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They're out of stock on LoveTyres...NMavs wrote:Should have used love tyres. There by far the best website. Ordered them on a Monday and was delivered to my works the following day. And their cheaper than black circles. Id cancel your order and try these
Thank you matti/Norbreck21a, I did wonder, I thought it was in the boot like the GTI. Does seem mighty strange that, but apparently it was done for weight distribution reasons.Norbreck21a wrote:No, under the bonnet as usual.skipster wrote:Calling Blue GT owners, just had a thought, is the battery housed in the boot like the GTI?
I actually forgot about that... Like Norbreck says; there's no guarantee... I would go for a complete steeringwheel. You have the most expensive part allready. The airbag.Norbreck21a wrote:Don't forget the BlueGT steering wheel is a flat bottom one - not circular, so even if you got the emblem, there's no guarantee it would fit ?
Faye_Valentine wrote:So, I found out I had a slow puncture on Monday night when the tyre pressure warning light came on. I took the car to a garage and the right rear tyre was registering 20psi. Topped it back up to 32 and left it overnight, by the next morning it was 28.
Confirmed at VW it was a slow puncture on the wall of the tyre so they couldn't repair it but turns out they can't supply the Dunlop SP Sport Maxx tyres that the car came with from the factory. They just don't do them - at all! The only tyres they could supply were Pirellis but as I was only going to replace the one (the tyres have only done 1600 miles) I wanted Dunlops to match the tyres I already have.
Turns out these Dunlop tyres aren't easy to get hold of!
Bear in mind I found out about the puncture on Monday night, on Tuesday morning I went to VW (they fitted the spare wheel for me) and then I rang round local tyre shops. None of them had it in stock, it was an order-in only. Kwik Fit couldn't get a tyre til Friday morning, Halfords couldn't get one at all and the local indie garages who could get one also said Friday, so I went through Blackcircles because they could get the tyre to a local garage for Thursday morning. Living in a fairly large city, maybe it was wishful thinking to expect at least one garage to have something in stock?
I got a call from them on Wednesday just before 5pm informing me they had lost the tyre en route and it hadn't arrived at my garage. I waited in all day yesterday to hear any news. They finally confirmed at 2.30pm yesterday that their courier had experienced an IT issue and because of this, they had ended up sending my tyre 200 miles away (you honestly couldn't make this up!)
So it's Friday morning now, I haven't been able to get into the office and I'm still without a tyre. I've paid £120 for a replacement which still hasn't arrived at the garage. I knew these tyres would be £120 each, but I had no idea they'd be so difficult to get hold of!
Mart!n-GTI-DK wrote:You should be able to fit it to your car. Bur If I were you I would go for the whole steeringwheel from the BlueGT It is som nice to drive with
You can save a little money and reuse your airbag too.
You guys are right. The part wouldn't fit since the steering wheel has a flat bottom; the part on the GT is actually different if you take a closer look.Norbreck21a wrote:Don't forget the BlueGT steering wheel is a flat bottom one - not circular, so even if you got the emblem, there's no guarantee it would fit ?
