126 Days later..................

[zach]

Don't mean to hijack the thread but received this quote from Orange for Eibach lowering (20mm) for the rs estate. If anyone is interested I can ask if he will do a multibuy discount.
thank you very much for your enquiry.

"We would like to quote you those springs for 159,00 Euro + 49,00 Euro shipping.
Yes, those springs are suitable for your car. It’s a Variant, right? (Wagon)"

=$250aud + $77aud

Not long now bacdoc!

I'd be interested if price is right. Though I have a 1.8TSI (wagon) not RS. I'm also in Melb so could organise a group install?

[backdoc]

Don't mean to hijack the thread but received this quote from Orange for Eibach lowering (20mm) for the rs estate. If anyone is interested I can ask if he will do a multibuy discount.
thank you very much for your enquiry.

"We would like to quote you those springs for 159,00 Euro + 49,00 Euro shipping.
Yes, those springs are suitable for your car. It’s a Variant, right? (Wagon)"

=$250aud + $77aud

Not long now bacdoc!

Not long, and if they are the EIbach performance springs then I would be very keen. I got a price of approx $410 delivered from the UK to Melbourne, but that included 100 pound shipping. Do you know if 49 euro is sea or air freight because if it's sea it will take 6-8 weeks.

[K1W1]

They seem to be fitting either the Dunlop Sport Maxx SP

Mine has SP's on it but to me tyres are round black things that need to be replaced at too frequent intervals. The SP's seem to work fairly well so far I've had a couple of churps when accelerating hard out of corners and the seem happy in the wet so as long as they last a reasonable period I'll be happy.

[Graybags]

DCPerformance in the UK quoted 100 pound shipping. I will find out if Orange is quoting air or sea freight.

[woofy]

They seem to be fitting either the Dunlop Sport Maxx SP and now the GT's plus Continental Sport Contact and it looks like a lottery at the moment as well.

I'm hoping for the GT's because i think they are quieter than the SP's but Dunlop seems to be the more popular fit outright at the moment from Skoda.

Apart from the newer Dunlops, all those others have always been fitted, along with MIchelin PE IIs and PS.....I think it just depends on what they get cheap at the time.

[Dutch]

I'd be happy with any of them, and in wet i'd prefer the SP, one of the tyre sites rates the SP of the GT which are new, but the customer feedback is limited on the GT. Its interesting how Skoda vary them, its obvious what they have in stock at the time.

[K1W1]

Except for really special high performance or oddball stuff all European manufacturers change what tyres are fitted regularly. BMW's and Audi's of the same type sitting in car show rooms can have different tyres quite often.
As well as cost I suspect that it's a way of keeping in good with all tyre manufacturers (spread the $ around) to ensure ongoing support with development and suspension tuning.
Imagine if car manufacturer A was exclusively linked to tyre manufacturer B and then tyre manufacturer C suddenly produced a revolutionary tyre that was not available to company A. Or worse if it became apparent the tyre manufacture B was producing a substandard product (no I did NOT say Goodyear!) and EVERY car from car company A had to be recalled.

[Antiplastix]

Umm, I dont know if you know this but Goodyear and Dunlop are all made in the same factories these days as they merged years ago.

[selurs]

I got the Continental SportContacts. Picked up two weeks ago Friday, so probably on the boat before Backdocs, and the boat after Kiwi's, and we all got different tyres.

I did have a bit of a chuckle though when I saw the slogan on the Conti's "Engineered in Germany" - like it was some sort of precision machinery (well, I guess they kinda are, but still, tyres...)

Also mine seems to sit quite a bit lower - I can't really see the tread on mine without turning the wheels so the tyres stick out (was checking the morning...had to do it by feel), although that could just be a trick of the light/camera.

Anyway, congrats, and Friday will be here before you know it!

[K1W1]

I did have a bit of a chuckle though when I saw the slogan on the Conti's "Engineered in Germany" - like it was some sort of precision machinery

So where are they actually made? The last Continentals we had came from South Africa.

Edit: Just looked at the Dunlops. It says "Made in Germany" on the sidewalls.