Cost of tires for the R

[Ben J]

The price difference in tyres will be a bit, but probably not more then a couple hundred dollars. When you think about how long a set of tyres will last you its not a huge difference in price. I know I'd pay the little bit extra if I preffered the look of the bigger wheels... If you're forking out a fair bit of money for a brand new car, you may as well pay the little bit extra and have it just the way you would like it, in my opinion atleast.

[technopato]

That'd be tirerack.com, and yes, absolutely.

I purchased a set of four Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric in 225/40 R18 from tirerack a couple of months back; all up, including shipping to Adelaide (which took 5 days!), I paid under $1,100, and they were great to deal with too. Cost me another $100 to have the tyres fitted at my local shop. Compare that to the $500-odd per-tyre price if bought locally - there's just no comparison. While we have parity (or near parity) with the US dollar, if you're looking for premium rubber, importing is the way to go.

+1 .... tirerack were fantastic... My F1 Assym 18's cost me $1054 landed including the wire transfer fee from my bank...

I honestly wouldn't buy local again at the prices I was quoted on the same set of tyres... $485 a corner for Goodyear F1's 225 40 18....

[Racer88]

Tirerack is the way to go....i've got 19's on my Mk5 GTI......quoted $600 a corner for Goodyear Eagle F1 Assym's (235 35 19). Had them shipped in 2 seperate shipments about 2 weeks apart (to avoid paying import duty) from Tirerack for $1300 for the set, plus $80 to be fitted locally....all up I saved about $1000. I agree they are also bery easy to deal with, just email them your request and they get a shipped quote to you in a couple of days.

[thezoneR32]

Tirerack is the way to go....i've got 19's on my Mk5 GTI......quoted $600 a corner for Goodyear Eagle F1 Assym's (235 35 19). Had them shipped in 2 seperate shipments about 2 weeks apart (to avoid paying import duty) from Tirerack for $1300 for the set, plus $80 to be fitted locally....all up I saved about $1000. I agree they are also bery easy to deal with, just email them your request and they get a shipped quote to you in a couple of days.

x4 on the tirerack. Paid about $1100 delivered to my door for 4 x RE050a's 225/40/18. No import duty. + $80 fitted and balanced. Was quoted $550 per corner here. No brainer.