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  • Member For: 13y 9m 7d
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  • Location: townsville

hello im buying new tires for the fgt and wanted to know if im getting riped off

quote was $455 ea fitted but if I buy 3 I get one free what u guys think too much . the toyo r1rs I got on my ute cost 335 per tire but there only 17

re002's are 245 40 18

ha its funny the tires that came with the car from the yard wen I got it are CRAP there dangerous in the wet wen trying I can get it spinning in 4th in the wet with only half throttle hopfully theese new tires should solve that problem and than some

thanks

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  • Member For: 13y 7m 18d
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  • Location: Brisbane

I'm getting Bridgestone 235/40/18" S001's fitted today, same buy 3 get 1 free deal too and it works out to $945 fitted and balanced for 4 tyres so $236 ea..

245/40/18 is an off size which might explain the extra cost but is it worth the extra cash? Up to you.

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  • Member For: 14y 9m 23d
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Seems a lot of money to me. Do some research and become an educated buyer. Also with end of financial year looming you may find some real bargains shortly. Some of the things you can look at are treadwear numbers (the lower the number the softer the tyre, and the quicker it will wear out) .But generally speaking the better it will grip. But try and find the balance between price, grip and durability. Because these things are pretty hard on tyres and the last thing you want is to be replacing in 15000 km's after you've spent over $1300. Cheers.

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  • Member For: 13y 9m 7d
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humm I plan to go to the drags and get a standard 1/4th mile run will there be much differance between the 001s and 002 is it just 10mm smaller? and the same rubber

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  • Member For: 13y 7m 18d
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Brisbane

Yeah I clicked that's the standard FG 18" size afterwards..my bad.

Doesnt explain why they are so much more dear than a 235 though.

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  • Member For: 14y 7m 23d
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  • Location: Melbourne

Nitto make a very good tyre that doesn't cost the earth.

Get great reviews everywhere, a few people on here use them now.

Use the search on here or google them.

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