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Post by jenniferlouise » Sat May 28, 2022 10:00 am

Oh those guys at wheel genie 🧞‍♂️ Huntingdon… just picked up the alloys and they are epic! So much better than expected, can’t wait to get them on. And yes, I’ll be sniffing out pot holes to avoid! I’ve ended up with a repaired spare rear and will probably keep an eye out for another, just in case, but I’m content I’ve not decided to change from 326s just yet; there’s a bit of life in these rims yet
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Post by N4LLY » Sat May 28, 2022 10:27 am

That look's a great job :thumbsup:

Wish i had someone local, lacquer is peeling off my 326's :x
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat May 28, 2022 8:11 pm

They look fantastic now - I can see why you wanted to stick with 326s!

Good luck avoiding potholes. :thumbsup:
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Post by jenniferlouise » Sun Jun 05, 2022 2:34 pm

Pleased with the finished look
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Post by jenniferlouise » Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:31 pm

It’s been a while… thought I’d update here… the 326s were given a clean bill of health (ie no more cracks!) when I had a service and health check at Bartlett’s Huntingdon at the end of November. The car is presently snoozing off it’s winter (SORN) until warmer days (which means the Beetle is doing the hard miles) and I’ve got time to consider tyres…

If I take off the Bridgestone runflats, what do I replace them with? I guess if money is no object you’ll all scream Michelin PS4S. Goodyear Eagle F1 are getting good reviews. And I do like a Yokohama for a bit less. I’m probably only going to put 3,000 miles on her in a year, so resisting spending £1,000 on rubber, esp when I’ve lots of tread left (unlike the from of the Beetle which needs a pair of Falkens).

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Post by tiglon » Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:34 pm

Continental SportContact 7 would be what I'd scream. Not much cheaper than the Michelins though...
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Post by Argyll Andy » Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:56 pm

tiglon wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:34 pm Continental SportContact 7 would be what I'd scream. Not much cheaper than the Michelins though...

+1, great tyres and when I replaced mine on the G29 (bigger tyres) they were @£300 cheaper than the Michelin’s :thumbsup:

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    Post by B21 » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:24 pm

    Conti Sport 7 is now the top dog Tyre and as Andy says quite a bit cheaper than the MP4S…

    Pity the new Goodyear Assy 6 is not available in stock 19” E89 sizes..arguably either no 1 or no 2 and puts the MP4S into third place …

    The Goodyear Assy 5 is a very good tyre well suited to the E89 and offers about the same saving in cost again as the SC7 does over the MP4S..

    After that you are into the tier 2 type tyres which may be perfectly ok for your needs..doesn’t seem to save much money though at that point :tumbleweed:
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    Post by mr wilks » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:49 pm

    The Avon ZV7s are worth considering , , around £500 for a set of staggered 19s .
    More relevant RE 326s + E89 arch gap i would seriously consider tweaking the profiles to 215 40 19 or 235 35 19 fronts / 255 35 19 or 265 30 19 rears .
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    Post by Pondrew » Thu Jan 19, 2023 11:17 pm

    mr wilks wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:49 pm More relevant RE 326s + E89 arch gap i would seriously consider tweaking the profiles to 215 40 19 or 235 35 19 fronts / 255 35 19 or 265 30 19 rears .
    Agree with this. You can have minutes of fun (or weeks in my case) on www.willtheyfit.com playing around with widths and profiles. You can effectively give the look of lowering springs (arch gap) while giving more of a cushion for the chocolate 326s. Just make sure they A) fit the rim widths and B) fronts and rears keep very similar circumference ratios or it can potentially upset the DSC :thumbsup:

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    Post by jenniferlouise » Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:41 am

    “Black round ones” 🤣🤣
    Thanks for suggestions so far. I’ve used Continental on many work cars successfully. I’ll look at Avon, alongside the Yokohama and also been suggested (elsewhere) the Uniroyal (currently an offer with KwikFit which gets 4 fitted for £600).
    Today I’m off to get the front boots changed on the Beetle (that’s just eaten into my budget grrr) A

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    Post by Argyll Andy » Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:05 am

    jenniferlouise wrote: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:41 am “Black round ones” 🤣🤣
    Thanks for suggestions so far. I’ve used Continental on many work cars successfully. I’ll look at Avon, alongside the Yokohama and also been suggested (elsewhere) the Uniroyal (currently an offer with KwikFit which gets 4 fitted for £600).
    Today I’m off to get the front boots changed on the Beetle (that’s just eaten into my budget grrr) A
    I was just looking at Kwik Fit for tyres for something and remembered this. They’ve got a discount on the Conti’s just now. £220 difference between them and the Michelin’s. Quidco also doing 2.5% cashback on Quidco :thumbsup:

    FWIW I went up to 235’s and 265’s on my 35iS to increase the wall size but kept it all within any tolerances
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