know a good tyre setter upper!?

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hi all , throwing some contisports on the front of my 911 tomorrow, but need to find someplace that will do a PROPER job tracking and balancing .. My current tyres are wearing on the insides. Anyone know the man for the job in the Dublin area?

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As to getting a pic on site .. I 'm pretty hopeless with this new fangled techy stuff!! Is there an easy way to get a pic from my computer onto my profile?

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Irish said:

Make sure the tyres have the correct N rating for Porsche. Starting the hunt for a 911. Going for a 00/01 pre-facelift C2. You must get a pic of your car on here at some start. Can't help on the balancing front! A

Finally figured out how to get the pic on sight! .. posted a thread on N ratings at the porsche site .. any ideas , anyone??

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That's amazin!! I ended up there yesterday .. was impressed , the prices are better than most too .. Thanks anyway , brady

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markomah said:

Ballcock, Did you get the tyres from this fellow or did he just do the fitting & balancing for you? Mark

He hadn't got em in stock ,Mark ,I'll be fitting them next week .. I'll let you know ... Or is there something you need to tell me ??!!!

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Yeah Mark , I know what you mean . it's all too easy to get ridiculous quotes once you mention your car type.I've done a fair bit of research on tyres .. there's a few places that give good quotes but won't do set ups , there's other places who have questionable types pullin and draggin at your alloys .. Mc Canns have quoted the best prices , he's reputed to have spent 60k on a laser allignment system and I'm hearing good things from 1 or 2 mates who have used him .. I'll give you a full report at the end of next week when I get my front boots on ..
On a different subject , have you decided on where to service your car??

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Brady .. got the prices from DaveMacann .. seemed as 'reasonable' as they get around here.. any suggestions?

Mark .. was askin cause I've booked my car into O.P.C. boucher rd (Belfast).It's my first service and I'm toyin with the idea of an opc warranty.. even tho I already have an indy one. It's also the 48k check so that's also pushin me up north .. We must compare prices when I'm thru.
By the way , the guy's name is Langridge .. May be heading to him next year.
Decisions decisions .. any advice anyone??

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It's worth a look to see if thats a 12k or 24k service .. the 24k one up north is quoted at £800 , the 12k £400 . that is assuming a normal service with no surprises .. here's hopin!!

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Thanks laddie!! There was half a plan in my head to do that ..

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Finally got around to fitting the tyres at MacCann's today. Was pretty impressed with his no B.S. approach.I have to bed the tyres in for about 100kms before getting them set up .. Will let y'all know how it goes ...

On a different subject , got my major service done in Agnew Porsche , Belfast , this week. Have to say their attention to detail was excellent, not to mention managing to persuade them to get my car back on Porsche warranty !! As an aside , they tell me my R.M.S. is perfect ... after 47k miles .. The relief of it all!!!

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Afraid to say , Mark , that I haven't had a chance to drop the car back in for set-up ... Have to do it soon or it'll be more new tyres!!
A friend of mine has got his 993 c4s tyres set up there tho , and he's very happy with the results.

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John says you're to leave me alone!!! (Ha ha)
Glad to hear you're takin life 'easy'!!
The two guys I know with the 993 c4s's are mad into them alright , but that said they both have them as second cars. They do look the business,
all depends on your cup o tea so to speak.


On a different note , I finally got around to setting up the tyres in mc Cann's today .. I must say I was mega impressed .The time and trouble that they went to , to make sure everything was perfectly aligned isn't something you see often in Ireland today. I'd highly recommend him. (For the record , I've absolutely no connection with the business)