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Anyone who needs new tyres should check out ferntree-gully-motor on ebay.

I just bought 4 Bridgestone RE050A tyres from them. Size 245 x 40 x 19.

Jason fitted them for me while I waited.

They are advertising on ebay, but they are the Holden dealer in Ferntree Gully.

The local Bridgestone tyre depot told me the tyres were about $600 each so to get them fitted at close to half that price was a real win.

Best thing though, the handling of the car has improved 100% over the cheap indoneasian tyres that were fitted to it when i got it.

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Haha...Glad you finally changed those cheap indonesian tyres!

Good price on the RE0050As as well! Those were not going for less than $500 so I opted for the Hankook S1 evos instead.

Anyone who needs new tyres should check out ferntree-gully-motor on ebay.

I just bought 4 Bridgestone RE050A tyres from them. Size 245 x 40 x 19.

Jason fitted them for me while I waited.

They are advertising on ebay, but they are the Holden dealer in Ferntree Gully.

The local Bridgestone tyre depot told me the tyres were about $600 each so to get them fitted at close to half that price was a real win.

Best thing though, the handling of the car has improved 100% over the cheap indoneasian tyres that were fitted to it when i got it.

After a bunch of trouble with my V35 sedan:

* When bought, mismatched tyres all round, various states of wear

* Offset all wrong, alignment stuffed: tramlined like a little so-and-so, steered like a barge

I had the staggered Arthur Exchange 18" rims machined (to correct the offset), all new rubber, full balance, alignment and suspension/steering setup done.

Lasted 8 months before I somehow suddenly got a bent rear passenger rim, and on inspection, 3 of the 4 tyres were delaminating.

Time for this setup to go. I'm very out-of-pocket at this stage.

* Bought some used 18" 350Z rims, with 50% RE040 all round.

* Had them balanced and fitted

"Floaty" driving feel, looked like the tyres were "stretched" on the rim (225/45R18)....lasted 4 months before the rubber was worn right down.

Oops, now I need rego. And 4 new tyres. Right now.

* Settled on Nexen N8000 (yes, yes, they're no P-ZEROs) for $135 each shipped (235/40R18).

* Had them fitted by the local guys in my suburb, balanced, and a 4-way "supardupar with laser beams OMG!" alignment done

Done 500km so far, and they're quiet, steer nicely, and I hope my tyre saga is over. Or else I think I'm being divorced! :-(

Anyone who needs new tyres should check out ferntree-gully-motor on ebay.

I just bought 4 Bridgestone RE050A tyres from them. Size 245 x 40 x 19.

Jason fitted them for me while I waited.

They are advertising on ebay, but they are the Holden dealer in Ferntree Gully.

The local Bridgestone tyre depot told me the tyres were about $600 each so to get them fitted at close to half that price was a real win.

Best thing though, the handling of the car has improved 100% over the cheap indoneasian tyres that were fitted to it when i got it.

At those prices did you check if they are grey/parallel imports? I purchased some Continentals from an Ebay tire store in Syd recently...pretty much half the usual RRP and later found out they were not DOT approved.

I Just recently started working at bridgestone and yea they are expensive as hell but me and my boss are both running achillies tyres and they are truely awesome for the money they cost, and mine are 20s

At those prices did you check if they are grey/parallel imports? I purchased some Continentals from an Ebay tire store in Syd recently...pretty much half the usual RRP and later found out they were not DOT approved.

They don't necessarily need to be DOT approved. If they're compliant with:

e(3) - european

DOT - american

JIS - Japan.

And, even more confusingly, the current ADRs for tyres don't even require that the approval rating's mark be present anymore:

http://www.performanceforums.com/forums/showthread.php?67224560-ADR-Approved-Tyres.-What-DOT-marking

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