 Poster: A snowHead
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Tyres ordered Tuesday late afternoon, having ascertained Tyremens price was the best, delivered this Morning (Thursday) 10.45am, as tracked and let me know by email/text.
Fitted for £15.00 each by local tyre fitter at lunchtime.
Job done, bring on Winter 
Vredesteins x4 on car the for just under £550
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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For the record. I bought tyres and wheels from Tyreman two years back and had them fitted at their place in Hull. The service was by far the best I've had at a tyre shop. Right down to using copperslip on the bolts. They really do know there stuff.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@boredsurfin, what about the spare?
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@blahblahblah, Spares never been on the road
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hi Tyreman, could I ask you a question please? I have Winter wheels for a 530d GT 225/45/18. Will they fit on a 335d x-Drive saloon. Considering changing cars but still a couple of seasons left in winter wheels and don't want to shell out got new ones. Thanks in advance
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@Dougie, if you know the exact production of both cars, you can check yoursef on here - realoem.com where bmw's catalog is available. I have not checked for your cars, but I would guess that wheels of 5 serries GT and 3 serries are different.
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I'd like to run winter tyres on a new "toy" which is my some multiples the most expensive car I have ever had.
The trouble is it needs 285/35/18 and I cannot find any on any website, which is a bit odd since it is not a particularly rare car, A Merc SL55AMG and there must be loads and loads of them on the continent where winter tyres mandatory.
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rungsp, Plenty of that size on mytyres (it is a German company).
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@rungsp, ask your Sandown MB dealer to quote, mine quoted the price of 4 from Tyremen for just one! 
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@rjs, @boredsurfin, I look on mytyres...put in the size and ask for winter/cold weather even all season....and get a clear "no tyres available" message on all of those.
Summer tyres they do have though.
Am I doing something wrong?
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@rungsp, i think the official recommended winter wheel/tyre combo for your car is
225/55 R17 97. On 7.5j x 17 rims.
I dont think you will get 285/35/18 winters, like i cant get 275/40 r18 winter for my s500.
Happy for someone to provide me with options though.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Tyremen - sent you email a week ago re winter tyres but not had a response ?
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You know it makes sense.
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I wouldn't buy wider than 245 for a normal car. The wider you go the less grip you have on snow and sleet.
Last edited by You know it makes sense. on Mon 16-11-15 16:20; edited 1 time in total
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Tyremen - sent you email a week ago re winter tyres but not had a response ?
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did you use the message thing on their website? I found them very responsive.
Have new wheels and tyres sitting in my garage - was going to swap them yesterday but you know how it is...
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Poster: A snowHead
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| backhojo wrote: |
| Tyremen - sent you email a week ago re winter tyres but not had a response ? |
I didn't to a pm either
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@backhojo, @Jake43, mail the site directly. I think the original Tyreman has sadly died, but someone occasionally looks in and does provide some useful answers. They may not actually be receiving the PM notifications if they have not reset the email address.
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I emailed that too. Done elsewhere now so not relevant to me any more.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Anyone have any good tips on how to change a 30kg wheel? I'd rather change the wheels of myself every Spring and autumn, but with a faintly dodgy back I do find aligning the tyre on the hub can be a bit of a struggle. Small car tyres are fine, but a Land Rover wheel is a pain. Any top tips?
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Hi @Red Leon ... you must live quite close to me?
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@foxtrotzulu, My wheels are not that heavy but I find them a struggle, being feak and weeble. I got the spare out a few weeks ago, to check it was OK and remind myself how to get at it (cage under the car) but I couldn't get it back in again, because having to lift it at a distance, right under the car. I get the summer/winter tyre change done by the garage (as the tyres are not on rims) but although I can change a wheel, and have done so not infrequently in the past, I was younger then! So I will be interested in the answers you get.
Chains, however, are a doddle - I can usually get two on, with bare hands, before losing feeling in the fingers. 
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@foxtrotzulu, Jack it it untill the tyre only just clears the ground. Then when refitting lean new wheel against hub, sit in front of it with a foot under each side of the wheel/tyre. Use your feet to help lift/maneuver the wheel and align the studs/bolts. As the hub is only just high enough it shouldn't' need much lifting.
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@adithorp, Am I sitting cross-legged, or knees up like a rower about to take the stroke or how? I did see one vid in YouTube of someone demonstrating, but he's stuck both legs right out straight under the car and I'm not sure I fancy that if the jack fails for any reason.
