Boxerboy wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2019 6:27 pm
I’m planning on winter tyres and have acquired a set of VW 16” rims.
Can you get away without sensor valves?
If not, which valves come recommended?
I guess a VW packet will be dearer than ECP or any other supplier.
As above, I'm guessing that you are planning to get these winter tyres for your "yet to arrive" Polo GTI?
If so make sure that you only buy winter tyres rated for performance cars and not just the normal "cooking" versions, for example if buying Michelins via Costco etc, go for Pilot Alpins and not just Alpins, I'm not sure what your correct winter tyre size is or what is available in that size - just trying to make a helpful suggestion.
Winter tyre availability should be better than it was years ago, but better to get them now as when the ice and snow arrives they might not stick be available in your size and type. I made that error once, had been fitting winter tyres to my wife's Polo for years and though that my VW Passat 4Motion could live happily without them, after a few years of not having much trouble in winter, I found myself in a nasty type of winter and frequently unable to drive down my driveway while being in control - so I set about getting a set of winter tyres for my spare set of original alloys - as it was February the tyre racks had emptied of winter tyres and I needed to resort to ebay and buy a set of Alpins that had been already fitted to wheels, that worked out okay, but not my planned version of how to get a set of winter tyres. Mytyres.co.uk frequently get me the tyres I want at a price I am willing to pay.