I believe alignments run about 80 dollars in the states. I just put some studded Hankook tires on my car. Got them for about 75/tire.

 

ya i got quoted 50 for the front, 40 for the back alignment... gonna go get that done today prolly... anyone know if i should be putting my winter tires on first before getting the alignment or does it not matter???

 

so i went and got the front and rear alignment done after work and it cost me 90 cdn, which was the best deal i could find... now for the tires... what do u guys think of bridgestone tires??? I had them on my jeep and i really liked them, thought they were pretty good considering the owner of the tire shop had the same ones on his jeep...

BRIDGESTONE - - - - YAY OR NEY???

 

PM me or something... remind me. I'll call a couple tire places that know me and see if I can get you something.

I paid 60 for my allignment after I did my coilovers... Hmm!

But yeah, just lemme know what size you need, and I'll make a couple calls. I have tomorrow off.

 

well the tires that are on there right now are 205 55R16... i've got a guy that my company deals with, talked to him earlier and he said 120 a tire, balanced and installed... he usually gives me a pretty good deal... bridgestone something i forget...

 

regularly 170 a tire... so its a pretty good deal i'm thinking

 

Since my B7 is new I'll probably leave the OEM Continentals on it this winter, just to see how they do during one of our typical "occasional" New Jersey winters. From my experience with winter tires on other vehicles, I wouldn't recommend the Blizzaks. They're more talk than walk in my experience and the local tire guy said pretty much the same thing when I asked him about it. Continental's winter tires are really great, I've owned various examples. I've heard the Nokians are really good too, but I've never owned a set.

 

do they make 18's in the snow tires???

 

My tires were 590 a piece regularly... I got them for 180.

That's a good deal.

So you're gonna put snows on your stock alloys? Then are you snagging summers in spring?

 

Blizzaks are a stellar tire... I dunno what he's talkin about! Maybe they make more money on other brands... :P
The WS-50's were amazing, anyways.

Continentals sorta suck IMO... they are nice tires I guess, perform well enough... but have the lifespan of a housefly.

I am pretty sure you can get 18" snow tires... Actually I am positive you can. Better off to get a set of steels though.

EDIT: and I drive nokians right now... they are really good. My dads b6 is rippin' pirelli snows, and I snagged michelin arctic alpin's for my moms golf (these are technically an ICE tire -- the golf stops better than both the audis in the snow!)