Best tyres for Golf Mk1?
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I have a Golf CL MK1. Can anyone recommend the best tyres for this model please?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
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Local Hero
1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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arf333 said
Blaise said
Hi,
I have a Golf CL MK1. Can anyone recommend the best tyres for this model please?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
round ones
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Thanks
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But seriously that's a tuffy because all tyres cheap or expensive can behave differently.
It just depends on so much.
The rims, size of the rims, off set, tread pattern, your driving style, best in the wet, best in the dry, for cornering and so on….
If you want the best they you pay for the best.
Michelin, Pirelle but.
I bought a set of BBS Sportline wheels last year that came with a set of Dunlop Speed (something) can't remember exactly, my car is in storage right now.
Not had that make on any car for two decades or more but my word for normal to quick driving (wet or dry) they are a very fine set of boots!
About 50 quid a piece!
My other wheels have a set of tyres (Alessi sport rims from Italy) from a French company I'd never heard of and they do stick like shi_t to a blanket but my word do they make the steering heavy.
Who remembers driving a Series 3A Safari Landrover LWB and parking one before PAS.
Well that's the feeling you get from this combo.
Need to use two hands and at least one foot!
So it's a personal thing!
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Mike
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Be proud of your VW Golf Mk1, it's very special!
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Blaise said
Hi. They are 155 / 80 r 13 79t. Its a 1983 year car.
Thanks
Thats a size I'm not used to, 1978 Mk1 Scirocco = 175/70/13 T and Mk1 golf Gti = 185/60/14 H.
All I'll say is get the best you can afford and with the new tyre lables you get don't go for the best fuel economy ones as they are usally rock hard and no good for grip.
http://www.mytyres.co.uk/
good website for reviews on tyres
1988 Mk1 Golf GTi Cabriolet 1.8cc DX, K-jet. Daily drive. 317,000 miles and counting
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
1978 Mk1 Scirocco GLS 1.6cc FR, Webber carb. Weekend toy.
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Many thanks for your advice, it's been very beneficial.
Regards.
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1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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