MK6 Wheel / Rim / Tyre Thread

[kramy]

Hi there, just looking at getting the new Golf (exciting!) just wondered what tires come fitted as standard on the 118TSI Comfortline model?

Thanks!

[glennbot]

Most of the Mk6 Golf's I have seen in the showroom have Michelin tyres however the demo car had Hankook. I ask the dealer why this was so and he answered "VW have contracts with several brands - Michelin, Hankook, Continental (and one other I can't remember). It depends on what batch you get from VW.

Comfortline: 205/55 R16 Michelin Energy
Sports pack has: 225/45R17 Michelin Primacy HP

I rang a few places to find out the replacement cost of the 17" tyres.
On average they are $250+ ea. for other brands.
Strangely enough the 18" 225/40R18 was cheaper on average than the 17". Pitty the factory wheels are so expensive to upgrade to.

[phatkau]

Hey Kramy, the tyres for the Mk6 comfortline w/ sport pack (17" alloys) are Bridgestone Potenza RE050's, 225/45 R17 size. Maybe someone can confirm the rubbers for the 16"s?
Cheers~

EDIT: @glennbot - there you go! That's pretty interesting since I also assumed all new golfs came with the Michelins. You can add Bridgestone to that list the dealer told you then!

[mr gee]

Mine's fitted with Bridgestone 050s, I thought I saw one with Contis as well. Hankook is also an OE fit on the lesser models and I belief it's also on some of the spare tyres.

[Supreme]

I've seen Pirelli's on a TDI in a showroom.

[wvg]

I've got 3 weeks ago with Michelin.

[glennbot]

Hankook model?

What Hankook tyre model are VW fitting to the 17" Wheels?

[mtaoz3]

Kumho

There are Kumho tyres on the two Trendline 90TSI cars at the local dealer. These are 15".
My Sport pack Comfortline came with the 17" Michelin Premacy.

[wanga1983]

Mine has Bridgestone Turanza ER300 (16")

[guliver_twist]

225/45R17 Michelin Primacy HP came with my 118TSI as part of the sports pack... I did notice that the later shipments seemed to have bridgestones..

[logger]

Mine also has the Bridgestone Turanza ER300 205/55 R16 91V.

Brand new car, hardly 300km on the clock and I have my first puncture. Bugger....

Anyone got a price on a Bridgestone ER300?

Roofing Nail in the tread and it went flat over night. Real bummer is that it was the offside rear, so I did not notice it had gone flat and drove about 5km on a gravel road with it. Rim looks fine and so does the tyre superficially. But my guess is having driven on it flat it will be stuffed.

Irony is my 16 year old Daihatsu Charade still has the original factory spare in the back never used. I used this experience partly when deciding that a car with a space save spare tyre would be perfectly adequate. Then 3 days after getting a new car I actually have to use it. Oh well about to put 180Ks on the bike tyre so will let you all know how it goes.

[Ozram]

Picking mine up next Saturday from the dealer. It has the sports pack option and has Bridgestone Potenza RE050's, 225/45 R17 on it.

Can't wait.

Has anyone painted brake calipers on there Mk 6 yet?

[logger]

Anyone got a price on a Bridgestone ER300?

$185 fitted. But that's not the end of it. Alloy is buckled requiring repair which cost another $60. Cost would have only been $20 for a plug in a tyre if I had not driven on the flat tyre. Good reason to have the Sports pack and with the Low Tyre Press monitors I guess. So my 4 day old car is off the road til the wheel is repaired

[xblode]

Check Tyres

Hi all,

Hope everyone is having a great XMAS day

I picked up my Mk6GTI last weekend. A few days ago, I bought new wheels and tyres. While driving the car home, the "Check Tyres" warning came up.

I have gone thru the manual and searched the forums but can't find how to reset it.

The manual instructs me to press and hold the button which is located in the centre console, in the group of buttons that includes the traction control.

Problem is, there is no labelled button there.

Can anyone help a newbie out?


Cheers
X...

[neil]

I vaguely recall someone mentioning the glovebox on some models has a button but not sure whether its for the tyres.