Any other tyre import options than Tirerack?

[Onetrackmind]

Hi all,

I've just picked up a 911 996 turbo which will need a new set of tyres soon enough. Not many places offer tyres in these sizes so I've been considering using tirerack who've quoted $350 for shipping of four 18" tyres to Dubai. Does anyone know of any other online tyre places outside of the UAE that can ship tyres out here? I used to use Camskill in the UK but they won't ship to Dubai.

Cheers,

Matt

[IanUAE]

Out of interest have you contacted MSW in Al Quoz?

[Onetrackmind]

IanUAE said:

Out of interest have you contacted MSW in Al Quoz?

Yep, they can only do Michelins which are a very good but a very expensive tyre. They can only do them in standard sizes, not the upsize ones I'm looking for. I took our family SUV there for tyres last month and they were great. Just don't have the range that I can get in the US or UK.

[yorky500]

Matt,

What tyres are you looking for and in what sizes?

[shirt]

have you tried zdegree? they have a warehouse in jebel ali from where i believe they will even sell you non gcc legal tyres [i.e. cut slicks] with no sales tax.

[Impspeed]

Autohaus have previously advertised tyres in odd sizes not usually stocked. As they specialise in German marques it may be worth a call to Tibor - [phone] (www.autohaus.ae)

[Onetrackmind]

yorky500 said:

Matt,

What tyres are you looking for and in what sizes?

Wow, what a response. Thanks guys.

Yorky, I have 235/40/18 front and 315/30/18 rear on the wider after market wheels. If those aren't available I'll revert to the standard alloys with tyre sizes 225/40/18 front and 295/30/18 rear. If you can find anything that'd be great!

I've looked into that myzdegree place. They have some cut slick nitto trackday tyres but as they won't probably pass inspection or poss invalidate insurance I'd best avoid, shame.

Edited by Onetrackmind on Thursday 2nd October 11:43

[shirt]

Onetrackmind said:

If those aren't available I'll revert to the standard alloys with tyre sizes

congratulations! the UAE association of grammar sheikhs would like to bestow you with a prize for the correct use of revert in a sentence!


re. the nittos, they won't sell them to you for road use. read your insurance docs but there's nothing stopping you swapping them after tasjeel. jase runs those nittos on his caterham and it has passed tasjeel in the past with r888's fitted.

[RSGulp]

JZM are a respected Porsche indy in the UK. They're in the process of opening a Porsche specialist in Abu Dhabi. Might be worth following up for servicing and sourcing parts (and tyres). No affiliation - I just know they're trusted back home.

http://www.jzmporsche.com/news/2014-09/porsche-abu...

http://jzmgulf.ae/

[Onetrackmind]

RSGulp said:

JZM are a respected Porsche indy in the UK. They're in the process of opening a Porsche specialist in Abu Dhabi. Might be worth following up for servicing and sourcing parts (and tyres). No affiliation - I just know they're trusted back home.

http://www.jzmporsche.com/news/2014-09/porsche-abu...

http://jzmgulf.ae/

Many thanks

[TobyLaRohne]

When you put the price of the import to the set of four tyres i think you'll still have a hefty saving, I know I did with the corvette tyres. If you can, I'd highly recommend some Michelin Pilot Super Sports, they knocked the spots off the Nitto semi slicks I had before for grip.