[Tigers] Tire choices for 13" LAT 70

[Dave Munroe]

Hi Mark:

Two things: I have spent enough time in Switzerland to know that it is 
likely one of the most expensive places to buy performance parts and tires 
in Western Europe. (NO better place on earth to wear them out on incredible 
roads tho' !)A trip across the border to Germany saves quite a bit of money, 
part by part  - tire by tire.

Second: I bought a set of Minilites (5.5 and 6.0 x 15") and four European 
spec performance Yokohama tires from a company in Birmingham, England for 
less than $900 CAD. Shipping was extra and not relevant to this conversation 
because I got lucky and hitched a ride for them on a pallet shipbound for 
Halifax (my home town) which is a port city on the east coast of Canada. 
(Cheap!!)

http://www.midlandwheels.com/Shop/P-2985-5.5-x-15-JBW-Minilight-Silver---5x108.html#
(Scroll down to the sets of four wheels, tires, center caps and bolts.)
Note the prices include VAT which is quite high - in the range of 15%+ which 
is deducted from these prices.

I don't know how much UPS charges would be, but I imagine quite spendy.

Dave



Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tire choices for 13" LAT 70


> In that case Owain, I volunteer you to see how much a set of Falken Ziex
> ZE-912 in 205/60-13" would cost to purchase and ship to the US from the 
> UK.
> :>)
>
> My paternal family is Swiss and my cousins in Lucerne priced this for me 
> last
> year, it turned out to be almost 220 Swiss Francs a tire, or about $1100 
> for a
> set of four. That's almost two sets of Toyo Proxes RA1s...
>
> Bugz