Tyre

[brendans225]

Got a puncture in the brother's lib, and am up for a new tyre - i was told cos it was punctured on the shoulder of the tyre, i can't get it patched up as the patch would just pop out...........god damn farking screw

So i asked how much a new tyre would cost - for the RE050A that come on the 3.0RB .....$460

does this sound right? tyre size is 18/215/45 .......can anyone get it cheaper?

Cheers,
Brendan

[sinist4]

just leave the spare on it, and wait till ur bro comes back hahaha

nah on a more serious note, i have no idea

[Hobber]

Have you tried carbonblack.com.au? Supposed to source prices for tyres.

I haven't myself but if you want to be my guinea pig and see what sort of price you get that'd be great

[Ric]

Who did you take the tyre to?
You can't patch the sdewall, but different tyre installers have different points at which they will refuse to patch it. I know Stuckey Tyres in Melbourne certainly WILL do a repair on the shoulder, and say this is because they have far more experience than your common tyre outlets...

Also, Subaru Glen Waverly quoted me $425 for an RE050A installed, so it might be worth getting a quote from your Subaru dealer, I think they get a big volume discount from Bridgestone.

[SpecB]

It's not overly expensive. I got a new set in June from a mate in the industry. They wholesale (incl GST) for $400 at tyre shops.

Subaru must get a volume discount at $425. I asked Docklands when buying mine but they didn't even bother giving me a price and said to go to a tyre place!

..........sorry to hear about the puncture.

G

[brendans225]

Thanks for the for the info guys, just wasn't sure if i was getting ripped of or not - seems a price below 450 is reasonable?

i might take it to one more tyre place and see if it can be fixed (yea i know, i'm a tight ass )

[SpecB]

I got $406 from K-Mart but didn't get it done there as I wasn't confident with the guy running it. My mate at another place was only allowed to go to around $420 but he balanceed the them as well. If Subaru can fit them for $425 fitted I wouldn't go past that price - mind you you're only getting one tyre (if you take that option) so that may attract a higher cost.

G

[Spec B Wgn]

id buy a secondhand replacement tyre with about the same k's as your other 3.

that way when you replace the lot you dont have one tyre older then the other.

[3rspecb]

Put the spare on and find a secondhand one as your spare.

If you where in melbourne i could have sold you my second hand RE050A for your spare.