Tyres from supplier in Germany

Post by **vanzep** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:13 pm

Ive been looking at buying a set of new tyres and was considering toyos or something similar price around £65 per tyre. (205/50/16)
A set of uniroyal rainsport 2's have been listed on ebay at the same price as the toyos so i would like to go for them instead. Only problem is they from a supplier in Germany and ive never bought from abroad. Normally i would stick to UK suppliers such as camskill or tyretraders but the price from the German supplier is about £20 cheaper per tyre than i can find in UK so its a worthwhile saving.
Has anyone had any experience of buying tyres from abroad - pros and cons

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:39 pm

Had no probs with mytyres - used them a few times

Post by **Donald** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:16 pm

vtectom wrote:Had no probs with mytyres - used them a few times

Yep. They have Rainsport 2 in 205/50/16 at £66, or the Rainsport 3 in 205/55/16 for £59.

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:00 am

thats eveb better a uk supplier- thanks for the info.
looks like some good deals on rainsport 2 as they make way for the new rainsport 3

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:03 am

...mytyres will come from Germany

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:08 am

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:28 am

Just go by their feedback. It won't make any odds to them whether you're in the UK or Germany, like it doesn't make any difference to me when I go to the post office or arrange a courier to ship something to somewhere in Europe... It just costs a bit more and they usually have a funny name

Post by **vanzep** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 12:32 am

cool

Confused · Post by **Confused** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:21 am

Be careful, as some tyres have different compounds (even if they have the same name), depending on where in the world they are sold, which are more suited for the climate in the country of sale.

prelude91 · Post by **prelude91** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:45 am

and you need to be careful about date codes, you don't want to buy a tyre that's been kicking around for a decade or so.