Tyres

[DaveMack]

I think you're right (5 x 100) with the stud spacing, Mitch. But truth to tell ... nowhere in the car manual does it actually say.

Dave

[FL00DY]

I've just ordered my second set of Preceda 2's. Great tyre in wet and dry so I figured why ruin a good thing by picking another tyre.

Also a Q for the OP, have you thought bout buying the car with the original wheels and then selling them later for the bigger 17"s you want? Reason I ask is because I too wanted to get 17"s ordered with my car but when I found out the extra cost for wheels and rubber and the fact that I wouldn't get the originals to sell later on I decided against it. Just a thought.

[VW GTI]

I had thought about that, and I could have kept the originals for an extra 1k including tyres. I've seen an exact copy of my car with the wheels I want and like the look. I also thought it would be too hard to sell stock VW wheels for more than $1k for a while considering they can only go on the Polo GTI (other Polos are 4 stud) and not many people would have scratched up their rims yet.

I paid $1960 after trade in on the stock wheels for the 17s with good tyres. Insurance loves factory mags as opposed to buying aftermarket ones. Also, the Exor wheels look awesome on Black. Obviously that's a lot more than aftermarket ones though...

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.
Has anyone tried the Sime Astar-300 tyre, they have been taken over by Continental about 18 months ago & this Astar-300, I was told is better than Conti contact 2's, so I'm curious.
Plus not too many $$$$'s.

[Blitzen]

Go the super stick option...Falken Azinis RT 615 or Toyo R888's...I love semi slicks, and when conti's come up to get changed, I'm getting the Toyo's. Had the RT 615's on my last car(Barina SRI), and they were friggen awesome!!

[DaveMack]

Hoyhoy.
Has anyone tried the Sime Astar-300 tyre, they have been taken over by Continental about 18 months ago & this Astar-300, I was told is better than Conti contact 2's, so I'm curious.
Plus not too many $$$$'s.

Yeah, Eddy ... your wee blue baby needs slicks.

Dave

[Timbo]

Please, please don't touch RT 615's on the Pog! Falkens? I call them Farkens Hard, noisy and gripless...and not even cheap!

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.
I believe in a good tyre for the road & semi's for the track.
Was just hoping someone here had already tried these Sime Astar-300's.

[Blitzen]

There was nothing wrong with the Faulken RT 615...They were a bit harder(I got 25,000km out of them), but the grip they had for a small car was amazing, and they were easy on the pocket too($250 each, compared to the $330 Dunlop SP Sport 9000's the car came with).
You could always look at the Toyo Proxas T1R... They are very grippy, and a bit softer compound, but they do tend to wear a bit quicker.