[Big Stevie]

However, thanks to your ‘heads up’, I now find that I can get the tyres via Black Circles and fitted, would you believe, with the local independent tyre place that I have been using for thirty years. Unfortunately, that offer only applies to Michelins and Klebers, so my beloved Goodyears are not included.

I wanted Goodyear Vector 4Seasons for my winter set of alloys, and like you I found the online tyre suppliers (Asda) also had my local garage as one of their fitting centres. I've used this garage for a few years for previous cars, so I visited them and told them the price I had seen online and told them Id happily buy direct from them of they could match the price. They came within just a few ££ so I purchased directly from them.

Maybe go and have a chat with your local garage, tell them to prices you've seen online with them as the fitter, and tell them you'd prefer to buy direct from them, see if they can do you a deal.

(I didn't even know Asda sold tyres!!!)

 

[Big Stevie]

I don’t think I would go to the guy who answers the phone in the local ATS depot for financial advice. 😀😀

Yeh, he's probably too tyred to give accurate financial advice.

 

[Big Stevie]

Well that was nearly the whole day spent on getting the tyres put on.........but I am happy that I didn’t discover that I couldn’t remove that wheel after a puncture in the middle of the night far away from anywhere. I suppose that would be one time that the tyre gunge might have proved a good idea.

Now to loosen the bolts and re-tourque them incase the tyre fitters have tightened them to 1,000,000Nm as they did with my LR Defender recently.

Where did you order the Febi bilstein set from, and how did you establish the type of bolt needed please?

 

[Big Stevie]

Big Stevie, my locking bolts came today.

Assuming you are putting them on OEM alloys, the Febi bilstein part number is: 27056
The VAG cross reference is B529. I didn’t want to give you these before until I was sure they were the right ones.

I think these are a far better idea than the VAG ones. The splines are a lot longer and much more substantial, which means they are far less likely to slip off than the originals. Much cheaper too! They supply a key number in case you need to order another. The only downside is that the original plastic cap doesn’t fit. I will put some aluminium paint on the end of the bolts and after a few days you will not be able to see the difference.

Thanks Trilux

 

[Big Stevie]

Catalytic converters are easier to steal for quick money.