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Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-25-2007, 12:50 PM
He guys,

This Dutch veyron owner went to the circuit; Paul Richard with his veyron and on the way back he tought it would come in handy to order a new set of rims and tyres! cost: 60000€ at our bugatti dealer Hessing!! pretty sick huh
A week before that someone brought his veyron in whit a broke brakedisk cost: around 6000€

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Re: Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-25-2007, 01:07 PM
60000€? Somehow I don't believe that but if it's true I guess that VAG are heavily gouging customers trying get back some of the R&D money they spent on the car.
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Re: Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-25-2007, 02:36 PM
a new set of rims and tyres!, somehow i think your right but if you look at it the other way.. i suppose i could true
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Re: Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-25-2007, 02:40 PM
Wow...That's way too much for some damn tires. There's probably a fudge up in there somewhere.

I would estimate: 6-8k for tires and 12-15k for rims. All together it would be 18-22k max for both rims and tires. But why the hell is the guy getting new rims?
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Re: Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-25-2007, 02:44 PM
But why the hell is the guy getting new rims? i have no idea pretty sick maybe toooo much money

ohw new facts came in, dont know if they are true but its been told that a veyron needs new tyres every 7000 km and ris every 22000 km!! sick someone please let me know if this is true!?!?!?!
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Re: Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-25-2007, 10:13 PM
I know rims can get crazy expensive. We have Maybachs come into the shop with rims that cost $8000 a piece. One tech hit a pot hole on a test drive, bent two of the rims.
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Re: Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-25-2007, 10:30 PM
OMG thats just stupid.. no matter what the car costs..
just stupid
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Re: Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-25-2007, 11:35 PM
I actually believe it. The tires on the Veyron are extremely bespoke, probably only meant just for the Veyron considering the forces those things are tailored for. I can't imagine Michelin or who ever makes the tires for the Veyron get a lot of orders either...
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Re: Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-26-2007, 12:15 AM
Thats true..

FYI every 10,000 KM you have to change the tyres those Michelin tyres dont last long...

you have to change the tyres 3 times....and if you change the tyres for the fourth time you have to get a new set of rims and tyres..

Its related to the safety issues...
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Re: Switching tyres on your veyron - 10-26-2007, 05:31 AM
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I know rims can get crazy expensive. We have Maybachs come into the shop with rims that cost $8000 a piece. One tech hit a pot hole on a test drive, bent two of the rims.
How can the wheel of the Maybach be so expensive? I know they have to extra strong to handle the weight of the car, but at $8000 a piece? They look like normal MB wheels but a bit tougher, it did deform after hitting a pot hole though.
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