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      10-09-2011, 12:49 AM   #1
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Question Brisbane - recommended tyre place

I have a white 135 coupe and I need to get some new rear tyres. I’ve only done 20,000ks and this will be my third set.

So I need a new set of rears. BTW, if anyone could recommend a tyre I would be appreciative?

My wheels have a couple of marks and scratches that I want to fix. I was also thinking about painting my wheels black? I fugure this is a good time to do it.

I’d also like to get a wheel alignment just to make sure the car is driving true.

I don’t mind paying a bit extra if the service is good and the advice is honest. So can anyone recommend a place where I could get all this done?

I live at East Brisbane so anything inner city would be perfect, however, if someone highly recommends a place then I'd be happy to go for a drive.
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Vitanza's Tyre shop in Newfarm is the one recommended by Brisbane BMW and they look after all the luxury car places in the valley: http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place...70283142105843

I got them to mount my 313 wheels and they're very good. Did them while I waited. Prices were good. Very professional. Recommended.
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keith 4 wheels > anyone i dealt with

wasnt too impressed by vitanza
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      10-09-2011, 05:00 PM   #4
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Thanks guys, I'll check them out.
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dealt with both of those and had good experience with both.

Also Bob jane at taringa
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      10-09-2011, 08:00 PM   #6
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3rd set @ 20k you must be leaving some at the traffic lights.
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3rd set @ 20k you must be leaving some at the traffic lights.
That's what I was thinking!!!!! I've done 80k kms and just changed to my 3rd set of rears...
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      10-11-2011, 04:53 AM   #8
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I drive it like I stole it, every time
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Hey Guys,

I bought a set of rears, pirelli pzero rosso, from Vitanza's Tyre shop in New Farm. The service was great; I called in the morning and they fitted me in straight away.

Thanks again for the advice.
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What size and how much did they quote?
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now this is interesting... I just called up Vitanza for a wheel alignment and they said I can only do it at a BMW dealer because I have the sat nav and the dealer needs to reset the codes after a wheel alignment.

First time i heard of this.. true or false?
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I've never been told that - and I had a wheel alignment done my Fulcrum as part of the suspension install last week... Have you checked with the dealer?
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I've never been told that - and I had a wheel alignment done my Fulcrum as part of the suspension install last week... Have you checked with the dealer?
no not yet.. I am thinking it's bs and the lady at bridgestone doesn't know what she's talking about. You have nav in yours angus?
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Yup. And I'm pretty sure that Vitanza's did a wheel alignment when they mounted my 313s...
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Yup. And I'm pretty sure that Vitanza's did a wheel alignment when they mounted my 313s...
lol failed.. she was pretty adamant too that they don't have the right computer to do the work.. and I'm thinking I just want to make sure my toe is zero'd out, surely it won't throw a code..
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What size and how much did they quote?
Mate, 245/35 18 and they cost me $550 each. I also got a wheel alignment, which cost $88.
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Mate, 245/35 18 and they cost me $550 each. I also got a wheel alignment, which cost $88.
cool... thats what she quoted for the wheel alignment and then she kept going on about the sat nav and it will throw error codes etc..
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PS: Mine went to BMW for it's Visual Inspection AFTER Vitanza's installed the 313s and did an alignment and BMW specifically told me that the car had no codes when I collected it afterwards...
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thanks for confirming guys

p.s. hope bmw doesn't get wind of this or they will find more ways to keep work in house
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Update to my tyre replacement story. I followed RaihaX's advice, and went for the Hankook V12 Ventus evo, and couldn't be happier. For any north side Brisbaneites, I got them at Tyre and Wheel Solutions in Brendale, as I work just down the road. Great service.

Prices: 215/40/18 = $220 each
245/35/18 = $320 each

I paid an extra $55 for front alignment (they checked the rear and said it was spot on). All up, a total of $1135.

As for the tyres, I couldn't be happier. They are really, really quiet, and the car handles beautifully. Still firm, of course with the M-Pack setup, but there's no low speed crash on bumps and potholes. I would say handling is also better than the OEM Bridgestone RFT's the car came with. There's a corner I like to take at speed, and it could get exciting with the old tyres even when new, but these tyres make it quite boring.

BTW, I got 32,500km out of the old rears. There was probably another 5-10,000 left in the fronts.
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