a fair while ..

 

[Wee Smurf]

Ah right I know what you mean. I was going by the price I got a single Stilo rim for off of eBay, £10 plus £10 p&p. Was over a year ago mind.

Is your spare not just a space saver tyre on a full size rim or is it a space saver rim also?

All spacesaver... That's why I'm looking the full sized steel wheel.

 

[Popshot]

I got a set of 4 used steelies off ebay for a tenner locally and a set of Sava Eskimo S2 high silica tyres for £34 each delivered from Germany. I could have got slightly better tyres and worse ones too but felt the Eskimos offered a good performance (particularly in snow) according to tyretest.com for the money. It took me all of an hour to make a tyre changer from metal I had kicking about so all I now need is them balancing. I note that the price is now higher and expect it to get higher still as winter gets nearer so if you intend to buy do it sooner rather than later.

 

[Its the wifes]

If anyone has a set of steel wheels for a Panda it would be most appreciated as Fiat said they are £100 each brand new not including a tyre

The wife has just bought a new fiat panda and where we live we need winter/snow tyres

 

[306maxi]

If anyone has a set of steel wheels for a Panda it would be most appreciated as Fiat said they are £100 each brand new not including a tyre

The wife has just bought a new fiat panda and where we live we need winter/snow tyres

I have some steel wheels which would fit a Panda.

 

[Its the wifes]

I have some steel wheels which would fit a Panda.

Oh tell me more

 

[306maxi]

14" 5.5j 4*98 and they're going to go onto our 500 in the next week or three.

 

[Its the wifes]

Oh i thought you were selling them

Bugger the hunt continues

 

[Geddes]

If anyone has a set of steel wheels for a Panda it would be most appreciated as Fiat said they are £100 each brand new not including a tyre

Has anyone seen the wheels that places like MyTyres supply?

A wheel for your Panda fitted with a decent winter tyre costs about £70.

Dunno if the insurance co would get uppity with a non-OE wheel even though it's not a fat alloy.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

If anyone has a set of steel wheels for a Panda it would be most appreciated as Fiat said they are £100 each brand new not including a tyre

The wife has just bought a new fiat panda and where we live we need winter/snow tyres

Where are you looking. Ive just brought a set of 4 new panda alloys with tyres for £200 (and the answers no before you ask lol) so there are wheels out there. Just a matter of looking

 

[RobW]

Has anyone seen the wheels that places like MyTyres supply?

A wheel for your Panda fitted with a decent winter tyre costs about £70.

Dunno if the insurance co would get uppity with a non-OE wheel even though it's not a fat alloy.

How do you know the steel wheel is not oe?

 

[306maxi]

How do you know the steel wheel is not oe?

How do you know it even matters?

Steel wheel is a steel wheel is a steel wheel. If they're going to charge extra because it's different they might as well charge you when you put in a different brand of petrol

 

[deeyup]

How do you know it even matters?

Steel wheel is a steel wheel is a steel wheel. If they're going to charge extra because it's different they might as well charge you when you put in a different brand of petrol

Or different tyres. Actually, that would kind of make sense. Insurance wanting an extra £100 when you chuck a set of linglongs on.
Still. Scrub that. Let's not give them any ideas :idea:

 

[tarbyonline]

Jon

Where can you get me a steely for £20?

Have a ring around the local scrapy's smurf. Theres one on the upper braniel road (i think? I get all those roads mixed up!) was going to do me a 13" for a tenner to fit a panda as we thought my squeaking could have been the wheel as it was the one I had the 80mph blow out on but it was just kwik fits dodgy break fitting. Also, im pretty sure somewhere like gilnahirk tyres would do one quite cheap with a tyre (not ideal I know).

EDIT: Just had a thought, theres bound to be some Seicentos or Cinquicento's being broken somewhere - if theres any left that haven't alloys fitted. AFAIK the wheels should be the same?

 

[tarbyonline]

Or different tyres. Actually, that would kind of make sense. Insurance wanting an extra £100 when you chuck a set of linglongs on.
Still. Scrub that. Let's not give them any ideas :idea:

They could call it a "TDF Premium"

 

[Wee Smurf]

Have a ring around the local scrapy's smurf. Theres one on the upper braniel road (i think? I get all those roads mixed up!) was going to do me a 13" for a tenner to fit a panda as we thought my squeaking could have been the wheel as it was the one I had the 80mph blow out on but it was just kwik fits dodgy break fitting. Also, im pretty sure somewhere like gilnahirk tyres would do one quite cheap with a tyre (not ideal I know).

EDIT: Just had a thought, theres bound to be some Seicentos or Cinquicento's being broken somewhere - if theres any left that haven't alloys fitted. AFAIK the wheels should be the same?

Steven

I'd say there'd be very few Sei / Cinq wheels around here that aren't alloys. I think the eight-spoke alloys I have on Dez were originally intended for a Sei but I preferred them to the six-spoke Panda ones, when I was in the showroom buying the car, so I put them on my to buy list.

I'll look up the Upper Braniel Road. That's on the way up to Hillmount. Been up there a few times to the garden centre.

And I wouldn't use Kwikfit for anything. They're the ones who had put the exhaust on the Saab before V bought it. They didn't quite do that right and it hung so low that you couldn't go over bumps without rubbing the ground...

 

[tarbyonline]

Steven

I'd say there'd be very few Sei / Cinq wheels around here that aren't alloys. I think the eight-spoke alloys I have on Dez were originally intended for a Sei but I preferred them to the six-spoke Panda ones, when I was in the showroom buying the car, so I put them on my to buy list.

I'll look up the Upper Braniel Road. That's on the way up to Hillmount. Been up there a few times to the garden centre.

And I wouldn't use Kwikfit for anything. They're the ones who had put the exhaust on the Saab before V bought it. They didn't quite do that right and it hung so low that you couldn't go over bumps without rubbing the ground...

I know all about Kwik Fit - it was a moment of weakness!! Mind you the guys at Bangor seem decent enough but I got mine done on N'Nards Road. From what I can gather he's where the steam wash is. Will try find the phone number of the place.

 

[306maxi]

Or different tyres. Actually, that would kind of make sense. Insurance wanting an extra £100 when you chuck a set of linglongs on.
Still. Scrub that. Let's not give them any ideas :idea:

I'd be quite happy with that as long as I got a reduction for using good summer tyres and using winter tyres too.