MK6 Wheel / Rim / Tyre Thread

**logger** · 23-08-2009, 01:02 PM

Mine also has the Bridgestone Turanza ER300 205/55 R16 91V.

Brand new car, hardly 300km on the clock and I have my first puncture. Bugger....

Anyone got a price on a Bridgestone ER300?

Roofing Nail in the tread and it went flat over night. Real bummer is that it was the offside rear, so I did not notice it had gone flat and drove about 5km on a gravel road with it. Rim looks fine and so does the tyre superficially. But my guess is having driven on it flat it will be stuffed.

Irony is my 16 year old Daihatsu Charade still has the original factory spare in the back never used. I used this experience partly when deciding that a car with a space save spare tyre would be perfectly adequate. Then 3 days after getting a new car I actually have to use it. Oh well about to put 180Ks on the bike tyre so will let you all know how it goes.

**Ozram** · 23-08-2009, 07:27 PM

Picking mine up next Saturday from the dealer. It has the sports pack option and has Bridgestone Potenza RE050's, 225/45 R17 on it.

Can't wait.

Has anyone painted brake calipers on there Mk 6 yet?

**logger** · 24-08-2009, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by logger

Anyone got a price on a Bridgestone ER300?

$185 fitted. But that's not the end of it. Alloy is buckled requiring repair which cost another $60. Cost would have only been $20 for a plug in a tyre if I had not driven on the flat tyre. Good reason to have the Sports pack and with the Low Tyre Press monitors I guess. So my 4 day old car is off the road til the wheel is repaired

**xblode** · 25-12-2009, 04:11 PM

Hi all,

Hope everyone is having a great XMAS day

I picked up my Mk6GTI last weekend. A few days ago, I bought new wheels and tyres. While driving the car home, the "Check Tyres" warning came up.

I have gone thru the manual and searched the forums but can't find how to reset it.

The manual instructs me to press and hold the button which is located in the centre console, in the group of buttons that includes the traction control.

Problem is, there is no labelled button there.

Can anyone help a newbie out?

Cheers
X...

**neil** · 25-12-2009, 04:16 PM

I vaguely recall someone mentioning the glovebox on some models has a button but not sure whether its for the tyres.

**xblode** · 25-12-2009, 05:13 PM

Neil, you are a legend!

Hope the big man in red brought you something good this XMAS!

Much appreciated!

**neil** · 25-12-2009, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by xblode

Neil, you are a legend!

Hope the big man in red brought you something good this XMAS!

Much appreciated!

I wish he had.

Currently sitting in a motel room on the Gold Coast due to work commitments, far far from home.

Lunch of prawns oysters and crays was ok though.

**xblode** · 25-12-2009, 08:05 PM

Sounds like me, New Year's, last year.

Motel, drinks and FoxSports

**twincharged** · 28-01-2010, 07:20 PM

Hi guys,

I recently took delivery of a Golf 118TSi. It has the standard 16inch rims; but one thing I thought was interesting was that it has Hankook tyres fitted. I thought this was odd, I was expecting some Continental tyres, which I beleive were on the test car. I wondered if they did the old switch-a-roo.

Can you guys please tell me what tyres were standard fitted to your 16inch rims; prefereably on 118TSi models; or tell me what tyres I should have expected to be on the car?

Thanks!