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| DrLawn wrote: |
| Hi @Red Leon ... you must live quite close to me? |
Indeed I must
My life is spent variously in the great Metropoli of Biggleswade & Letchworth
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@foxtrotzulu, Keep a small shovel in the car, standard for a Landrover anyway  , try and set the level of the wheel studs so that there is minimal lifting of the wheel, (you normally have to jack up if you have taken a flat off anyway), lean the wheel against the studs with the shovel under it so that it only needs lifting and holes and studs are in line vertically, one hand on the top of the tyre to stop it tipping and the other on the shovel handle, you can then wiggle / lever the tyre and wheel into place using the shovel as a lever until it sits on the studs / centre ring and you can get some studs in / nuts on. Works a treat with full size truck wheels which are a 50kg +. You are right about the legs under the car, definite no-no with a normal emergency jack. A good tip is to immediately put the wheel you have taken off under the sill of the car if you can and then if the worst happens you only have a damaged car if the worst happens.
@pam w, Does not help with putting it back in the carrier I know, personally I find that very difficult also but on some cars there is room to actually use the jack to lift the carrier and tyre up until you get the stupid clip on.
@adithorp, Sort of an adaptation of your method but the shovel underneath really does help.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@skitow, that's all really useful, thanks - especially putting the damaged wheel under the sill. I often have a big fat shovel in my car in snowy times and it could certainly be used as a lever. Normally putting the spare back in the carrier is not an issue - if I remove a damaged tyre it doesn't need to go back in the carrier till it's repaired/replaced. Somebody else can do that; my concern is being able to change a tyre by the side of the road as the light fades in the mountains.
I've not even thought about it in the past - I've changed wheels with no problem provided some gorilla hasn't done the wheel nuts up too hard. I don't know whether wheels have got heavier, or I've got weaker or both!
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@skitow, I have just read out the bit about the shovel to my OH as he heads outside to put the winters on my car. He said thank you for that. He does have a fairly hefty jack to use rather than the ones that come with the cars.
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You know it makes sense.
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@pam w, "provided some gorilla hasn't done the wheel nuts up too hard" Get yourself a piece of metal tube that will slide over the normal wheelbrace, obviously the longer the lever the better. I have a picture somewhere of a 16st (not me ) man hanging on the end of a 10' bar trying to undo truck wheelnuts that some deranged person must have done up with the biggest air gun available.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@skitow, Excellent tips, thank you. The wheel changing I have in mind is when I put the winter wheels on, so at least I can do it on a decent surface and with a proper jack - not the one made of cheese they supply with the vehicle.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Jake43 wrote: |
I emailed that too. Done elsewhere now so not relevant to me any more. |
i used that email but no reply. will try direct from their website
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@foxtrotzulu, I pay Kwikfit a few quid.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I awakened this morning with an average of roughly 11 inches of new snow locally. Hysterical in a schadenfreude way and simultaneously sad at the same time to as ever witness via local television media HUNDREDS of motorists who, "brilliant" and righteous as always sans snow tires within the morning drive who are now witness to their vehicle crashed, some bound for the hospital, too. The most egregious being the "invincible" 4WD gang. It's always "all-season" (summer) tires that are the culprit. Had these idiots done the right thing and purchased a set of snow tires (estimates that only 5% ever do) they would not be facing all which they are facing now. I always run a full set of (studded) snow tires, silly me.
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@pam w, err just google kwikfit reviews
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I like my local kwikfit and I've had no problem with their changing my tyres. I always get them to check my battery at the same time - and they tell me it's fine.
Fingers crossed.
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I'm looking to buy new wheels & tyres from Tyremen but needed to find out the id-codes on my pressure sensor valves so that Tyremen could clone the codes for the new car. The garage where I bought the car said they couldn't do it, but my local Kwikfit did it in 5 minutes when I went in to ask if it was possible. Didn't even charge me for it.
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The Car is insured with the AA. The winter wheels I'm going to fit are 17" OEM wheels - a size that is available as a no-cost option on the Qashqai. The AA originally wanted to increase the insurance premium as it's a "modification". After much debate over the phone they've now said that if I can get Nissan to confirm these wheels are OK then I can fit them for no extra premium. I'll not be renewing with the AA, they claim to care about road safety but they're completely clueless about winter tyres.
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@Valkyrie,
This ABI list https://www.abi.org.uk/~/media/Files/Documents/Publications/Public/Migrated/Motor/ABI%20guide%20to%20winter%20tyres%20The%20motor%20insurance%20commitment.pdf
says the Co-op do not require policyholders to advise them when winter tyres are fitted.
The potential problem is the value of the new wheels - not the tyres per se
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@Red Leon, thanks for that list, will help at renewal time. As most people fit smaller wheels when they're fitting winter tyres it's odd that the insurers worry about the value of the wheels. Who'd put more expensive wheels on for winter?
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Just an update for completeness - AA eventually agreed that we could fit winter tyres without paying an additional premium. Wheels/tyres supplied by Tyremen arrived promptly, fitted with no issues and the car electronics picked up the cloned pressure sensors immediately.
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